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
OCRmyPDF
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Ask My Pdf Question answering system for PDF files | OCRmyPDF OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched | Markitdown Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. | Pdfplumber Plumb a PDF for detailed information about each char, rectangle, line, et cetera — and easily extract text and tables. |
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| Quality | 54/100 Needs review | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 56/100 Needs manual review Do a manual repository review before adding this to an agent workflow. | 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 | 600 stars 0 installs | 34K stars 0 installs | 154K stars 0 installs | 10K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Oct 30, 2023 | Jun 12, 2026 | May 26, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 |
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| Platform hints | Python, PDF, Claude Code, OpenAI Agents | Python, PDF, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code, OpenAI Agents, LangChain | Python, 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 mobarski/ask-my-pdf | $ npx skills add ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF | $ npx skills add microsoft/markitdown | $ npx skills add jsvine/pdfplumber |