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Markitdown

Markitdown is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer. Convert heterogeneous documents and selected URIs to Markdown with Microsoft MarkItDown for text analysis, search, and LLM/RAG ingestion. It works with Claude Code and Cursor and has 2,522 GitHub stars across a repository of 3 listed skills.

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Add this skill

Claude

This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer
/plugin install claude-scientific-writer@claude-scientific-writer

In the Claude apps, zip the markitdown folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer.git
cp -r claude-scientific-writer/skills/markitdown .agents/skills/markitdown   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer.git
cp -r claude-scientific-writer/skills/markitdown .cursor/skills/markitdown   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Convert heterogeneous documents and selected URIs to Markdown with Microsoft MarkItDown for text analysis, search, and LLM/RAG ingestion. Covers safe local conversion, streams, Office/PDF/data formats, batch workflows, plugins, vision OCR, Azure extraction, and the official MCP server. MarkItDown is Microsoft's lightweight Python utility for turning common documents into structure-preserving Markdown.

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FAQ

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How do I install the Markitdown skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer and then /plugin install claude-scientific-writer@claude-scientific-writer. For Codex or Cursor, copy the markitdown folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.

Is the Markitdown skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the MIT license.

Is Markitdown maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 29, 2026. Its latest release is v2.22.0. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.