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repo: "https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown"
license: "MIT"
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# MarkItDown

**What:** Convert files and Office docs to markdown.

**Why:** Feeds your own documents to the model.

**Category:** RAG & document parsing · **Stack layer:** memory

## Status

Catalog entry. Existence and repo metadata checked 2026-10-15 via the GitHub API. Install commands below are auto-extracted from the README and have NOT been executed or verified. Read the README before running anything; prefer a sandbox or venv.

## Install (unverified)

1. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
git clone git@github.com:microsoft/markitdown.git
```

2. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
pip install hatch
```

## Verify

No verified check yet. Minimum: the install command exits 0 and the tool's own help/version flag runs (exact flag: see README).

## Rollback (unverified)

1. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
rm -rf markitdown
```

2. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
pip uninstall -y hatch
```

## Links

- Repo: https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown
- README: https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown#readme