Extract text from PDFs using pdftotext when read_file returns binary data
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The skill exposes the agent to untrusted, user-generated content from public third-party sources, creating a risk of indirect prompt injection. This includes browsing arbitrary URLs, reading social media posts or forum comments, and analyzing content from unknown websites.
This skill’s required workflow uses `read_file(filetype="pdf"... )` on a user-supplied PDF and, if it’s binary/unreadable, runs `run_shell("pdftotext /path/to/document.pdf -")` and feeds `result.stdout` (extracted PDF text) into the agent context, so the outsider source category is “PDF document text downloaded/forwarded by someone other than the operating user,” depending on what the operating user provides at runtime.
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