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## Before you start ## Before you begin
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2020* Analyzing financial reports and understanding charts/tables
2121* Extracting key information from legal documents
22* Assisting with document translation
22* Helping with document translation
2323* Converting document information into structured formats
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25## Before you begin
25## Before you start
2626
2727### Check PDF requirements
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2929Claude works with any standard PDF. Ensure your request size meets these requirements:
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31| Requirement | Limit |
32| ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
33| Maximum request size | 32 MB ([varies by platform](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/overview#request-size-limits)) |
34| Maximum pages per request | 600 (100 when the request's context window is under 1M tokens) |
35| Format | Standard PDF (no passwords/encryption) |
31| Requirement | Limit |
32| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
33| Maximum request size | 32 MB (varies by platform; see [request size limits](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/overview#request-size-limits)) |
34| Maximum pages per request | 600 (100 when the request's context window is under 1M tokens) |
35| Format | Standard PDF (no passwords/encryption) |
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3737Both limits are on the entire request payload, including any other content sent alongside PDFs. For large PDFs, consider uploading with the [Files API](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/files) and referencing by `file_id` to keep request payloads small.
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116116 "model": "claude-opus-5-5",
117117 "max_tokens": 1024,
118118 "messages": [{
119 "role": "user",
120 "content": [{
121 "type": "document",
122 "source": {
123 "type": "url",
124 "url": "https://assets.anthropic.com/m/1cd9d098ac3e6467/original/Claude-3-Model-Card-October-Addendum.pdf"
125 }
126 },
127 {
128 "type": "text",
129 "text": "What are the key findings in this document?"
130 }]
119 "role": "user",
120 "content": [{
121 "type": "document",
122 "source": {
123 "type": "url",
124 "url": "https://assets.anthropic.com/m/1cd9d098ac3e6467/original/Claude-3-Model-Card-October-Addendum.pdf"
125 }
126 },
127 {
128 "type": "text",
129 "text": "What are the key findings in this document?"
130 }]
131131 }]
132 }'
132 }'
133133 ```
134134
135135 ```bash CLI
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10241024 Claude can reference both textual and visual content when it responds. You can further improve performance by integrating PDF support with:
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10261026 * [Use prompt caching](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/pdf-support#use-prompt-caching): To improve performance for repeated analysis.
1027 * [Process document batches](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/pdf-support#process-document-batches): For high-volume document processing.
1027 * [Process document batches](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/pdf-support#process-document-batches): To process documents at high volume.
10281028 * [Tool use](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/overview): To extract specific information from documents for use as tool inputs.
10291029 </Step>
10301030</Steps>
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19541954<CardGroup cols={2}>
19551955 <Card title="Vision" icon="image" href="https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/vision">
1956 Claude's vision capabilities allow it to understand and analyze images, opening up exciting possibilities for multimodal interaction.
1956 Claude's vision capabilities allow it to process and analyze images, opening up exciting possibilities for multimodal interaction.
19571957 </Card>
19581958
19591959 <Card title="Try PDF examples" icon="file" href="https://platform.claude.com/cookbook/multimodal-getting-started-with-vision">
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