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Office → Markdown (markitdown) · zzafergok | DecimalAI

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Office → Markdown (markitdown)

zzafergok/office-to-markdown

Source zzafergok/skills ↗License Not recorded

Convert Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) to Markdown using Microsoft's markitdown library.

SkillScore87Maintained

Automatic

Doc Ops pack

Last verified 8/6/2026

What it changes

Passed 20 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 19 of 23 without it.

Without skill83%

With skill87%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Recommends placing converted Markdown files under Git version control.

1 fixed19 passed either way3 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +4 pp
Tokens: +88%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -35%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/6/2026v1 · latest is v220 of 23 cases passed with skill

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

This benchmark measured an earlier version of the skill.

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/zzafergok-office-to-markdown/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/zzafergok-office-to-markdown/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add zzafergok-office-to-markdown, 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/zzafergok-office-to-markdown/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add zzafergok-office-to-markdown

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

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/zzafergok-office-to-markdown/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/zzafergok-office-to-markdown/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/zzafergok-office-to-markdown/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/zzafergok-office-to-markdown.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

A test case the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

Prompt

What tool is recommended for tracking changes and managing version history of converted Markdown documents over time?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Recommends placing converted Markdown files under Git version control.	Missed	Passed

case-19 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/6/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md212 linessingle file

Office → Markdown (markitdown)

A guide to converting Office files to Markdown with Microsoft's open-source markitdown library.

1. Installation

pip install markitdown          # Basic
pip install markitdown[all]     # Includes image OCR and audio transcription

2. Supported Formats

Format	Extension	Notes
Word	.docx	Text, tables, basic formatting
Excel	.xlsx	Sheets → Markdown tables
PowerPoint	.pptx	Slides → Sections
PDF	.pdf	Text extraction
HTML	.html	Clean Markdown
Image	.jpg, .png	OCR with an LLM (optional)
ZIP	.zip	Processes contained files

3. Basic Usage

from markitdown import MarkItDown
from pathlib import Path

md = MarkItDown()

# Convert a single file
result = md.convert("report.docx")
print(result.text_content)

Track record

Benchmark

20 / 23

test cases passed, vs 19 / 23 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 v5 — 9/26/2026

View 15 scanner checks

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IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

zzafergok / skills

11-general-tools/office-to-markdown/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

Imported 9/26/2026Version v2

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Office → Markdown (markitdown)

1. Installation

2. Supported Formats

3. Basic Usage

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

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