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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Extract PikeOS PDF manuals to markdown files.
+
+Usage:
+    python3 tools/extract_pikeos_docs.py <pdf> [<pdf> ...]
+
+Each PDF is converted to a markdown file under docs-extracted/ with the same
+relative path and YAML frontmatter containing title, source, and page count.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+DOCS_DIR = REPO_ROOT / "docs"
+OUTPUT_DIR = REPO_ROOT / "docs-extracted"
+
+
+def sanitize_title(filename: str) -> str:
+    """Convert a filename like 'kernel-reference-manual.pdf' to a title."""
+    base = Path(filename).stem
+    base = base.replace("-", " ").replace("_", " ")
+    return base.title()
+
+
+def count_pages(pdf_path: Path) -> int:
+    """Return the number of pages in a PDF using pdfinfo if available."""
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["pdfinfo", str(pdf_path)],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            check=True,
+        )
+        for line in result.stdout.splitlines():
+            if line.startswith("Pages:"):
+                return int(line.split(":", 1)[1].strip())
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return 0
+
+
+def extract_pdf(pdf_path: Path) -> Path:
+    """Extract a single PDF to a markdown file."""
+    rel_path = pdf_path.resolve().relative_to(DOCS_DIR.resolve())
+    out_path = OUTPUT_DIR / rel_path.with_suffix(".md")
+    out_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    title = sanitize_title(pdf_path.name)
+    pages = count_pages(pdf_path)
+    category = rel_path.parent.as_posix() if rel_path.parent != Path(".") else "general"
+
+    # Extract plain text with layout preservation.
+    text = subprocess.run(
+        ["pdftotext", "-layout", "-nopgbrk", str(pdf_path), "-"],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        check=True,
+    ).stdout
+
+    # Normalize whitespace slightly without destroying structure.
+    text = re.sub(r"\n{4,}", "\n\n\n", text)
+
+    frontmatter = f"""---
+title: "{title}"
+source: "docs/{rel_path.as_posix()}"
+category: "{category}"
+pages: {pages}
+extracted: "{datetime.now().isoformat()}"
+---
+
+# {title}
+
+> Extracted from `docs/{rel_path.as_posix()}` ({pages} pages).
+> Figures, diagrams, and tables may not render accurately in plain text.
+
+{text}
+"""
+
+    out_path.write_text(frontmatter, encoding="utf-8")
+    return out_path
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Extract PikeOS PDFs to markdown.")
+    parser.add_argument("pdfs", nargs="+", type=Path, help="PDF files to extract.")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    created = []
+    errors = []
+    for pdf in args.pdfs:
+        if not pdf.exists():
+            errors.append(f"Not found: {pdf}")
+            continue
+        try:
+            out = extract_pdf(pdf)
+            created.append(out)
+            print(f"EXTRACTED: {out.relative_to(REPO_ROOT)}")
+        except Exception as exc:
+            errors.append(f"{pdf}: {exc}")
+            print(f"ERROR: {pdf}: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    if errors:
+        return 1
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())