PDF Tool

The PDF Tool allows DinoAI to read and extract information from PDF files, enabling it to understand and reference documentation, papers, or reports in your responses.

PDFs must be referenced as context for DinoAI to access them.

Capabilities

Capability
What It Does

Read PDF Content

Extract and analyze text from PDF documents

Extract Tables

Convert tables from PDFs into structured data

Reference Specific Sections

Cite particular pages or sections when answering questions

Analyze Document Structure

Understand document organization and relationships

Example Use Cases

Summarizing Documentation

  • Prompt: "Summarize the data model described in this document"

  • Result: A concise overview of the data structures define

Extracting Information

  • Prompt: "What are the business rules for customer segmentation in this report?"

  • Result: Extracted business rules with page references to the original document


Best Practices

  1. Use specific prompts - Ask about particular topics or sections

  2. Combine with project files - Add relevant code files alongside the PDF

  3. Verify information - Always validate critical information extracted from PDFs

  4. Consider PDF quality - Text-based PDFs work better than scanned documents

  5. Add PDF guidelines - Include instructions in your .dinorules file for how DinoAI should handle information from specific PDFs, particularly for recurring reference documents

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