PyMuPDF PDF Parser Clawdbot Skill

PyMuPDF PDF

Overview

Parse PDFs locally using PyMuPDF for fast, lightweight extraction into Markdown by default, with optional JSON and image/table outputs in a per-document directory.

Prereqs / when to read references

If you hit import errors (PyMuPDF not installed) or Nix libstdc++ issues, read:

• -references/pymupdf-notes.md

Quick start (single PDF)

Run from the skill directory
./scripts/pymupdf_parse.py /path/to/file.pdf \
  --format md \
  --outroot ./pymupdf-output

Options

• ---format md|json|both (default: md)
• ---images to extract images
• ---tables to extract a simple line-based table JSON (quick/rough)
• ---outroot DIR to change output root
• ---lang adds a language hint into JSON output metadata

Output conventions

• -Create ./pymupdf-output/<pdf-basename>/ by default.
• -Markdown output: output.md
• -JSON output: output.json (includes lang)
• -Images: images/ subdir
• -Tables: tables.json (rough line-based)

Notes

• -PyMuPDF is fast but less robust on complex PDFs.
• -For more robust parsing, use a heavy-duty OCR parser (e.g., MinerU) if installed.