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Converts PDF (.pdf) documents into Markdown so their contents can be accurately analyzed, summarized, searched, or extracted from.
Passed 12 of 18 test cases with the skill, and 7 of 18 without it.
and 6 more in the full report
8 fixed7 passed either way6 still failing1 broke
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One of 8 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
I have a research paper at C:\Docs\research_v2.pdf. Can you read it and give me a bulleted summary of the main findings?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| executes scripts/convert_pdf_to_md.py | Missed | Passed |
| passes the argument C:\Docs\research_v2.pdf | Missed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
Trigger this skill any time there is a .pdf file that needs to be
understood or processed — for example, a user attaches a PDF and asks
questions about it, wants a summary, wants specific data or tables pulled
out, or wants multiple PDFs in a folder processed together. PDF is a
layout/print format, not reliably readable as plain text, so always convert
it to Markdown first using the script in this skill rather than trying to
open or parse the file directly.
This skill only supports .pdf — that's MarkItDown's only PDF-family
format, so there's no legacy format to worry about here (unlike Word's
.doc or Excel's .xls).
Mixed file types: When the user references a folder or set of documents
containing multiple supported file types (.pdf, .docx, .xlsx), this
skill handles only .pdf files. The agent MUST also invoke the sibling
skills in parallel:
convert-word-to-md for any .docx filesconvert-excel-to-md for any .xlsx filesNever process a folder and silently skip a supported file type. All three skills must be invoked together when mixed types are present.
Before the first conversion in a given environment, follow
references/setup.md step by step to ensure Python,
pip, markitdown, and pymupdf (for image extraction) are installed. Do
this proactively rather than guessing whether the environment is ready — the
script itself will also fail with a clear pointer back to that file if a
dependency turns out to be missing, so it's safe to just try the conversion
first if you're reasonably confident setup was already done.
The conversion script lives at scripts/convert_pdf_to_md.py.
test cases passed, vs 7 / 18 without
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