pdf-folder-to-markdownlisted

Bulk-convert every PDF in a folder (and its subfolders) to Markdown using a generated Python script, and optionally generate a companion script to delete the original PDFs afterwards. Triggers on requests like 'convert all PDFs in this folder to markdown', 'bulk PDF to MD', 'extract text from every PDF in <folder>', 'make markdown files from these PDFs', 'turn all PDFs into .md', or follow-ons like 'now delete the PDFs' or 'clean up non-markdown files'. Use whenever the user wants to process a folder full of PDFs (often with per-item subfolders) into Markdown.
palych65/pdf-folder-to-markdown · ★ 0 · Data & Documents · score 72

Install: claude install-skill palych65/pdf-folder-to-markdown

# PDF folder → Markdown This skill drops two small, self-contained Python scripts into a target folder: 1. **`convert_pdfs_to_md.py`** — walks the folder tree, converts every `*.pdf` it finds to a Markdown file using PyMuPDF's fast plain-text extractor (no OCR, no layout reconstruction). The Markdown file is named after the containing folder; if a folder holds multiple PDFs they're concatenated with clear separators. 2. **`delete_non_markdown.py`** — dry-run by default, previews and (with `--apply`) deletes every non-`.md` file in the tree, preserving the scripts themselves unless `--include-scripts` is also passed. ## When to use Trigger whenever the user wants to bulk-convert PDFs in a folder tree to Markdown, and/or clean up the originals afterwards. ## How to execute ### Step 1 — Confirm the target folder If the target folder is ambiguous, ask with `AskUserQuestion`. Default to the user-selected workspace folder or the folder most recently discussed in the conversation. ### Step 2 — Write the two scripts Read each template and write it verbatim into the target folder. Do not rewrite or "improve" them — the point of the skill is a consistent, proven output. - `templates/convert_pdfs_to_md.py` → `<target>/convert_pdfs_to_md.py` - `templates/delete_non_markdown.py` → `<target>/delete_non_markdown.py` ### Step 3 — Install the dependency and run the converter ```bash pip install pymupdf --break-system-packages --quiet cd "<target_folder>" python3 -u convert_pdfs_to