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Use Claude Code to extract data from contracts, summarize reports, and analyze PDFs. Ask questions in plain English, get answers with page numbers.
By Anthropic
Official skill
About
You have a 47-page contract. Legal review takes two weeks. You need to know if there's an auto-renewal clause before you sign tomorrow. Instead, just ask. Point Claude at any PDF, ask your question in plain English, and get the answer with the exact page number and quoted language.
Stop reading. Start asking. Find any clause instantly Ask where the termination clause is. Claude finds it, quotes the exact language, and tells you the page number. Compare document versions Upload two contracts. Claude shows you every difference—language changes, term modifications, new clauses added or removed. Extract data into tables Pull every date, dollar amount, and deliverable into a structured format ready for your spreadsheet or project tracker.
Best for
- · Find specific clauses in long contracts in 30 seconds, not 3 hours
- · Compare document versions without reading both cover-to-cover
- · Extract tables, dates, and dollar amounts into spreadsheet-ready format
- · Your files stay on your machine—nothing uploaded unless you choose
Not for
- · Scanned PDFs need clear, high-resolution scans—blurry or skewed pages reduce accuracy
- · Password-protected files need to be unlocked first
- · Complex magazine-style layouts with multiple columns may need simpler formatting
How to use
- 1Install the SkillDownload the skill file directly, or install via the plugin marketplace. Skills auto-activate when relevant—no manual invocation needed.
- 2Ask Your QuestionBe specific. "Find the liability cap" beats "summarize this document." The more precise your question, the more useful the answer.
- 3Point to Your FileDrag the PDF into your terminal or paste the file path. Your documents stay on your machine.
- 4Ask Follow-UpsClaude remembers the document. Keep drilling. No need to re-upload.
Source
@anthropics on GitHubhttps://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/pdf
Someone else wrote this — read the source, verify it does what it says, and never share a password or API key with it.
Example prompts
Get the lay of the land before diving in
/pdf I have 10 minutes before a call about this 80-page report. What are the three things I actually need to know? And which pages should I skim if I have time?
Contract review on a deadline
/pdf I need to sign this by end of day. Find anything that could burn us: auto-renewal, one-sided indemnification, liability caps under $1M, weird termination terms. Quote each one with page numbers.
Vendor comparison
/pdf I have proposals from Acme, Globex, and Initech. Build me a comparison table: total cost, timeline, training hours, SLA uptime, payment terms. Flag anything concerning in each.
Data extraction
/pdf Pull every milestone, deliverable, and deadline from this SOW. Format as a table: Item, Description, Due Date, Dependencies. I need to paste this into our project tracker.
Board prep under pressure
/pdf Board meeting in 2 hours. From this quarterly report, give me: (1) Three-bullet executive summary for the CEO's opening, (2) Five questions the board will probably ask with suggested answers, (3) One sentence on how we did vs. last quarter.
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