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MarkItDown MCP Server

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MarkItDown MCP Server

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that converts various file formats to Markdown using the MarkItDown utility.

Supported Formats

  • PDF

  • PowerPoint

  • Word

  • Excel

  • Images (EXIF metadata and OCR)

  • Audio (EXIF metadata and speech transcription)

  • HTML

  • Text-based formats (CSV, JSON, XML)

  • ZIP files (iterates over contents)

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install MarkItDown MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @KorigamiK/markitdown_mcp_server --client claude

Manual Installation

  1. Clone this repository

  2. Install dependencies:

uv install

Usage

As MCP Server

The server can be integrated with any MCP client. Here are some examples:

Zed Editor

Add the following to your settings.json:

"context_servers": { "markitdown_mcp": { "settings": {}, "command": { "path": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/path/to/markitdown_mcp_server", "run", "markitdown" ] } } }

Commands

The server responds to the following MCP commands:

  • /md <file> - Convert the specified file to Markdown

Example:

/md document.pdf

Supported MCP Clients

Works with any MCP-compliant client listed at modelcontextprotocol.io/clients, including:

  • Zed Editor

  • Any other MCP-compatible editors and tools

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Acknowledgements

https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown#readme

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A Model Context Protocol server that converts various file formats (PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Images, etc.) to Markdown to make them accessible to LLMs.

  1. Supported Formats
    1. Installation
      1. Installing via Smithery
      2. Manual Installation
    2. Usage
      1. As MCP Server
      2. Commands
    3. Supported MCP Clients
      1. License
        1. Acknowledgements

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