# markitdown-directory-mcp

> An MCP server that converts local files and directories to Markdown, built on the "markitdown" library.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/markitdown-directory-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: file-conversion, markdown, markitdown, mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:markitdown-directory-mcp

### Description (declared)

# markitdown-directory-mcp

An [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that converts local files to
Markdown, built on the [markitdown](https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown)
library. Designed for AI chat clients such as Cherry Studio: ask the model to
convert a file by name, and the Markdown content is returned right into the
conversation for the model to interpret.

## Tools

- **convert_file_to_markdown(file, max_chars)** — convert ONE file (docx,
  pptx, xlsx, pdf, html, csv, txt, ...) to Markdown, write a sibling
  `"<name>.md"` file next to the source, and return the Markdown content
  directly. Prefer this when the user names a specific file.
- **convert_directory_to_markdown(directory, recursive, max_files)** — batch
  convert EVERY supported file in a directory tree, writing sibling
  `"<name>.md"` files, and return a JSON summary (converted / skipped /
  failed).
- **read_markdown_file(path, start_char, max_chars)** — read a generated .md
  file back, with paging for large files.

Image files (png, jpg, ...) are never converted — no image data ends up in the
Markdown output — and files that are already Markdown are passed through.

## Default directory

Set the environment variable `MARKITDOWN_DEFAULT_DIR` to a folder and the
tools resolve bare file names against it (including a recursive exact-name
fallback search), so users can just say `report.docx` instead of a full path.

## Running

stdio (what most chat clients expect):

```bash
markitdown-directory-mcp
```

Over the network (SSE or streamable HTTP):

```bash
markitdown-directory-mcp --transport sse --host 0.0.0.0 --port 3001
# endpoints: http://<host>:3001/sse   (SSE)
#            http://<host>:3001/mcp   (streamable-http transport)
```

For LAN access, optionally pass e.g. `--allowed-host '192.168.1.26:*'` to keep
DNS rebinding protection enabled for that host; without it the protection is
disabled (with a warning) so remote Host headers are accepted. The server has
no authentication — on…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- documents.conversion (1, derived)
- dev.filesystem (1, derived)
- ai.agent-discovery (1, derived)
- content.writing (0.802, derived)
- documents.spreadsheets (0.722, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/markitdown-directory-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T23:26:49.748Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/markitdown-directory-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/markitdown-directory-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:markitdown-directory-mcp