# Send MarkItDown Skill to your agent
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
## Fast path
- Download the package from Yavira.
- Extract it into a folder your agent can access.
- Paste one of the prompts below and point your agent at the extracted folder.
## Suggested prompts
### New install

```text
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
```
### Upgrade existing

```text
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
```
## Machine-readable fields
```json
{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "item": {
    "slug": "markitdown-skill",
    "name": "MarkItDown Skill",
    "source": "tencent",
    "type": "skill",
    "category": "AI 智能",
    "sourceUrl": "https://clawhub.ai/karmanverma/markitdown-skill",
    "canonicalUrl": "https://clawhub.ai/karmanverma/markitdown-skill",
    "targetPlatform": "OpenClaw"
  },
  "install": {
    "downloadUrl": "/downloads/markitdown-skill",
    "sourceDownloadUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=markitdown-skill",
    "sourcePlatform": "tencent",
    "targetPlatform": "OpenClaw",
    "packageFormat": "ZIP package",
    "primaryDoc": "SKILL.md",
    "includedAssets": [
      "POST_INSTALL.md",
      "README.md",
      "SKILL.md",
      "USAGE-GUIDE.md",
      "package.json",
      "reference.md"
    ],
    "downloadMode": "redirect",
    "sourceHealth": {
      "source": "tencent",
      "slug": "markitdown-skill",
      "status": "healthy",
      "reason": "direct_download_ok",
      "recommendedAction": "download",
      "checkedAt": "2026-05-02T08:19:53.204Z",
      "expiresAt": "2026-05-09T08:19:53.204Z",
      "httpStatus": 200,
      "finalUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=markitdown-skill",
      "contentType": "application/zip",
      "probeMethod": "head",
      "details": {
        "probeUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=markitdown-skill",
        "contentDisposition": "attachment; filename=\"markitdown-skill-1.0.1.zip\"",
        "redirectLocation": null,
        "bodySnippet": null,
        "slug": "markitdown-skill"
      },
      "scope": "item",
      "summary": "Item download looks usable.",
      "detail": "Yavira can redirect you to the upstream package for this item.",
      "primaryActionLabel": "Download for OpenClaw",
      "primaryActionHref": "/downloads/markitdown-skill"
    },
    "validation": {
      "installChecklist": [
        "Use the Yavira download entry.",
        "Review SKILL.md after the package is downloaded.",
        "Confirm the extracted package contains the expected setup assets."
      ],
      "postInstallChecks": [
        "Confirm the extracted package includes the expected docs or setup files.",
        "Validate the skill or prompts are available in your target agent workspace.",
        "Capture any manual follow-up steps the agent could not complete."
      ]
    }
  },
  "links": {
    "detailUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/markitdown-skill",
    "downloadUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/downloads/markitdown-skill",
    "agentUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/markitdown-skill/agent",
    "manifestUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/markitdown-skill/agent.json",
    "briefUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/markitdown-skill/agent.md"
  }
}
```
## Documentation

### MarkItDown Skill

Documentation and utilities for converting documents to Markdown using Microsoft's MarkItDown library.

Note: This skill provides documentation and a batch script. The actual conversion is done by the markitdown CLI/library installed via pip.

### When to Use

Use markitdown for:

📄 Fetching documentation (README, API docs)
🌐 Converting web pages to markdown
📝 Document analysis (PDFs, Word, PowerPoint)
🎬 YouTube transcripts
🖼️ Image text extraction (OCR)
🎤 Audio transcription

### Quick Start

# Convert file to markdown
markitdown document.pdf -o output.md

# Convert URL
markitdown https://example.com/docs -o docs.md

### Supported Formats

FormatFeaturesPDFText extraction, structureWord (.docx)Headings, lists, tablesPowerPointSlides, textExcelTables, sheetsImagesOCR + EXIF metadataAudioSpeech transcriptionHTMLStructure preservationYouTubeVideo transcription

### Installation

The skill requires Microsoft's markitdown CLI:

pip install 'markitdown[all]'

Or install specific formats only:

pip install 'markitdown[pdf,docx,pptx]'

### Fetch Documentation

markitdown https://github.com/user/repo/blob/main/README.md -o readme.md

### Convert PDF

markitdown document.pdf -o document.md

### Batch Convert

# Using included script
python ~/.openclaw/skills/markitdown/scripts/batch_convert.py docs/*.pdf -o markdown/ -v

# Or shell loop
for file in docs/*.pdf; do
  markitdown "$file" -o "${file%.pdf}.md"
done

### Python API

from markitdown import MarkItDown

md = MarkItDown()
result = md.convert("document.pdf")
print(result.text_content)

### "markitdown not found"

pip install 'markitdown[all]'

### OCR Not Working

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr

# macOS
brew install tesseract

### What This Skill Provides

ComponentSourcemarkitdown CLIMicrosoft's pip packagemarkitdown Python APIMicrosoft's pip packagescripts/batch_convert.pyThis skill (utility)DocumentationThis skill

### See Also

USAGE-GUIDE.md - Detailed examples
reference.md - Full API reference
Microsoft MarkItDown - Upstream library
## Trust
- Source: tencent
- Verification: Indexed source record
- Publisher: karmanverma
- Version: 1.0.1
## Source health
- Status: healthy
- Item download looks usable.
- Yavira can redirect you to the upstream package for this item.
- Health scope: item
- Reason: direct_download_ok
- Checked at: 2026-05-02T08:19:53.204Z
- Expires at: 2026-05-09T08:19:53.204Z
- Recommended action: Download for OpenClaw
## Links
- [Detail page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/markitdown-skill)
- [Send to Agent page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/markitdown-skill/agent)
- [JSON manifest](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/markitdown-skill/agent.json)
- [Markdown brief](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/markitdown-skill/agent.md)
- [Download page](https://openagent3.xyz/downloads/markitdown-skill)