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 | Pdfium Lib PDFium - Project to compile PDFium library to multiple platforms. | Borb borb is a library for reading, creating and manipulating PDF files in python. | 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. |
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| Quality | 92/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 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. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 1.1K stars 0 installs | 3.6K stars 0 installs | 34K stars 0 installs | 154K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Jan 8, 2026 | May 17, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 | May 26, 2026 |
| Use-case fit | ||||
| Stack fit | ||||
| Platform hints | Python, PDF, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code, OpenAI Agents, LangChain |
| Warnings | No major risk signals from current metadata | 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 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 | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 2 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add paulocoutinhox/pdfium-lib | $ npx skills add borb-pdf/borb | $ npx skills add ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF | $ npx skills add microsoft/markitdown |