# markitdown-mcp

> An MCP server for 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-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown#readme
- repository: https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown#readme
- version: 0.0.1a8
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:markitdown-mcp

### Description (declared)

# MarkItDown-MCP

> [!IMPORTANT]
> The MarkItDown-MCP package is meant for **local use**, with local trusted agents. In particular, when running the MCP server with Streamable HTTP or SSE, it binds to `localhost` by default, and is not exposed to other machines on the network or Internet. In this configuration, it is meant to be a direct alternative to the STDIO transport, which may be more convenient in some cases. DO NOT bind the server to other interfaces unless you understand the [security implications](#security-considerations) of doing so.

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The `markitdown-mcp` package provides a lightweight STDIO, Streamable HTTP, and SSE MCP server for calling MarkItDown.

It exposes one tool: `convert_to_markdown(uri)`, where uri can be any `http:`, `https:`, `file:`, or `data:` URI.

## Installation

To install the package, use pip:

```bash
pip install markitdown-mcp
```

## Usage

To run the MCP server, using STDIO (default), use the following command:

```bash
markitdown-mcp
```

To run the MCP server, using Streamable HTTP and SSE, use the following command:

```bash
markitdown-mcp --http --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3001
```

## Running in Docker

To run `markitdown-mcp` in Docker, build the Docker image using the provided Dockerfile:
```bash
docker build -t markitdown-mcp:latest .
```

And run it using:
```bash
docker run -it --rm markitdown-mcp:latest
```
This will be sufficient for remote URIs. To access local files, you need to mount the local directory into the container. For example, if you want to access files in `/home/user/data`, you can run:

```bash
docker run -it --rm -v /home/user/data:/workdir markitdown-mcp:latest
```

Once mounted, all files under data will be acces…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.filesystem (0.802, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/markitdown-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T00:22:51.366Z)

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