概要
MarkItDown is a comprehensive conversion utility that transforms over 15 file types—including PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, images, and audio—into structured Markdown. Developed by Microsoft, this skill enables Claude to efficiently process complex documents by providing token-optimized text extraction, integrated OCR for scanned files, and speech-to-text transcription. It is specifically designed to bridge the gap between traditional office formats and the text-centric requirements of modern language models, ensuring high-fidelity data extraction for research, documentation, and analysis.