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name: "Prepare agent-ready PDF and document extraction with PyMuPDF"
slug: "prepare-agent-ready-pdf-and-document-extraction-with-pymupdf"
description: "Use PyMuPDF to extract text, layout metadata, tables, images, Markdown, or JSON from PDFs and documents before an agent ingests or reviews them."
github_stars: 10058
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF"
author: "PyMuPDF"
publisher_type: "company"
category: "Data Extraction & Transformation"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "pymupdf/PyMuPDF"
  github_stars: 10058
---

# Prepare agent-ready PDF and document extraction with PyMuPDF

Use PyMuPDF to extract text, layout metadata, tables, images, Markdown, or JSON from PDFs and documents before an agent ingests or reviews them.

## Prerequisites

Python 3.10+, PyMuPDF, source PDFs or supported document files, and optional pymupdf4llm or Tesseract OCR for LLM-ready Markdown or scanned pages.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- pip install pymupdf
- pip install pymupdf-fonts
- pip install pymupdf4llm
- pip install pymupdfpro

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pymupdf)](https://pypi.org/project/pymupdf/)
- [![Forum](https://img.shields.io/badge/Forum-ff6600?logo=python&logoColor=ffffff)](https://forum.mupdf.com/c/general/4?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pymupdf_github&utm_content=badges&utm_term=forum)
- [![Demo](https://img.shields.io/badge/PyMuPDF4LLM-live?badge&label=DEMO&logo=python&logoColor=ffffff)](https://demo.pymupdf.io?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pymupdf_github&utm_content=badges&utm_t...

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- | Package | Purpose |
- |---|---|
- | pymupdf-fonts | Extended font collection for text output |

- Source: https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/prepare-agent-ready-pdf-and-document-extraction-with-pymupdf/)