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name: ocr-and-documents description: "Extract text from PDFs/scans (pymupdf, marker-pdf)." version: 2.3.0 author: Hermes Agent license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] metadata: hermes: tags: [PDF, Documents, Research, Arxiv, Text-Extraction, OCR] related_skills: [powerpoint]

PDF & Document Extraction

For DOCX: use python-docx (parses actual document structure, far better than OCR). For PPTX: see the powerpoint skill (uses python-pptx with full slide/notes support). This skill covers PDFs and scanned documents.

Step 1: Remote URL Available?

If the document has a URL, always try `web_extract` first:

web_extract(urls=["https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.03300"])
web_extract(urls=["https://example.com/report.pdf"])

This handles PDF-to-markdown conversion via Firecrawl with no local dependencies.

Only use local extraction when: the file is local, web_extract fails, or you need batch processing.

Step 2: Choose Local Extractor

Feature	pymupdf (~25MB)	marker-pdf (~3-5GB)
Text-based PDF	✅	✅
Scanned PDF (OCR)	❌	✅ (90+ languages)
Tables	✅ (basic)	✅ (high accuracy)
Equations / LaTeX	❌	✅
Code blocks	❌	✅
Forms	❌	✅
Headers/footers removal	❌	✅
Reading order detection	❌	✅
Images extraction	✅ (embedded)	✅ (with context)
Images → text (OCR)	❌	✅
EPUB	✅	✅
Markdown output	✅ (via pymupdf4llm)	✅ (native, higher quality)
Install size	~25MB	~3-5GB (PyTorch + models)
Speed	Instant	~1-14s/page (CPU), ~0.2s/page (GPU)

Decision: Use pymupdf unless you need OCR, equations, forms, or complex layout analysis.

If the user needs marker capabilities but the system lacks ~5GB free disk:

"This document needs OCR/advanced extraction (marker-pdf), which requires ~5GB for PyTorch and models. Your system has [X]GB free. Options: free up space, provide a URL so I can use web_extract, or I can try pymupdf which works for text-based PDFs but not scanned documents or equations."

pymupdf (lightweight)

bash

pip install pymupdf pymupdf4llm

Via helper script:

bash

python scripts/extract_pymupdf.py document.pdf              # Plain text
python scripts/extract_pymupdf.py document.pdf --markdown    # Markdown
python scripts/extract_pymupdf.py document.pdf --tables      # Tables
python scripts/extract_pymupdf.py document.pdf --images out/ # Extract images
python scripts/extract_pymupdf.py document.pdf --metadata    # Title, author, pages
python scripts/extract_pymupdf.py document.pdf --pages 0-4   # Specific pages

Inline:

bash

python3 -c "
import pymupdf
doc = pymupdf.open('document.pdf')
for page in doc:
    print(page.get_text())
"

marker-pdf (high-quality OCR)

bash

# Check disk space first
python scripts/extract_marker.py --check
 
pip install marker-pdf

Via helper script:

bash

python scripts/extract_marker.py document.pdf                # Markdown
python scripts/extract_marker.py document.pdf --json         # JSON with metadata
python scripts/extract_marker.py document.pdf --output_dir out/  # Save images
python scripts/extract_marker.py scanned.pdf                 # Scanned PDF (OCR)
python scripts/extract_marker.py document.pdf --use_llm      # LLM-boosted accuracy

CLI (installed with marker-pdf):

bash

marker_single document.pdf --output_dir ./output
marker /path/to/folder --workers 4    # Batch

Arxiv Papers

# Abstract only (fast)
web_extract(urls=["https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03300"])
 
# Full paper
web_extract(urls=["https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.03300"])
 
# Search
web_search(query="arxiv GRPO reinforcement learning 2026")

Split, Merge & Search

pymupdf handles these natively — use execute_code or inline Python:

python

# Split: extract pages 1-5 to a new PDF
import pymupdf
doc = pymupdf.open("report.pdf")
new = pymupdf.open()
for i in range(5):
    new.insert_pdf(doc, from_page=i, to_page=i)
new.save("pages_1-5.pdf")

python

# Merge multiple PDFs
import pymupdf
result = pymupdf.open()
for path in ["a.pdf", "b.pdf", "c.pdf"]:
    result.insert_pdf(pymupdf.open(path))
result.save("merged.pdf")

python

# Search for text across all pages
import pymupdf
doc = pymupdf.open("report.pdf")
for i, page in enumerate(doc):
    results = page.search_for("revenue")
    if results:
        print(f"Page {i+1}: {len(results)} match(es)")
        print(page.get_text("text"))

No extra dependencies needed — pymupdf covers split, merge, search, and text extraction in one package.

Notes

web_extract is always first choice for URLs
pymupdf is the safe default — instant, no models, works everywhere
marker-pdf is for OCR, scanned docs, equations, complex layouts — install only when needed
Both helper scripts accept --help for full usage
marker-pdf downloads ~2.5GB of models to ~/.cache/huggingface/ on first use
For Word docs: pip install python-docx (better than OCR — parses actual structure)
For PowerPoint: see the powerpoint skill (uses python-pptx)

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