convert-to-markdown

convert-to-markdown is a command for Claude Code, Gemini CLI from mfmezger/ai_agent_dotfiles. It costs 43 tokens per session (777 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command that converts documents and images into Markdown text. Markdown is a plain-text format commonly used for readable documentation and source files.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to extract text from PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, HTML, EPUB, image, or public Google Docs files.
Why use it?
It removes the need to copy text manually from PDFs, office files, web pages, ebooks, spreadsheets, and images, including scanned documents that need OCR.

Command for Claude CodeGemini CLI

Written for Gemini CLI and Claude Code: installed under .gemini/, but also a Claude Code command (commands/*.md). Also seen: reads .claude/ paths.

Good fit Use it to extract text from PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, HTML, EPUB, image, or public Google Docs files.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/mfmezger/ai_agent_dotfiles/convert-to-markdown
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mfmezger/ai_agent_dotfiles

Made for: Claude Code, Gemini CLI.

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Per session 43 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 777 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00043 $0.00777
Opus 5 $0.00022 $0.00388
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00155
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00078

Measured 8d ago against content hash 116404a0cac8, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

convert-to-markdown scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

gemini/.gemini/commands/convert-to-markdown.md · 87 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 87 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Document to Markdown Converter

Convert various document formats to Markdown using markitdown and pandoc.

Supported Formats

Format Extension Notes
PDF .pdf Text + OCR hybrid mode available
Word .docx Full support
PowerPoint .pptx Extracts text from slides
Excel .xlsx Converts tables
HTML .html, .htm Full support
EPUB .epub Via pandoc
Images .jpg, .png, .gif, .webp OCR extraction
Google Docs URL Public docs, exports as docx

Usage

uvx --with markitdown python ~/.claude/skills/convert-to-markdown/scripts/convert.py INPUT

Options

Flag Description
-o, --output PATH Output path (default: input.md next to original)
--mode auto|ocr|text Extraction mode (default: auto)
--hybrid PDF only: run both text + OCR, merge results

Examples

# Basic conversion (saves as document.md)
uvx --with markitdown python ~/.claude/skills/convert-to-markdown/scripts/convert.py document.pdf

# Force OCR mode for scanned document
uvx --with markitdown python ~/.claude/skills/convert-to-markdown/scripts/convert.py scanned.pdf --mode ocr

# Hybrid extraction for PDFs with mixed content
uvx --with markitdown python ~/.claude/skills/convert-to-markdown/scripts/convert.py report.pdf --hybrid

# Convert Word document
uvx --with markitdown python ~/.claude/skills/convert-to-markdown/scripts/convert.py report.docx

# Convert public Google Doc
uvx --with markitdown python ~/.claude/skills/convert-to-markdown/scripts/convert.py "https://docs.google.com/document/d/DOCUMENT_ID/edit"

# Specify output location
uvx --with markitdown python ~/.claude/skills/convert-to-markdown/scripts/convert.py slides.pptx -o notes.md

Read the full file on GitHub · 87 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 87 lines · 43 tokens per session scan A 116404a0cac8

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convert-to-markdown is a command published in the GitHub repository mfmezger/ai_agent_dotfiles (5 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 43 tokens to every session and 777 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.