markitdown
Convert various file formats (PDF, Office documents, images, audio, web content, structured data) to Markdown optimized for LLM processing
Install / Use
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill markitdownInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
AI & Machine LearningSupported Platforms
Our assessment of markitdown
markitdown scores 87/100 on our quality scale, 355th of 762 AI & Machine Learning skills we index (top 47%).
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 4,360 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 4 days ago, so markitdown is actively maintained.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 88/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
markitdown compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than markitdown; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| markitdown (this skill)by brycewang-stanford | 87 | 4.4k | 4d ago | SKILL.md |
| claude-memby thedotmack | 100 | 94.8k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 85.7k | 12d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| Understand-Anythingby Egonex-AI | 100 | 84.3k | 15d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| headroomby headroomlabs-ai | 100 | 73.9k | today | CLAUDE.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install markitdown?
- Run
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill markitdown. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does markitdown work with?
- It is written for Zed, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is markitdown safe to use?
- It declares no license and scores 88/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is markitdown still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 4 days ago, so markitdown is actively maintained.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.