Use Case
Stirling PDF is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Self-hosted REST API for comprehensive PDF manipulation including merge, split, convert, OCR, compress, sign, redact, and secure PDFs. This guide walks you through installing Stirling PDF, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install Stirling PDF: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install stirling-pdf
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to documents & notes to trigger Stirling PDF
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine Stirling PDF with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Stirling PDF
Help me get started with Stirling PDF
What can Stirling PDF do for my documents & notes workflow?
Show me an example of using Stirling PDF
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install stirling-pdfOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install stirling-pdfβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/stirling-pdf/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.