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PDF reads return the document and page images

Reading a PDF now returns the document itself plus one image per page.

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What

Reading a PDF now returns the actual file as a base64 document block, and page extraction returns one image block per page instead of a summary line. A page that fails to render falls back to a placeholder for that page only.

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  • The document block is { type: "document", source: { type: "base64", media_type: "application/pdf" } }, included only when base64 data is present.
  • A failed page yields text saying it "could not be processed as an image"; the other pages still come back.
  • Re-reading the same file path carries base64 data and already-extracted pages forward from the previous result.
  • Page ranges are validated up front: formats like 1-5, 3 or 10-20 are accepted, and a range exceeding the per-request page maximum is rejected.
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could not be processed as an image

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