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\nname: markitdown\ndescription: \"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.\"\nlicense: MIT\ncompatibility: \"Requires markitdown. Install: pip install markitdown\"\nallowed-tools: \"Bash\"\nmetadata:\nauthor: claude-mods
\nmarkitdown - Document to Markdown
\nConvert local documents to clean Markdown. One tool for PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, and more.
\nWhen to Use markitdown
\n\n\n\n| Use Case | \nRecommendation | \n
\n\n\n\n| Local files (PDF, Word, Excel) | \n✅ Use markitdown - unique capability | \n
\n\n| Web pages | \n❌ Use Jina (r.jina.ai/) - 5x faster | \n
\n\n| Blocked/anti-bot sites | \n❌ Use Firecrawl | \n
\n\n| OCR on images | \n✅ Use markitdown | \n
\n\n| Audio transcription | \n✅ Use markitdown | \n
\n\n
\nBasic Usage
\n# Local files (primary use case)\nmarkitdown document.pdf\nmarkitdown report.docx\nmarkitdown data.xlsx\nmarkitdown slides.pptx\nmarkitdown screenshot.png # OCR\n\n# URLs (works, but Jina is faster)\nmarkitdown https://example.com\n\n# Save output\nmarkitdown document.pdf > document.md\n
\nSupported Formats
\n\n\n\n| Format | \nExtensions | \nNotes | \n
\n\n\n\n| PDF | \n.pdf | \nText extraction, tables | \n
\n\n| Word | \n.docx | \nFormatting preserved | \n
\n\n| Excel | \n.xlsx | \nTables to markdown | \n
\n\n| PowerPoint | \n.pptx | \nSlides as sections | \n
\n\n| Images | \n.jpg, .png | \nOCR text extraction | \n
\n\n| HTML | \n.html | \nClean conversion | \n
\n\n| Audio | \n.mp3, .wav | \nSpeech-to-text | \n
\n\n| Text | \n.txt, .csv, .json, .xml | \nPass-through/structure | \n
\n\n| URLs | \nhttps://... | \nWorks but slower than Jina | \n
\n\n
\nBenchmarked Performance (URLs)
\n\n\n\n| Tool | \nAvg Speed | \nSuccess Rate | \n
\n\n\n\n| Jina | \n0.5s | \n10/10 | \n
\n\n| markitdown | \n2.5s | \n9/10 | \n
\n\n| Firecrawl | \n4.5s | \n10/10 | \n
\n\n
\nVerdict: For URLs, use Jina. For local files, markitdown is the only option.
\nExamples
\n# PDF to markdown (primary use case)\nmarkitdown report.pdf > report.md\n\n# Excel spreadsheet\nmarkitdown financials.xlsx\n\n# Image with text (OCR)\nmarkitdown screenshot.png\n\n# PowerPoint deck\nmarkitdown presentation.pptx > slides.md\n\n# Audio transcription\nmarkitdown meeting.mp3 > transcript.md\n
\nComparison with Alternatives
\n\n\n\n| Task | \nmarkitdown | \nAlternative | \n
\n\n\n\n| PDF text | \nmarkitdown file.pdf | \nPyMuPDF, pdfplumber | \n
\n\n| Word docs | \nmarkitdown file.docx | \npython-docx | \n
\n\n| Excel | \nmarkitdown file.xlsx | \npandas, openpyxl | \n
\n\n| OCR | \nmarkitdown image.png | \nTesseract | \n
\n\n| Web pages | \nUse Jina instead | \nr.jina.ai/URL (5x faster) | \n
\n\n
\nmarkitdown's advantage: One CLI for all local document formats. No code needed.
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