inktomd MCP Server

Convert any file or URL to clean AI-ready Markdown directly from Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI agent.

inktomd reduces token usage by up to 63% by converting raw documents to clean Markdown — the format AI models were trained on.

Tools

Related MCP server: urltomarkdown-mcp

Supported Formats

Files: PDF, Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx), PowerPoint (.pptx), EPUB, HTML, CSV, JSON, XML, Jupyter (.ipynb), Email (.eml/.msg), ZIP, 7-Zip (.7z)

URLs: Any webpage, YouTube, ArXiv, Wikipedia, Substack, RSS feeds, Google Docs, GitHub

Installation & Configuration

Note: PyPI package coming soon — star the repo to be notified.

Run from source

git clone https://github.com/hadirizvi093/inktomd
cd inktomd/mcp
pip install -r requirements.txt
python server.py

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inktomd": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["C:/path/to/inktomd-mcp/server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add inktomd python C:/path/to/inktomd-mcp/server.py

Or add to .claude/settings.json in your project:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inktomd": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["C:/path/to/inktomd-mcp/server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Go to Cursor Settings → Features → MCP → Add new MCP server:

{
  "inktomd": {
    "command": "python",
    "args": ["C:/path/to/inktomd-mcp/server.py"]
  }
}

Usage Examples

Convert a research paper:

Convert this ArXiv paper to Markdown: https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.07041

Convert a local PDF:

Convert /Users/me/documents/report.pdf to Markdown

Extract a YouTube transcript:

Get the transcript from https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Convert a webpage:

Convert https://example.com/article to Markdown

Check supported formats:

What file formats does inktomd support?

Privacy

Files are processed in-memory on inktomd's backend (Google Cloud Run) and deleted immediately after conversion. Nothing is stored. No authentication required.

Limits

• Free tier: 10 conversions per day

• Maximum file size: 20MB

• Pro plan: Unlimited conversions — inktomd.com/pricing

Links

• Website: https://www.inktomd.com

• Pricing: https://www.inktomd.com/pricing

• Contact: hadi@inktomd.com