Foundry PDF + AI Assistant

Foundry PDF + AI Assistant

The ultimate offline PDF toolkit for developers, engineers, and technical teams.
- Instantly view, extract, convert, highlight, compare, and annotate PDFs.
- No AI, no internet needed, just one .vsix – forever yours.

✨ Features Overview

• Modern PDF rendering with fast zoom, fit-to-page/width, and large file support.
• Selectable text layer, full-text & regex search, persistent search history.
• Automatic code block detection (font, indentation, pattern), syntax highlight for 50+ languages, deduplication & merge.
• Table extraction to CSV/JSON, open with one click.
• PDF & Markdown conversion while preserving headings, lists, code, and tables.
• Highlights, sticky notes, and bookmarks with color tools and context panel.
• Advanced pro tools: diff mode (compare PDFs), OCR (Tesseract.js), rich metadata inspector, smart copy w/citations.
• Unified export system: instant export to code/text/markdown/tables, clear export folder tree, Git integration.
• Offline by design: No internet, no AI, no external dependencies.

🛠️ Quick Start

1. Install

• Get from VS Code Marketplace
• Or Open VSX

2. Open a PDF

• Right-click a .pdf file → "Open With Foundry PDF"
• Or use VS Code Command Palette: Foundry PDF: Open PDF

3. Extract / Export

• Extract all text: Ctrl+Alt+X or command palette
• Export to Markdown: Ctrl+Alt+E
• Copy all code blocks: Ctrl+Alt+C
• Search (with regex): Ctrl+Alt+F
• Toggle split view: Ctrl+Alt+S

⚡ Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Alt+Z	Zoom
Ctrl+Alt+X	Extract Text
Ctrl+Alt+C	Copy Code Blocks
Ctrl+Alt+E	Export (various)
Ctrl+Alt+S	Split View
Ctrl+Alt+F	Search

⚙️ Configuration Example

{
  "pdf-forge.autoReload": true,
  "pdf-forge.defaultFormat": "markdown",
  "pdf-forge.highlightColor": "#FFEB3B",
  "pdf-forge.maxFileSize": 200,
  "pdf-forge.enableOcr": false,
  "pdf-forge.autoDedupe": true
}

Tweak options via your VS Code settings.json for auto-reload, color, OCR, export format, and more.

📁 Export Structure

./pdf-forge-exports/
  └── [filename]/
      ├── text.txt
      ├── document.md
      ├── code-blocks/
      │   ├── code-block-1.py
      │   ├── ...
      │   └── merged-code-all.md
      ├── tables/
      │   ├── table-1.csv
      │   └── table-2.json
      ├── notes.md
      └── metadata.json

🤓 Essentials

• 100% offline, no AI, all libraries (pdf.js, Tesseract.js, highlight.js) included.
• Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux.
• No PDF editing. Focused on extraction/annotation.
• Best OCR results on high-res scans.

🌟 Credits

• pdf.js | Mozilla
• Tesseract.js | OCR
• highlight.js | Syntax Highlight
• diff-match-patch | Diffing

🆘 Support & Links

• Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/
• Open VSX: https://open-vsx.org/
• Issues & Feedback: https://github.com/

Foundry PDF – BUILT ONCE. CODE FOREVER.