Markdown converter

Skill mouadja02/skills/skills/documentation/markdown-converter

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Install

npx -y skills add mouadja02/skills --skill markdown-converter

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What its author says it does

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Markdown conversion via markitdown: PDF, Office, HTML, data, OCR, audio, ZIP, YouTube — no install required.

SKILL.md

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Markdown Converter

Attribution: Sourced from steipete/agent-scripts by Peter Steinberger.

When to Use

Converting PDF, Office, HTML, or data files to Markdown
Extracting text from images via OCR or transcribing audio
Processing ZIP archives or YouTube transcripts into Markdown

Convert files to Markdown using uvx markitdown — no installation required.

Basic Usage

# Convert to stdout
uvx markitdown input.pdf

# Save to file
uvx markitdown input.pdf -o output.md
uvx markitdown input.docx > output.md

# From stdin
cat input.pdf | uvx markitdown

Supported Formats

Documents: PDF, Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), Excel (.xlsx, .xls)
Web/Data: HTML, CSV, JSON, XML
Media: Images (EXIF + OCR), Audio (EXIF + transcription)
Other: ZIP (iterates contents), YouTube URLs, EPub

Options

-o OUTPUT      # Output file
-x EXTENSION   # Hint file extension (for stdin)
-m MIME_TYPE   # Hint MIME type
-c CHARSET     # Hint charset (e.g., UTF-8)
-d             # Use Azure Document Intelligence
-e ENDPOINT    # Document Intelligence endpoint
--use-plugins  # Enable 3rd-party plugins
--list-plugins # Show installed plugins

Examples

# Convert Word document
uvx markitdown report.docx -o report.md

# Convert Excel spreadsheet
uvx markitdown data.xlsx > data.md

# Convert PowerPoint presentation
uvx markitdown slides.pptx -o slides.md

# Convert with file type hint (for stdin)
cat document | uvx markitdown -x .pdf > output.md

# Use Azure Document Intelligence for better PDF extraction
uvx markitdown scan.pdf -d -e "https://your-resource.cognitiveservices.azure.com/"

Notes

Output preserves document structure: headings, tables, lists, links.
First run caches dependencies; subsequent runs are faster.
For complex PDFs with poor extraction, use -d with Azure Document Intelligence.