pdf-extractlisted

# PDF extraction Extract structured content from documents while preserving layout relationships. ## When to use this The user has a document and wants data out of it. Typical phrasings include "get the tables out of this", "what are the line items", or "turn this into a spreadsheet". ## Procedure 1. Determine whether the document has an embedded text layer. If it does not, the document is scanned and needs OCR before anything else works. 2. For tabular content, detect ruling lines first and fall back to whitespace alignment only when no ruling lines exist. 3. Preserve the reading order of the original. Multi-column layouts must be segmented per column before extraction, or the output interleaves columns. 4. Emit CSV for tabular output and JSON for form fields. ## Limitations Rotated pages and handwritten annotations are not handled. Say so explicitly rather than returning partial data that looks complete.