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add-cover-page

Generate a matching-size cover page with a title (and optional subtitle, author, date) and prepend it to a PDF. Triggers on phrases like "add a cover page", "prepend a title page", "make a cover for this PDF".

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Create a single-page cover that matches the input PDF's page size and prepend it.

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Add Cover Page

Create a single-page cover that matches the input PDF's page size and prepend it.

Inputs

Input PDF path (required).

Title (required).

Subtitle (optional).

Author (optional).

Date (optional, default today).

Style (optional) — minimal (centered title, thin rule), classic (title + horizontal rule + metadata block), bold (large title, colored band). Default classic.

Output path (optional) — defaults to <input>-with-cover.pdf.

Tooling

Two clean approaches — pick whichever is available:

Option A: Typst (preferred — fast, modern)

#set page(width: 595pt, height: 842pt, margin: 4cm) #set text(font: "IBM Plex Sans") #align(center + horizon)[ #text(28pt, weight: "bold")[#TITLE] #v(1em) #text(16pt)[#SUBTITLE] #v(3em) #line(length: 40%) #v(1em) #text(12pt)[#AUTHOR · #DATE] ]

Compile: typst compile cover.typ cover.pdf. Page size must match the input PDF exactly — probe with pdfinfo first.

Option B: ReportLab (Python)

If Typst isn't available, use reportlab to draw a single-page PDF at the same dimensions.

Workflow

Probe input page size: pdfinfo input.pdf | grep "Page size" → extract width/height in pt.

Generate cover PDF at matching size.

Verify cover layout by rendering to PNG: gs -sDEVICE=png16m -r100 -o /tmp/cover.png cover.pdf. Check title isn't clipped, alignment is correct, font rendered properly. If the user is present, show them the preview before committing.

Concatenate: qpdf --empty --pages cover.pdf 1 input.pdf 1-z -- output.pdf.

Verify output: pdfinfo output.pdf | grep Pages should show input pages + 1.

Output

Cover-prepended PDF. Original preserved.

Add Cover Page

Create a single-page cover that matches the input PDF's page size and prepend it.

Inputs

Input PDF path (required).
Title (required).
Subtitle (optional).
Author (optional).
Date (optional, default today).
Style (optional) — minimal (centered title, thin rule), classic (title + horizontal rule + metadata block), bold (large title, colored band). Default classic.
Output path (optional) — defaults to <input>-with-cover.pdf.

Tooling

Two clean approaches — pick whichever is available:

Option A: Typst (preferred — fast, modern)

#set page(width: 595pt, height: 842pt, margin: 4cm)
#set text(font: "IBM Plex Sans")

#align(center + horizon)[
  #text(28pt, weight: "bold")[#TITLE]
  #v(1em)
  #text(16pt)[#SUBTITLE]
  #v(3em)
  #line(length: 40%)
  #v(1em)
  #text(12pt)[#AUTHOR · #DATE]
]

Compile: typst compile cover.typ cover.pdf. Page size must match the input PDF exactly — probe with pdfinfo first.

Option B: ReportLab (Python)

If Typst isn't available, use reportlab to draw a single-page PDF at the same dimensions.

Workflow

Probe input page size: pdfinfo input.pdf | grep "Page size" → extract width/height in pt.
Generate cover PDF at matching size.
Verify cover layout by rendering to PNG: gs -sDEVICE=png16m -r100 -o /tmp/cover.png cover.pdf. Check title isn't clipped, alignment is correct, font rendered properly. If the user is present, show them the preview before committing.
Concatenate: qpdf --empty --pages cover.pdf 1 input.pdf 1-z -- output.pdf.
Verify output: pdfinfo output.pdf | grep Pages should show input pages + 1.

Output

Cover-prepended PDF. Original preserved.