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microsoft/markitdown

MIT

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

PythonCommunication

Install

npx -y microsoft-markitdown

claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "microsoft-markitdown": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "microsoft-markitdown"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add this to your Claude Desktop config file. Find it at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS.

What this does

microsoft/markitdown exposes a set of tools to Claude over the Model Context Protocol. After you add it to claude_desktop_config.json (snippet above) and restart Claude Desktop, those tools become callable inside any conversation. That makes it useful when you want Claude to reach into your team's communication channels without copy-pasting context every turn.

Common use cases

  • Read recent threads, channels, or DMs to summarize team activity
  • Send messages, replies, or status updates as part of a workflow
  • Bring stakeholder context into a Claude conversation without copy-paste