MarkItDown

Overview

MarkItDown is a Python utility that converts various file formats into Markdown format, optimized for use with large language models and text analysis pipelines. It preserves document structure (headings, lists, tables, hyperlinks) while producing clean, token-efficient Markdown output.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when users request:

• Converting documents to Markdown format
• Extracting text from PDF, Word, PowerPoint, or Excel files
• Performing OCR on images to extract text
• Transcribing audio files to text
• Extracting YouTube video transcripts
• Processing HTML, EPUB, or web content to Markdown
• Converting structured data (CSV, JSON, XML) to readable Markdown
• Batch converting multiple files or ZIP archives
• Preparing documents for LLM analysis or RAG systems