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PDF Recipes: Save Your PDF Steps and Run Them on Any File by AIMerger

Do the same things to PDFs every week? Put the steps in a recipe once — for example “remove blank pages → add page numbers → compress to 2 MB” — and run it on one file or fifty. Start from a ready-made recipe, export it for colleagues, import theirs. Only safe, built-in operations can be used, and everything runs on your device.

🔒 Processed locally in your browser — your files never leave your device
1

Build or choose a recipe

Steps run top to bottom. Every setting is checked before anything runs.

2

Add PDFs

The recipe runs on each file separately.

🧪 Drop the PDFs to run the recipe on, or tap to choose

One PDF or up to 50 — every file gets the same steps

3

Run & download

Each file shows what the recipe did.

🔒 Recipes run on your device. Your PDFs and your recipes are never uploaded.

Limits on this device

Up to 20 steps per recipe and 50 PDFs per run. Only the listed operations exist — a recipe is a list of settings, never code, and imported recipes are validated and shown before anything runs. “Split into files” must be the last step. Text in watermarks and stamps uses the standard PDF fonts.

PDF Recipes — a real example made with this tool from sample files

A saved recipe (watermark + page numbers) → the same steps applied to every file.

How to use the PDF recipe runner — 4 steps

  1. 1

    Pick a ready-made recipe (Ready to email, Review copy, Print handout, Clean up a scan) — or add your own steps from the list.

  2. 2

    Adjust each step’s settings. The line under the steps describes the whole recipe in plain words and flags anything that isn’t allowed.

  3. 3

    Add the PDFs and press Run recipe. Each file shows what was done; download them one by one or as a ZIP.

  4. 4

    Want it next time? Tick Remember my recipes in this browser and press Save — or Export the recipe as a small .json file to share.

💡 Tip: Put “Compress to a size” near the end (after watermarks and numbers) and “Split into files” last — the tool enforces the second.

What a recipe can do

Fourteen built-in operations: rotate pages, remove pages, keep only some pages, remove blank pages, reverse the order, add page numbers, add a text watermark, add a stamp badge, put several pages on one sheet, fit pages to a paper size, flatten forms and comments, remove hidden details, set the title, compress photos and scans to a size, and split into files. Each runs exactly as the matching AIMerger tool does — content is added or pages rearranged, never turned into pictures.

Safe by design

A recipe is plain data — a list of operation names and settings — never code. Every recipe, including one you import, is checked against a strict list: unknown operations, unknown settings and out-of-range values are refused with a clear message, and an imported recipe is only shown, never run, until you press Run. Recipe files are limited to 64 KB.

Your recipes stay yours

By default a recipe lasts only while the page is open. Tick “Remember my recipes in this browser” to keep them in this browser’s storage on this device; untick it and they are deleted. Nothing — not the recipes, not your PDFs — is sent to a server.

Frequently asked questions

How do I automate repetitive PDF tasks?

Build a recipe from the built-in steps (or start from a ready-made one), add your PDFs and press Run recipe. Save it to rerun next time.

Can I run the same steps on many PDFs?

Yes — up to 50 PDFs per run. Each file is processed separately and you can download all results as a ZIP.

Can I share a recipe?

Yes. Export it as a .json file; anyone can import it on this page. Imported recipes are validated and shown before anything runs.

Can a recipe run scripts or upload files?

No. Only the built-in PDF operations exist, with checked settings. Recipes can’t contain code and nothing is uploaded.

Where are my recipes saved?

Only in this browser on this device, and only if you tick “Remember my recipes”. Unticking deletes them.

Are my PDFs uploaded?

No. Recipes run in your browser on your device.

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