Use Case
MarkItDown is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. MarkItDown is a Python utility from Microsoft for converting various files (PDF, Word, Excel, PPTX, Images, Audio) to Markdown. Useful for extracting structu... This guide walks you through installing MarkItDown, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install MarkItDown: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install markitdown
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to documents & notes to trigger MarkItDown
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine MarkItDown with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing MarkItDown
Help me get started with MarkItDown
What can MarkItDown do for my documents & notes workflow?
Show me an example of using MarkItDown
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install markitdownOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install markitdownβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/markitdown/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.