markitdown

Installation
SKILL.md

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 well-understood by modern language models.

Key Benefits:

  • Convert documents to clean, structured Markdown
  • Token-efficient format for LLM processing
  • Supports 15+ file formats
  • Optional AI-enhanced image descriptions
  • OCR for images and scanned documents
  • Speech transcription for audio files

Visual Enhancement with Scientific Schematics

When creating documents with this skill, always consider adding scientific diagrams and schematics to enhance visual communication.

Installs
2
First Seen
Feb 11, 2026
markitdown — swn94/claude-scientific-skills