---
name: pdf-extract
description: "Extract text from PDF files for LLM processing"
metadata:
  {
    "openclaw":
      {
        "emoji": "📄",
        "requires": { "bins": ["pdftotext"] },
        "install":
          [
            {
              "id": "dnf",
              "kind": "dnf",
              "package": "poppler-utils",
              "bins": ["pdftotext"],
              "label": "Install via dnf",
            },
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---

# PDF Extract

Extract text from PDF files for LLM processing. Uses `pdftotext` from the poppler-utils package to convert PDF documents into plain text.

## Commands

```bash
# Extract all text from a PDF
pdf-extract "document.pdf"

# Extract text from specific pages
pdf-extract "document.pdf" --pages 1-5
```

## Install

```bash
sudo dnf install poppler-utils
```
