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Reads, fills, merges, splits, watermarks, and generates PDFs — including detecting and filling real AcroForm fields instead of retyping a form as chat text. Included by default; nothing to install.

productivityclaudeby Anthropic
Included — it ships with the app

When to use

  • You have a PDF form to fill out — a vendor form, an application, an intake sheet — and want the real fields filled, not a text summary of what should go where.
  • You need to combine several PDFs into one, split one apart, rotate pages, or stamp a watermark across a contract before sending it out.
  • You need text or tables pulled out of a PDF (including a scanned one that needs OCR first) to reuse elsewhere.
  • You want a new PDF generated — a quote, invoice, or one-pager — as an actual file.

Do not use it for Word documents, slide decks, or spreadsheets — that's the DOCX, PPTX, or XLSX skill.

What it does

  • Fills forms correctly: checks whether the PDF has real fillable fields first. If it does, fills each field (text, checkbox, radio group, multiple choice) by its actual field ID and value — never by guessing coordinates or faking a filled look with an image.
  • Reads and extracts text and tables from existing PDFs, including running OCR on a scanned document to make it searchable.
  • Merges, splits, and reorders pages across multiple PDFs while preserving page order.
  • Rotates, watermarks, and encrypts/decrypts a PDF without altering the underlying content.
  • Generates new PDFs from scratch for quotes, invoices, letters, and similar one-off documents.

How to use

  1. Share the PDF and say exactly what you need: "Fill this form with [the specific values]" or "Merge these three invoices into one, in date order."
  2. For a form, the AI checks whether it has fillable fields before doing anything — if it doesn't, say so instead of getting a fake-looking result.
  3. Give the real data to fill in — the AI does not invent names, amounts, or dates that weren't provided.
  4. Review the exported PDF before sending it, especially for anything with legal or financial weight (contracts, signed forms) — the skill fills and formats accurately, but the content and the decision to send it are still yours.

Best for

Business owners and teams who need a real, correctly filled or assembled PDF — forms, contracts, invoices, merged reports — without hunting for a separate PDF editor.

Anything to install? No. This capability already ships with TS (Claude Code provides it under the hood), so it's ready the moment you open the app — nothing to install or set up.