Pdf to markdown

Skill sujithq/skills/skills/pdf-to-markdown

Converts PDF files to Markdown using Microsoft's markitdown package. Use this skill when the user asks to convert a PDF to Markdown, extract text from a PDF, or read/parse PDF content.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add sujithq/skills --skill pdf-to-markdown

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SKILL.md

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PDF to Markdown Conversion

This skill converts PDF files to Markdown format using Microsoft's markitdown package.

When to use

User asks to convert a PDF to Markdown
User wants to extract text content from a PDF
User needs to read or parse a PDF document
User asks to summarize or analyze a PDF file

How to use

Use uvx to run markitdown directly. Pick the dependency group matching the file type:

File type	Dependency group
PDF	`pdf`
PowerPoint (.pptx)	`pptx`
Word (.docx)	`docx`
Excel (.xlsx)	`xlsx`
Excel (.xls)	`xls`

uvx 'markitdown[pdf]' <path-to-file> -o output.md

Or install all optional dependencies at once:

uvx 'markitdown[all]' <path-to-file> -o output.md

Examples

uvx 'markitdown[pdf]' report.pdf -o report.md
uvx 'markitdown[pptx]' slides.pptx -o slides.md
uvx 'markitdown[docx]' document.docx -o document.md

Output

If you were asked to save the output to a specific file, save it to the requested file using -o.
If no output file was specified, use the source filename with a .md suffix.

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.