Markdownify MCP
Markdownify MCP is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. A Model Context Protocol server for converting almost anything to Markdown. It has 2,996 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y mcp-markdownify-server.
github.com/zcaceres/markdownify-mcp (opens in a new tab)
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Install Markdownify MCP
Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.
Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"markdownify-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-markdownify-server"
]
}
}
}Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio markdownify-mcp -- npx -y mcp-markdownify-serverCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"markdownify-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-markdownify-server"
]
}
}
}Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.
VS Code
{
"servers": {
"markdownify-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-markdownify-server"
]
}
}
}Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).
Tools (10)
Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.
youtube-to-markdownConvert YouTube videos to Markdown
pdf-to-markdownConvert PDF files to Markdown
bing-search-to-markdownConvert Bing search results to Markdown
webpage-to-markdownConvert web pages to Markdown
image-to-markdownConvert images to Markdown with metadata
audio-to-markdownConvert audio files to Markdown with transcription
docx-to-markdownConvert DOCX files to Markdown
xlsx-to-markdownConvert XLSX files to Markdown
pptx-to-markdownConvert PPTX files to Markdown
get-markdown-fileRetrieve an existing Markdown file. File extension must end with: .md, .markdown.
About Markdownify MCP
Markdownify is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that converts various file types and web content to Markdown format. It provides a set of tools to transform PDFs, images, audio files, web pages, and more into easily readable and shareable Markdown text.
- ai
- anthropic
- anthropic-ai
- anthropic-claude
- markdown
- mcp
- model-context-protocol
- ocr
- tools
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How do I install the Markdownify MCP MCP server?
Add the command npx -y mcp-markdownify-server to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.
Is Markdownify MCP free?
The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.
Is Markdownify MCP actively maintained?
The most recent commit was on May 1, 2026. The latest release is v1.1.0, published May 1, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.