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Doc to Markdown

Converts Word, PDF, or HTML documents into clean markdown — preserving structure, tables, and code blocks.

Entry verified April 20, 2026

The short answer

The 'someone sent me a Word doc' fix. Converts to markdown so you can edit in your normal tools, paste into Claude, or drop into a blog post.

When to use it

Client briefs in .docx. Research papers in PDF. Old content in HTML export.

Setup

  1. 1

    Save as ~/.claude/skills/doc-to-markdown.md.

  2. 2

    Depends on pandoc being installed (brew install pandoc).

  3. 3

    Invoke with file path.

Example

You: /doc-to-markdown brief.docx
Claude: [produces brief.md — headings preserved, 2 tables converted, 1 footnote inline]

Source & attribution

Author
daymade
Licence
MIT
Source
daymade/claude-code-skills
Type
Community

Reused under a permissive licence. Preserve attribution when forking.

Caveats

Complex layout (multi-column, floats) loses fidelity. Review tables specifically.

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