Which file formats are supported?

The skill supports a wide range of formats including DOCX, PDF, XLSX, TXT, PPTX, MSG (Outlook messages), and legacy DOC files.

Does this skill preserve comments from Word documents?

Yes, it utilizes Pandoc with specific flags to ensure that both tracked changes and reviewer comments are preserved during the markdown conversion process.

What happens to the original files after conversion?

By default, the skill deletes the original files after a successful conversion to maintain a clean workspace, while reporting any failures without stopping the batch process.

Can it handle multi-sheet Excel files?

Yes, it uses the Pandas library to iterate through all sheets in an XLSX file and converts each one into a formatted markdown table.

What are the system dependencies?

It requires Pandoc for Word and PowerPoint conversion, and Python libraries such as pymupdf and pandas for other formats. The skill includes instructions to install these automatically via uv.

Document to Markdown Converter

Name: Document to Markdown Converter
Author: nicsuzor

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Content Management

Converts diverse document formats like DOCX, PDF, and XLSX into clean, AI-friendly markdown while preserving tracked changes and comments.

The Document to Markdown Converter is a specialized skill designed to streamline document ingestion and content migration by batch-converting legacy formats into standard markdown. Supporting a wide array of file types including DOCX, PDF, PPTX, and Excel spreadsheets, it uniquely preserves vital metadata such as tracked changes and reviewer comments in Word documents using Pandoc. This skill is ideal for developers and knowledge workers who need to transform unstructured data or office documents into structured text for documentation, LLM processing, or version-controlled knowledge bases.

Key Features

01Batch conversion support for DOCX, PDF, XLSX, PPTX, and MSG files

02Native macOS support for legacy .DOC files via textutil

03Converts Excel spreadsheets into clean, readable markdown tables

04Automated dependency management and cleanup of Windows metadata

05Preserves Word document tracked changes and reviewer comments

060 GitHub stars

Use Cases

01Extracting data from complex Excel spreadsheets for AI analysis or reporting

02Migrating legacy internal documentation from Word/PDF to a markdown-based repository

03Processing academic or legal documents where maintaining edit history and comments is critical

What are Skills?·How to Install

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npx skillfish add nicsuzor/academicops convert-to-md

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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