# Hive PDF (agent skill)

> Hive PDF is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from aden-hive/hive. Read, write, merge, split, rotate, watermark, encrypt, and OCR PDF files using Python (pypdf, pdfplumber, reportlab, pypdfium2) and command-line tools (poppler-utils, qpdf). It works with Claude Code and has 11,091 GitHub stars across a repository of 3 listed skills.

Read, write, merge, split, rotate, watermark, encrypt, and OCR PDF files using Python (pypdf, pdfplumber, reportlab, pypdfium2) and command-line tools (poppler-utils, qpdf). Use when the user asks to extract text/tables/images from a PDF, create or modify a PDF, combine or split PDFs, OCR a scanned PDF, password-protect a PDF, or render PDF pages as images. This guide covers essential PDF processing operations using Python libraries and command-line tools.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/aden-hive/hive |
| Skill path | core/framework/skills/_default_skills/pdf/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | hive-pdf |
| GitHub stars | 11,091 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Skills in repo | 3 |
| Plugin marketplace | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code |
| Category | Docs & writing |
| Last commit | Sep 14, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- Use when the user asks to extract text/tables/images from a PDF, create or modify a PDF, combine or split PDFs, OCR a scanned PDF, password-protect a PDF, or render PDF pages as images.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aden-hive/hive.git
cp -r hive/core/framework/skills/_default_skills/pdf ~/.claude/skills/hive-pdf   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aden-hive/hive.git
cp -r hive/core/framework/skills/_default_skills/pdf .agents/skills/hive-pdf   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aden-hive/hive.git
cp -r hive/core/framework/skills/_default_skills/pdf .cursor/skills/hive-pdf   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

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