wise-markitdownlisted

File-to-markdown text extraction via Microsoft's `markitdown` CLI — the ONE tool to reach for whenever text/content must be extracted from a binary or structured file: PDF, Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), Excel (.xlsx/.xls), images (EXIF metadata), audio (metadata + transcription), HTML, CSV/JSON/XML, ZIP archives, EPUB e-books, Outlook .msg, or a YouTube URL. Consult this skill BEFORE writing a custom parser, importing PyPDF2/python-docx/openpyxl, or web-searching "how to read X in Python". Use whenever the user says "extract text from", "read this PDF/DOCX/XLSX/PPTX", "what does this file say", "convert to markdown", "parse this document", "summarize this attachment/report/deck/spreadsheet", or hands over any file of a type above that needs its content read.
e1024kb/wise-claude · ★ 4 · Data & Documents · score 80

Install: claude install-skill e1024kb/wise-claude

# markitdown — extract text from (almost) any file Before asking any user question, read and follow the [question lifecycle](../../references/workflow-host-control.md#keep-asynchronous-questions-open). Keep asynchronous prompts open until answered; this rule does not authorize questions in autonomous or otherwise prompt-free procedures. Canonical routine for getting the textual content out of a file wise can't read natively. [`markitdown`](https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown) converts a long list of formats to markdown in one command — so structure (headings, tables, lists, links) survives the extraction and the result drops straight into an LLM context. This is a **reference doc**, not a slash command. When a task needs the content of a supported file, run markitdown — do not hand-roll a parser, install per-format Python libraries, or research extraction approaches. One tool, one invocation, markdown out. ## Supported formats | Input | What you get | |---|---| | PDF | text + structure | | Word `.docx` | headings, tables, lists preserved | | PowerPoint `.pptx` | per-slide text + notes | | Excel `.xlsx` / `.xls` | sheets as markdown tables | | Images (jpg/png/…) | EXIF metadata (needs the system `exiftool` binary; no OCR in CLI mode) | | Audio (wav/mp3/…) | metadata + speech transcription (**remote** — see Guardrails) | | HTML | cleaned markdown | | CSV / JSON / XML | structured markdown | | ZIP | iterates + converts the contents | | EPUB | chapters as markdown | | Ou