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Markitdown

Name: Markitdown
Author: microsoft

MCP tool access to MarkItDown -- a library that converts many file formats (local or remote) to Markdown for LLM consumption.

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Install

Claude Code

claude mcp add markitdown -- uvx markitdown-mcp

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "markitdown": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "markitdown-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "markitdown": {
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": [
          "markitdown-mcp"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "markitdown": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "markitdown-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "markitdown": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "markitdown-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Safety Report

67% Scan found nothing

Scanned 5 months ago

4 passed 1 warnings 1 failed

Security

Authentication

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No authentication mechanism detected in source code

Fail

CORS Policy

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No CORS-relevant transport detected (likely stdio)

N/A

Rate Limiting

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No rate limiting mechanism detected

Info

Known CVEs

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No known CVEs in dependencies

Pass

Code Quality

Dependency Audit

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No known vulnerable dependencies detected

Pass

Dangerous Patterns

details

No dangerous code patterns detected

Pass

License

details

License: MIT

Pass

Community

Maintenance Status

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Last commit 5 months ago

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Compatibility

Claude Desktop

Not Tested

Claude Code

Not Tested

Cursor

Not Tested

VS Code

Not Tested

Tools Provided (1)

convert_to_markdown

Converts documents from various URI formats (http, https, file, data URIs) to Markdown. Supports Office docs, PDFs, images, HTML, and more.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Markitdown?

MCP tool access to MarkItDown -- a library that converts many file formats (local or remote) to Markdown for LLM consumption.

What tools does Markitdown provide?

Markitdown provides 1 tools including convert_to_markdown. Each tool can be called by AI agents to perform specific operations.

Is Markitdown safe to use?

We cannot tell you that, and nobody scanning at this scale can. What we did in March 2026 was shallow-clone Markitdown and run five keyword searches over its source: auth identifiers, CORS configuration, rate-limit identifiers, the dependency manifest against a hardcoded list of 18 known-vulnerable packages, and unguarded eval/exec calls. None of them matched. A text search cannot follow a variable, judge intent, or tell you what a server does once it is running, so "nothing matched" is not "safe". What the scan does and does not cover is written out at /mcp/security.

What are alternatives to Markitdown?

Similar MCP servers include Filestash, MCP Filesystem Server, MCP Everything Search. Each serves a similar purpose but may differ in features, language, and compatibility.