Agent skill · writing content · steipete
markdown-converter
Markdown conversion: PDF, Office, HTML, data, OCR, audio, ZIP, YouTube.
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific commands and options for converting various file formats to Markdown that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 6,510 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Markdown Converter Convert files to Markdown using uvx --from "markitdown[all]" markitdown — no installation required. Basic Usage 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 Examples 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 If automatic charset detection picks the wrong encoding for a text file, pass -c UTF-8 (or the known charset)
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills steipete/markdown-converter