Skill comparison
Compare agent skills before installing.
Put high-signal skills side by side and inspect quality, adoption, freshness, install readiness, use-case fit, and warnings in one place.
Comparing 4 skills
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Decision summary
Markitdown is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 100/100 readiness score and fits Document processing.
Strongest overall
Markitdown
Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack.
Fastest prototype
Markitdown
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
Stirling PDF
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Pdfvuer A PDF viewer for Vue using Mozilla's PDF.js that supports both Vue2 and Vue3 | Markitdown Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. | PaddleOCR Turn any PDF or image document into structured data for your AI. A powerful, lightweight OCR toolkit that bridges the gap between images/PDFs and LLMs. Supports 100+ languages. | Stirling PDF #1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere |
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| Quality | 56/100 Promising | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 58/100 Prototype first Prototype with this skill first; keep a fallback candidate ready. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 952 stars 0 installs | 154K stars 0 installs | 82K stars 0 installs | 81K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Mar 28, 2023 | May 26, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Use-case fit | ||||
| Stack fit | ||||
| Platform hints | Vue, PDF, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code, OpenAI Agents, LangChain | Python, OCR, Claude Code | TypeScript, PDF, Claude Code |
| Warnings | Repository looks stale · No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals |
| Not ideal for | teams that require actively maintained dependencies · production agents without a repository review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add arkokoley/pdfvuer | $ npx skills add microsoft/markitdown | $ npx skills add PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR | $ npx skills add Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF |