PyMuPDF PDF Parser Clawdbot Skill

Fast local PDF parsing with PyMuPDF (fitz) for Markdown/JSON outputs and optional images/tables. Use when speed matters more than robustness, or as a fallback while heavier parsers are unavailable. De

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Last updated: April 23, 2026

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PyMuPDF PDF

Overview

Parse PDFs locally using PyMuPDF for fast, lightweight extraction into Markdown by default, with optional JSON and image/table outputs in a per-document directory.

Prereqs / when to read references

If you hit import errors (PyMuPDF not installed) or Nix

libstdc++

issues, read:

```
references/pymupdf-notes.md
```

Quick start (single PDF)

# Run from the skill directory
./scripts/pymupdf_parse.py /path/to/file.pdf \
  --format md \
  --outroot ./pymupdf-output

Options

```
--format md|json|both
```
(default:
```
md
```
)
```
--images
```
to extract images
```
--tables
```
to extract a simple line-based table JSON (quick/rough)
```
--outroot DIR
```
to change output root
```
--lang
```
adds a language hint into JSON output metadata

Output conventions

Create
```
./pymupdf-output/<pdf-basename>/
```
by default.
Markdown output:
```
output.md
```
JSON output:
```
output.json
```
(includes
```
lang
```
)
Images:
```
images/
```
subdir
Tables:
```
tables.json
```
(rough line-based)

Notes

PyMuPDF is fast but less robust on complex PDFs.
For more robust parsing, use a heavy-duty OCR parser (e.g., MinerU) if installed.

PyMuPDF PDF Parser Clawdbot Skill

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PyMuPDF PDF

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