waggle-os/packages/marketplace/skills/pdf-generator.md

name, description, category, builtIn

name	description	category	builtIn
pdf-generator	Generate PDF documents using reportlab or weasyprint	documents	true

PDF Generator

Generate PDF documents. Use the bash tool to run a Python script with reportlab.

Workflow

1. Create a Python script that uses reportlab to build the PDF
2. Run it with the bash tool
3. Return the file path to the user

Requirements

• python3 with reportlab installed (pip install reportlab)

Example Script

from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter
from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet, ParagraphStyle
from reportlab.lib.units import inch
from reportlab.platypus import SimpleDocTemplate, Paragraph, Spacer, Table, TableStyle
from reportlab.lib import colors

doc = SimpleDocTemplate("report.pdf", pagesize=letter)
styles = getSampleStyleSheet()
elements = []

# Title
title_style = ParagraphStyle('Title', parent=styles['Title'], fontSize=24, spaceAfter=30)
elements.append(Paragraph("Quarterly Report", title_style))
elements.append(Spacer(1, 12))

# Body text
elements.append(Paragraph("This report covers Q1 2026 performance metrics.", styles['Normal']))
elements.append(Spacer(1, 12))

# Table
data = [
    ["Metric", "Value", "Change"],
    ["Revenue", "$2.4M", "+15%"],
    ["Users", "12,500", "+22%"],
    ["Retention", "94%", "+3%"],
]
table = Table(data, colWidths=[2*inch, 1.5*inch, 1*inch])
table.setStyle(TableStyle([
    ('BACKGROUND', (0, 0), (-1, 0), colors.HexColor('#4472C4')),
    ('TEXTCOLOR', (0, 0), (-1, 0), colors.white),
    ('FONTNAME', (0, 0), (-1, 0), 'Helvetica-Bold'),
    ('GRID', (0, 0), (-1, -1), 0.5, colors.grey),
    ('ALIGN', (1, 0), (-1, -1), 'CENTER'),
]))
elements.append(table)

doc.build(elements)
print("Created report.pdf")

Tips

• Use SimpleDocTemplate for multi-page documents with automatic pagination
• Use reportlab.graphics for charts and diagrams
• Use reportlab.lib.colors for color management
• For HTML-to-PDF, consider weasyprint (pip install weasyprint) as an alternative
• Add page numbers with a custom PageTemplate and Frame