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Install with all features · mkurman | DecimalAI

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Install with all features

mkurman/markitdown

Source mkurman/zorai ↗License MIT

Convert files and office documents to Markdown. Supports PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, images (with OCR), audio (with transcription), HTML, CSV, JSON, XML, ZIP, YouTube URLs, EPubs and more.

SkillScore100Maintained

Automatic

Doc Ops pack

Last verified 8/21/2026

What it changes

Passed 22 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 15 of 22 without it.

Without skill68%

With skill100%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Mentions `#markitdown-plugin`
Runs `markitdown --list-plugins`
Specifies `llm_model="anthropic/claude-opus-4.5"`

and 4 more in the full report

7 fixed15 passed either way0 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +32 pp
Tokens: +206%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -50%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/21/2026v122 of 22 cases passed with skill

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/mkurman-markitdown/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/mkurman-markitdown/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add mkurman-markitdown, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/mkurman-markitdown/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add mkurman-markitdown

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/mkurman-markitdown/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/mkurman-markitdown/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/mkurman-markitdown/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/mkurman-markitdown.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 7 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 7

Prompt

If I want to discover community-built third-party plugins for MarkItDown on GitHub, what specific hashtag tag should I search for?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Mentions `#markitdown-plugin`	Missed	Passed

case-18 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/21/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md425 lines7 filesincludes scripts

-----|-------------|-------| | PDF | Portable Document Format | Full text extraction | | DOCX | Microsoft Word | Tables, formatting preserved | | PPTX | PowerPoint | Slides with notes | | XLSX | Excel spreadsheets | Tables and data | | Images | JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP | EXIF metadata + OCR | | Audio | WAV, MP3 | Metadata + transcription | | HTML | Web pages | Clean conversion | | CSV | Comma-separated values | Table format | | JSON | JSON data | Structured representation | | XML | XML documents | Structured format | | ZIP | Archive files | Iterates contents | | EPUB | E-books | Full text extraction | | YouTube | Video URLs | Fetch transcriptions |

Quick Start

Installation

# Install with all features
pip install 'markitdown[all]'

# Or from source
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown.git
cd markitdown
pip install -e 'packages/markitdown[all]'

Command-Line Usage

# Basic conversion
markitdown document.pdf > output.md

# Specify output file
markitdown document.pdf -o output.md

# Pipe content
cat document.pdf | markitdown > output.md

Track record

Benchmark

22 / 22

test cases passed, vs 15 / 22 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

mkurman / zorai

skills/scientific-skills/markitdown/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MIT licenseImported 8/3/2026Version v1Bundled 6 files · scripts

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