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# PDF

> Extract text, tables, and metadata from PDFs, fill forms, merge or split files, and read scanned documents.

The PDF skill enables your agents to work with PDF documents effectively.

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  This is a default skill, ready to use immediately without any setup. It is available to all teams automatically.
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## Capabilities

**Text extraction**

* Extract text content from any PDF document
* Read and understand document structure
* Process multi-page documents

**Table extraction**

* Read and extract data from tables in PDFs
* Understand table structure and formatting
* Convert table data to usable formats

**Document manipulation**

* Merge multiple PDFs into a single document
* Split a PDF into separate pages
* Work with specific page ranges

**Metadata and forms**

* Read document metadata (author, title, creation date)
* Fill out PDF forms
* Process form field data

**Scanned documents**

* Process scanned documents with text recognition
* Handle image-based PDFs
* Extract text from scans

## When to Use It

Use the PDF skill when your agent needs to:

* Process invoices, receipts, or financial documents
* Extract data from reports or contracts
* Consolidate multiple documents into one
* Work with form submissions
* Read scanned paperwork

## Example Tasks

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Extract data from documents">
    "Extract all invoice amounts from these PDF receipts"

    "Extract the table data from page 3 of this report"
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Find specific information">
    "Find the contract end date in this agreement"
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Combine documents">
    "Combine these three reports into one document"
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Fill out forms">
    "Fill out this application form with the customer's information"
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## How to Use

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the agent">
    Open the agent you want to configure.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find the Skills section">
    In the agent settings, find the Skills section.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select the PDF skill">
    Select the PDF skill.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save your changes">
    Save your changes.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Your agent will automatically use its PDF expertise when working with PDF documents.

## Things to Know

* This is a default skill available to all teams
* No setup or configuration required
* Works automatically when PDFs are involved in your workflow
* Combines well with email connections for processing attachments

## Works Well With

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  <Card title="Email Attachments Reader" icon="https://mintcdn.com/duvo-d8027998/O3tlM6eCuFk2uJpN/images/connections/paperclip.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=O3tlM6eCuFk2uJpN&q=85&s=65136f4710185792d720b3e6e806b20d" href="/user-guide/connections/available-connections/email-attachments-reader" width="24" height="24" data-path="images/connections/paperclip.svg">
    Pull PDF attachments straight from incoming email for processing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Gmail" icon="https://mintcdn.com/duvo-d8027998/O3tlM6eCuFk2uJpN/images/connections/gmail.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=O3tlM6eCuFk2uJpN&q=85&s=ad4e229283f3fe2f26c0f96a49f28e13" href="/user-guide/connections/available-connections/gmail" width="88" height="66" data-path="images/connections/gmail.svg">
    Process PDF attachments from Gmail messages.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Microsoft Outlook" icon="https://mintcdn.com/duvo-d8027998/O3tlM6eCuFk2uJpN/images/connections/outlook.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=O3tlM6eCuFk2uJpN&q=85&s=e29aeb65c8cffce1cd3c83b81289b71f" href="/user-guide/connections/available-connections/microsoft-outlook" width="1831" height="1703" data-path="images/connections/outlook.svg">
    Process PDF attachments from Outlook messages.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>