PDF Extraction and Summary skill for Claude and Codex

PDF Extraction and Summary as an AI skill. It asks for Document text, Document type, What you need from it and 3 more, then does the rest. Free to install in…

Install it once and Claude or Codex runs it for you. When your request matches, your AI loads the skill, asks for anything it is missing, and works through the template itself. Prefer to fill it in by hand? See the full prompt template.

Download the skill (.zip) · View SKILL.md

When it is used

Use when a long PDF needs its key facts, tables, decisions, and deadlines pulled into a structured summary with page references. Do not use for translating a document or editing the original file. Related topics: productivity, research.

What it will ask you for

• Document text (longer free text)
• Document type (choose one: Contract, Research paper, Financial report, Policy, Manual, Other)
• What you need from it (longer free text)
• Summary length (choose one: One page, Two pages, Detailed)
• Extract tables (choose one: Yes, No)
• Reader (free text, e.g. "Who will use the summary")

How it works

1. Read the full text first and write a short overview giving the document type, author, date, and main conclusion.
2. Answer each stated question directly, placing a page reference after every claim.
3. Extract the facts, figures with units, and the tables that matter, noting unreadable cells instead of guessing.
4. Collect decisions, obligations, deadlines, and open issues in their own section, with owners where named.
5. Flag contradictions and unanswered questions, then list any sections left uncovered.

What you get

A summary at the chosen length with an overview, answers with page references, key figures, tables, a decisions and deadlines section, and a list of gaps.

What it watches out for

• Citing the page of the summary heading instead of the page the fact appears on.
• Guessing a number from a garbled table cell, which turns an extraction error into a false fact.
• Smoothing over a contradiction between sections, hiding the very issue the reader needs to know about.

How to install

Claude.ai and the Claude desktop app

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Open Settings, then Capabilities, and find Skills.
3. Choose Upload skill and select the .zip.
4. Ask Claude for help with the task. It loads the skill when your request matches.

Claude Code

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ (or .claude/skills/ inside a project).
3. Start a new session. Claude Code loads the skill when your request matches.

Codex

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Unzip it into ~/.agents/skills/ (or .agents/skills/ inside a project).
3. Codex picks it up on its own. Type $ and the skill name to use it, or just ask for the task.

Cursor

1. Download the Cursor rule (.mdc).
2. Save it in .cursor/rules/ inside your project.
3. Cursor's agent applies the rule when your request matches its description.

AGENTS.md (Codex, Cursor, and other coding agents)

1. Copy the AGENTS.md section.
2. Paste it into AGENTS.md at the root of your repository, creating the file if needed.
3. Coding agents that read AGENTS.md follow it when your request fits.