pdf-to-markdownlisted
Install: claude install-skill singleton-sd/ai-plattform-skills
# PDF to Markdown
Convert a PDF into audit-ready Markdown (and companion JSON/metadata) using [OpenDataLoader PDF](https://github.com/opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf) via the Node.js package `@opendataloader/pdf`. The source PDF remains authoritative; generated files are derivatives for search and AI analysis only.
## When to use
- User provides a PDF file path and wants Markdown for AI analysis
- User mentions `opendataloader-pdf`, `@opendataloader/pdf`, PDF parsing, or document ingestion for RAG
- Legal, business, or operational PDFs that need traceable naming and logs
- Large PDFs (more than ~3 pages) or scanned/image PDFs needing OCR
## When NOT to use
- **Rename or classify only** on small digital PDFs (typically 1–3 pages) — use [`documents/pdf-content-renamer`](../pdf-content-renamer/SKILL.md) with the `pdf-context` CLI (`@singleton-sd/ai-plattform-tools-pdf-context`) instead. It is faster, needs no Java, and does not create a `/documents` archive tree.
- Quick filename or date extraction without full Markdown, metadata versioning, or audit logs
## Required inputs
Confirm these before running. Ask if missing.
| Input | Rule |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `pdf_path` | Absolute path to the source PDF (required) |