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
Pdfplumber is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 100/100 readiness score and fits Document processing.
Strongest overall
Pdfplumber
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Fastest prototype
Pdfplumber
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
Pikepdf
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Pypdf A pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files | Pikepdf A Python library for reading and writing PDF, powered by QPDF | Pdfplumber Plumb a PDF for detailed information about each char, rectangle, line, et cetera — and easily extract text and tables. | Dolphin The official repo for “Dolphin: Document Image Parsing via Heterogeneous Anchor Prompting”, ACL, 2025. |
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| Quality | 100/100 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 | 10K stars 0 installs | 2.7K stars 0 installs | 10K stars 0 installs | 9.0K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Jun 5, 2026 | Jun 7, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 |
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| Stack fit | ||||
| Platform hints | Python, PDF, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code | Python, OCR, Claude Code |
| Warnings | 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 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 | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add py-pdf/pypdf | $ npx skills add pikepdf/pikepdf | $ npx skills add jsvine/pdfplumber | $ npx skills add bytedance/Dolphin |