llm-fragments-pdf

A fragment loader for LLM that converts PDF files into markdown plaintext using PyMuPDF4LLM.

This is especially useful for models which don't support attachments.

Installation

Install this plugin in the same environment as LLM:

llm install llm-fragments-pdf

Usage

Use -f 'pdf:filepath' convert a pdf file to markdown text and insert that text as a fragment.

Example:

llm -f 'pdf:my_pdf.pdf' "What is this document about?"

The output includes:

• Filename
• PDF contents as markdown

Development

To set up this plugin locally, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:

cd llm-fragments-pdf
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Install the dependencies and test dependencies:

pip install -e '.[test]'

To run the tests:

pytest

Dependencies

• PyMuPDF4LLM: For extracting markdown from PDFs
• llm: The LLM CLI tool this plugin extends