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markitdown
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.
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# MarkItDown
## Overview
MarkItDown is Microsoft's lightweight Python utility for turning common documents into structure-preserving Markdown. Its output is designed primarily for indexing, text analysis, search, and LLM ingestion—not high-fidelity visual reproduction.
This skill targets **MarkItDown 0.1.6**, released May 26, 2026. New code should use `result.markdown`; `result.text_content` remains only as a soft-deprecated compatibility alias.
## Choose the Right Path
| Need | Recommended path |
|---|---|
| Trusted local PDF, Office, HTML, CSV, EPUB, or ZIP | Built-in converter with `convert_local()` |
| Uploaded bytes or an already-open file | `convert_stream()` with `StreamInfo` hints |