What
Claude Code can now render PDF pages as JPEG images using pdftoppm from poppler-utils, enabling visual analysis of PDF content beyond text extraction.
Details
- Uses
pdftoppmto convert PDF pages to JPEG images at 100 DPI - Requires poppler-utils to be installed (
brew install poppleron macOS,apt-get install poppler-utilson Linux) - Provides detailed error handling for: password-protected PDFs, corrupted/invalid files, oversized files, and missing pdftoppm
- Falls back gracefully with a clear install instruction message when poppler-utils is not available
- Separate size limits for text extraction vs page rendering
- Tracked via
tengu_pdf_page_extractiontelemetry
Evidence
PDF page rendering function (search for "pdftoppm is not installed. Install poppler-utils")
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.