Convert Documents To Markdown

Converts office documents, spreadsheets, presentations, ebooks and PDFs into GitHub-Flavored Markdown using the anydoc CLI.

What it does

This skill instructs an agent to run the anydoc command-line tool to turn Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OpenDocument, RTF, EPUB, CSV and PDF files into GitHub-Flavored Markdown. Output can be printed to stdout or written to a file with the -o flag, and input can also be read from stdin with an explicit format. It documents supported file extensions, exit codes, and the option to send scanned or image-only PDF pages to a hosted OCR service.

When to use it

Use it when a task requires the contents of an office document, spreadsheet, presentation, ebook or PDF that the agent cannot read directly. It is also useful for large documents where the Markdown should be written to a file and read in parts.

Requirements

Node 20 or higher and network access to fetch the anydoc package via npx; no installation is required. Hosted OCR for scanned or image-only PDFs requires network access to Firecrawl Parse and optionally an API key via --api-key or the FIRECRAWL_API_KEY environment variable. The skill ships no scripts; it is instructions only.