markitdown
✓Convert local documents to Markdown using Microsoft's markitdown CLI. Best for: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images (OCR), audio. Can fetch URLs but Jina is faster for web. Triggers on: convert to markdown, read PDF, parse document, extract text from, docx, xlsx, pptx, OCR image, local file.
Installation
SKILL.md
Convert local documents to clean Markdown. One tool for PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, and more.
| PDF | .pdf | Text extraction, tables | | Word | .docx | Formatting preserved | | Excel | .xlsx | Tables to markdown | | PowerPoint | .pptx | Slides as sections | | Images | .jpg, .png | OCR text extraction | | HTML | .html | Clean conversion | | Audio | .mp3, .wav | Speech-to-text | | Text | .txt, .csv, .json, .xml | Pass-through/structure |
| URLs | https://... | Works but slower than Jina |
Convert local documents to Markdown using Microsoft's markitdown CLI. Best for: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images (OCR), audio. Can fetch URLs but Jina is faster for web. Triggers on: convert to markdown, read PDF, parse document, extract text from, docx, xlsx, pptx, OCR image, local file. Source: 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/0xdarkmatter/claude-mods --skill markitdown- Source
- 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods
- Category
- #Documents
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is markitdown?
Convert local documents to Markdown using Microsoft's markitdown CLI. Best for: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images (OCR), audio. Can fetch URLs but Jina is faster for web. Triggers on: convert to markdown, read PDF, parse document, extract text from, docx, xlsx, pptx, OCR image, local file. Source: 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods.
How do I install markitdown?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/0xdarkmatter/claude-mods --skill markitdown Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/0xdarkmatter/claude-mods
Details
- Category
- #Documents
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01