MarkItDown MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that converts various file formats to Markdown using the MarkItDown utility.

Supported Formats

PDF
PowerPoint
Word
Excel
Images (EXIF metadata and OCR)
Audio (EXIF metadata and speech transcription)
HTML
Text-based formats (CSV, JSON, XML)
ZIP files (iterates over contents)

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install MarkItDown MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @KorigamiK/markitdown_mcp_server --client claude

Manual Installation

Clone this repository
Install dependencies:

uv install

Usage

As MCP Server

The server can be integrated with any MCP client. Here are some examples:

Zed Editor

Add the following to your settings.json:

"context_servers": {
  "markitdown_mcp": {
    "settings": {},
    "command": {
      "path": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/markitdown_mcp_server",
        "run",
        "markitdown"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Commands

The server responds to the following MCP commands:

/md - Convert the specified file to Markdown

Example:

/md document.pdf

Supported MCP Clients

Works with any MCP-compliant client listed at modelcontextprotocol.io/clients, including:

Zed Editor
Any other MCP-compatible editors and tools

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Acknowledgements

https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown#readme

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