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Markitdown (GitHub Repo)
MarkItDown is an open-source Python utility from Microsoft that converts various file formats (including PDF, DOCX, PPTX, Excel, images, and audio) into Markdown for use with large language models and text analysis pipelines. The tool focuses on preserving document structure like headings, lists, and tables, supports integration with Azure Document Intelligence and LLM-powered image descriptions, and now includes a Model Context Protocol server for apps like Claude Desktop.
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