PDF Fax Optimizer — Development skill for Claude Code
Agent skill (SKILL.md) that maximizes document quality and readability over fax — converts a PDF to a 1-bit CCITT-G4 PDF/TIFF that arrives LEGIBLE after Group-3 transmission, with 17 halftone methods.
How to install PDF Fax Optimizer
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open petehottelet/pdf-fax-optimizer and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What PDF Fax Optimizer does
Agent skill (SKILL.md) that maximizes document quality and readability over fax — converts a PDF to a 1-bit CCITT-G4 PDF/TIFF that arrives LEGIBLE after Group-3 transmission, with 17 halftone methods and a multi-up comparison preview. For Claude and OpenAI Codex.
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README
PDF FAX — an Agent Skill
A portable [Agent Skill](https://www.anthropic.com/news/skills) that teaches an AI coding agent to **maximize document quality and readability when sending a PDF over a fax network.** It converts a PDF into a fax-native **1-bit bilevel CCITT-G4** PDF (or Class-F multipage TIFF) that survives the lossy Group-3 transmission and **arrives legible on the receiving machine.**
Try it in 30 seconds
Install it as an agent skill with the [`skills`](https://skills.sh) CLI:
npx skills add petehottelet/pdf-fax-optimizerThen ask your agent:
Make `contract.pdf` fax-ready. Prioritize legibility, generate a preview sheet, and warn me before sending if anything may arrive unreadable.
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