markitdown SKILL.md skillA
markitdown from 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/markitdown@git:20260410.d221136Pins git:20260410.d221136 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods
- Path
skills/markitdown/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260410.d221136, committed Apr 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 20, 2026
- Size
- 2,876 bytes
- Repository stars
- 68
- License
- MIT
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.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# markitdown - Document to Markdown Convert local documents to clean Markdown. One tool for PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, and more. ## When to Use markitdown | Use Case | Recommendation | |----------|----------------| | **Local files (PDF, Word, Excel)** | ✅ **Use markitdown** - unique capability | | **Web pages** | ❌ Use Jina (`r.jina.ai/`) - 5x faster | | **Blocked/anti-bot sites** | ❌ Use Firecrawl | | **OCR on images** | ✅ **Use markitdown** | | **Audio transcription** | ✅ **Use markitdown** | ## Basic Usage ```bash # Local files (primary use case) markitdown document.pdf markitdown report.docx markitdown data.xlsx markitdown slides.pptx markitdown screenshot.png # OCR # URLs (works, but Jina is faster) markitdown https://example.com # Save output markitdown document.pdf > document.md ``` ## Supported Formats | Format | Extensions | Notes | |--------|------------|-------| | 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 | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/markitdown@sha256:de29e4dc6cc69d87The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260410.d221136, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ojv2kz2qtscdkjf6)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jan 20, 2026 and Apr 10, 2026, about one every 80 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260410.d221136 latest | 2026-04-10 | d221136 | 2,876 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260120.93f3a83 | 2026-01-20 | 93f3a83 | 2,831 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2876 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
0xdarkmatter/claude-mods · 68 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ojv2kz2qtscdkjf6 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/markitdown GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/de29e4dc6cc69d870c53602af13a293a19a2ba3f662daf5e2e001bfb9868ff0a
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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