PythonClaw pdf_split

Split a PDF into separate files by page ranges. Use when: user asks to split, extract pages from, or break apart a PDF. Supports extracting single pages, ranges, or every-N-pages splitting. NOT for: merging PDFs, reading text, or converting formats.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/ericwang915/PythonClaw

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ericwang915/PythonClaw "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/pythonclaw/templates/skills/data/pdf_split" ~/.claude/skills/ericwang915-pythonclaw-pdf-split && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: pythonclaw/templates/skills/data/pdf_split/SKILL.md

source content

PDF Split Skill

Split a PDF file into multiple smaller PDFs by page ranges.

When to Use

✅ USE this skill when:

"Split this PDF into individual pages"
"Extract pages 5-10 from report.pdf"
"Break this PDF into 3 parts"
"Get page 7 as a separate PDF"
User wants to extract or separate pages from a PDF

When NOT to Use

❌ DON'T use this skill when:

Merging multiple PDFs → use
```
pdf_merge
```
Reading/extracting text → use
```
pdf_reader
```
Creating new PDFs → use
```
pdf_writer
```
Converting to images → use
```
pdf_convert
```

Usage/Commands

python {skill_path}/split_pdf.py INPUT_PDF [options]

Options:

```
--pages "1-5"
```
— extract a specific page range to a single output file
```
--each
```
— split into one PDF per page
```
--every N
```
— split into chunks of N pages each
```
--output DIR
```
— output directory (default: same as input)
```
--prefix NAME
```
— filename prefix for output files (default: input filename)
```
--format json
```
— output result as JSON

Examples

"Extract pages 5-10" →

python {skill_path}/split_pdf.py doc.pdf --pages 5-10

"Split into individual pages" →

python {skill_path}/split_pdf.py doc.pdf --each

"Split into chunks of 5 pages" →

python {skill_path}/split_pdf.py doc.pdf --every 5 --output ./parts/

"Get page 3" →

python {skill_path}/split_pdf.py doc.pdf --pages 3

Notes

Install dependency:
```
pip install PyPDF2
```
Page numbers are 1-indexed
Output files are named
```
{prefix}_p{start}-{end}.pdf
```