Skill profile
Reads, creates, and reviews PDFs where layout matters, rendering pages for visual checks rather than only extracting text.
What it actually does
- Reads, creates, and reviews PDFs where layout matters, rendering pages for visual checks rather than only extracting text.
When to use it — and when not to
Use it when
- The PDF's layout is part of what you're checking or producing, not just the text content.
Not for
- You just need text extracted — a simpler text-only tool covers that without the Python dependency.
Agent compatibility
- Codex
Confirmed means the skill’s own source or vendor states it works with that agent. Portable means it only reaches that agent through the shared SKILL.md format and a directory convention — real, but a weaker claim. An agent with no entry here isn’t known to be unsupported; it simply isn’t documented either way, so nothing is claimed. Full model on Agent Skills Compatibility.
Requirements and operational surface
Depends on
- Python environment (reportlab, pdfplumber, pypdf)
What it actually does at runtime
- Reads and writes PDF files
- Renders pages for visual inspection
Evidence and provenance
Maintained by OpenAI (official). Primary source: openai/skills (curated), last checked against this page’s claims on . This page summarizes and analyzes that source — it isn’t a copy of its SKILL.md or README, and installation happens at the source, not here.
Also covered in The Best Codex Skills, part of the Codex guide.