markitdown

Convert files and office documents to Markdown. Supports PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, images (with OCR), audio (with transcription), HTML, CSV, JSON, XML, ZIP, YouTube URLs, EPubs and more.

Skills
Scientific
325

What it does and how to use it

A skill that teaches Claude Code to do scientific tasks well. It is packaged knowledge the model uses whenever it is relevant.

Install the skill (command above).
In Claude Code, describe what you need - the skill turns on by itself when the context fits.
No commands to memorize: you talk in plain language and the skill does the rest.

Install (Claude Code)

mkdir -p .claude/skills/markitdown && curl -fsSL https://doutorai.pt/data/lib/skills__markitdown.md -o .claude/skills/markitdown/SKILL.md

Paste this command into the terminal, in your project folder, and the component installs automatically.

Content

---
name: markitdown
description: "Convert files and office documents to Markdown. Supports PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, images (with OCR), audio (with transcription), HTML, CSV, JSON, XML, ZIP, YouTube URLs, EPubs and more."
allowed-tools: [Read, Write, Edit, Bash]
license: MIT
source: https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown
---

# MarkItDown - File to Markdown Conversion

## Overview

MarkItDown is a Python tool developed by Microsoft for converting various file formats to Markdown. It's particularly useful for converting documents into LLM-friendly text format, as Markdown is token-efficient and 

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