Converts PDF, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel files into Markdown format using the Microsoft markitdown package. It extracts text and structural content from these document types to create a readable Markdown file.
Quality gate: PASS · fewer tokens, same result · measured 2026-10-23 Same outcome with -599 % fewer tokens than reading the file into the model (3 requests). won 1/1, lift +21.0, tokens ×6.99
Security scan: clean · 2026-10-24 · 1 files · ran in sandbox no network calls, shell tricks, credential access or instruction tampering found in its files.
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Say it in your own words; the assistant finds this recipe by itself. Examples:
“Konvertér venligst den vedhæftede PDF til Markdown.”
“Jeg har brug for at trække teksten ud af denne faktura.pdf.”
“Kan du lave mine præsentationsslider.pptx om til markdown?”
“Convert the attached quarterly report.pdf into a markdown file.”
“I need to extract the text from this invoice.pdf so I can paste it into my notes.”
“Can you turn my slides.pptx into markdown format?”
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Do not use this skill if the user wants to edit the original PDF or change its layout, as this tool is read-only for conversion. It is not suitable for OCR tasks on scanned images where the PDF contains no text layer, nor for converting images (PNG/JPG) to text, which would require an OCR-specific skill.
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When it is the right choice
Use this skill when the user explicitly asks to convert a PDF, PPTX, DOCX, or XLSX file to Markdown. It is also appropriate when the user wants to extract raw text or content from these binary document formats for further processing or reading. This is the correct choice for parsing document structures into a plain-text-based format.