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shift-labs-ai/markit

Convert files and URLs to Markdown. Supports PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, EPUB, CSV, JSON, GitHub URLs, images, audio, ZIP, and more. Use when you need to extract content from any document format.

What is markit?

markit is a Claude Code agent skill that convert files and URLs to Markdown. Supports PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, EPUB, CSV, JSON, GitHub URLs, images, audio, ZIP, and more. Use when you need to extract content from any document format.

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Documentation

What does markit do?

Convert anything to Markdown.

CLI

# Convert a file
npx @shiftlabs/markit report.pdf -q

# Convert a URL
npx @shiftlabs/markit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown -q

# GitHub URLs (repos, files, gists, issues, PRs)
npx @shiftlabs/markit https://github.com/owner/repo -q
npx @shiftlabs/markit https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/42 -q
npx @shiftlabs/markit https://gist.github.com/user/id -q

# Write to file
npx @shiftlabs/markit document.docx -q -o output.md

# See all options
npx @shiftlabs/markit --help

# See supported formats
npx @shiftlabs/markit formats

-q gives raw markdown. --json gives { markdown, title }.

SDK

import { Markit } from "@shiftlabs/markit";

const markit = new Markit();
const { markdown } = await markit.convertFile("report.pdf");
const { markdown } = await markit.convertUrl("https://example.com");
const { markdown } = await markit.convert(buffer, { extension: ".docx" });

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