How to install datasheet-reader
npx skills add null --skill datasheet-readerFull instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from diodeinc/pcb.
name: datasheet-reader
description: Read datasheets and technical PDF documents with pcb scan. Use when the user gives a local PDF path or an http(s) datasheet/document URL, when a task requires reading, summarizing, extracting information from, or answering questions about a datasheet or technical PDF, or when a KiCad symbol / .kicad_sym provides a Datasheet property to resolve. Run pcb scan <input> in bash, treat stdout as the generated .md path, then read that markdown file.
Datasheet Reader
Use this skill when a task depends on a datasheet or technical PDF.
- Input: local
.pdfpath orhttp(s)URL - Command:
pcb scan <input> - Output: stdout is the resolved markdown path
- Next step: read the markdown file, not the raw PDF
- Images are linked from the markdown
Workflow
- Run
pcb scan /path/to/file.pdforpcb scan https://.... - Capture the printed markdown path.
- Read the markdown file and work from that artifact.
- Follow image links only if the task depends on figures, diagrams, or tables.
Examples
pcb scan ./TPS54331.pdf
pcb scan https://www.ti.com/lit/gpn/tca9554
Notes
- Prefer the minimal invocation above. Do not depend on optional flags unless a task explicitly requires them.
- If
pcb scanfails, report the failure briefly and then choose the best fallback.
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