mcp server

MarkItDown

Converts PDFs, Office files, HTML and other URIs to Markdown for LLM input.

microsoft/markitdown/packages/markitdown-mcpofficiallistedunreviewednot running here yet

Use tool

Set up

Runs on your computer. Pick your agent and operating system.

Before you start

uv (`curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh`)

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "markitdown": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "markitdown-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

same format Cursor, GitHub Copilot CLI, Junie, JetBrains AI Assistant, Augment (Auggie CLI), Factory Droid, Kiro, Devin CLI +12

Values in angle brackets are placeholders. Restart Claude Desktop after editing its config.Claude Desktop docs

Tools provided

As listed by the project. Your agent asks before calling them, depending on its settings.

convert_to_markdownConvert an http, https, file or data URI to Markdown

README

synced Oct 13, 2026

MarkItDown

Converts PDFs, Office files, HTML and other URIs to Markdown for LLM input.

Install

uvx markitdown-mcp

Tools

convert_to_markdown — Convert an http, https, file or data URI to Markdown

About this listing

Details were gathered from the project's public pages on 2026-10-13 and have not been reviewed by a person yet. Read the project's own documentation before giving it access to anything sensitive.

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