Turn the first three pages of the SEC's Form 10-K instructions PDF into text I can read.
extract text with outputFormat markdown returns each page's text with headings and lists kept where the PDF structure allows; metadata adds the title, author and dates from the PDF. The price is per page with text, so selecting pages keeps long documents cheap.
Tool input
{
"urls": [
"https://www.sec.gov/files/form10-k.pdf"
],
"pages": "1-3",
"extract": [
"text",
"metadata"
],
"outputFormat": "markdown"
}
Ask it from an AI agent (MCP)
Add the Apify MCP server with this tool to your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ...); it signs you in with OAuth or Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>. It works once the Actor is live on the Apify Store.
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=bosco_labs/pdf-to-data
Then ask:
Use the bosco_labs/pdf-to-data tool to answer: Turn the first three pages of the SEC's Form 10-K instructions PDF into text I can read.
Call the Apify API
Runs the Actor and returns the rows in one request, billed to your Apify account ($0.0005 per page with text). It works once the Actor is live on the Apify Store.
curl https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/bosco_labs~pdf-to-data/run-sync-get-dataset-items \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"urls": ["https://www.sec.gov/files/form10-k.pdf"], "pages": "1-3", "extract": ["text", "metadata"], "outputFormat": "markdown"}'
Example output
Example output from the tool's documentation (not a run of this exact question).
{
"schema_version": "1",
"input_index": 0,
"url": "https://www.sec.gov/files/form10-k.pdf",
"final_url": "https://www.sec.gov/files/form10-k.pdf",
"file_size_bytes": 549322,
"page_count": 19,
"pages_processed": 2,
"pages_charged": 2,
"title": "Form 10-K",
"author": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission",
"subject": "Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934",
"creator": "Acrobat PDFMaker 24 for Word",
"producer": "Adobe PDF Library 24.1.163",
"creation_date": "2024-05-12T10:49:53-04:00",
"modification_date": "2026-09-10T12:50:48-04:00",
"pages": [
{
"page": 1,
"text": "UNITED STATES\nSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION\nWashington, D.C. 20549\n\nOMB APPROVAL\nOMB Number: 3235-0063\n..."
},
{
"page": 2,
"text": "(2) Particular attention is directed to Regulation 12B which contains general requirements\n..."
}
],
"tables": [],
"warnings": [],
"error": null,
"source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/files/form10-k.pdf",
"retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T22:41:04+00:00"
}