read_converted_markdown

Access converted markdown content from Office documents for processing or analysis after conversion.

Instructions

Read the content of a previously converted markdown file.

Use this after convert_document to get the actual markdown content. This is useful when you want to process or analyze the converted document.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`markdown_path`	Yes	Path to the markdown file (returned by convert_document)

Implementation Reference

src/officereader_mcp/server.py:222-243 (handler)

Handler for 'read_converted_markdown' tool: validates input path, checks file existence, reads the markdown file content, and returns it as TextContent with metadata.

elif name == "read_converted_markdown":
    markdown_path = arguments.get("markdown_path")
    if not markdown_path:
        return [TextContent(
            type="text",
            text=f"{cache_notice}\n\n" + json.dumps({"error": "markdown_path is required"}, ensure_ascii=False)
        )]

    path = Path(markdown_path)
    if not path.exists():
        return [TextContent(
            type="text",
            text=f"{cache_notice}\n\n" + json.dumps({"error": f"File not found: {markdown_path}"}, ensure_ascii=False)
        )]

    with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        content = f.read()

    return [TextContent(
        type="text",
        text=f"{cache_notice}\n[Reading] {markdown_path}\n[Length] {len(content)} characters\n\n---\n\n{content}"
    )]

src/officereader_mcp/server.py:106-115 (schema)

Input schema definition for the 'read_converted_markdown' tool, specifying the required 'markdown_path' parameter.

inputSchema={
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "markdown_path": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Path to the markdown file (returned by convert_document)",
        },
    },
    "required": ["markdown_path"],
},

src/officereader_mcp/server.py:100-117 (registration)

Registration of the 'read_converted_markdown' tool in the list_tools() function.

        Tool(
            name="read_converted_markdown",
            description="""Read the content of a previously converted markdown file.

Use this after convert_document to get the actual markdown content.
This is useful when you want to process or analyze the converted document.""",
            inputSchema={
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "markdown_path": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Path to the markdown file (returned by convert_document)",
                    },
                },
                "required": ["markdown_path"],
            },
        ),
        Tool(

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