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Convert Documents To Markdown
npx skills add firecrawl/anydoc --skill convert-documents-to-markdown -a claude-code -ySKILL.md
Run the anydoc CLI. It needs Node 20+ and no install:
npx -y @firecrawl/anydoc <file> # Markdown to stdout
npx -y @firecrawl/anydoc <file> -o out.md # write to a file
npx -y @firecrawl/anydoc - --format csv < f # read stdin
Rules:
- Supported inputs:
.doc,.docx,.docm,.odt,.rtf,.epub,.pdf,.ppt,.pps,.pot,.pptx,.pptm,.ppsx,.ppsm,.odp,.xls,.xlsx,.xlsm,.xlsb,.ods,.csv. - The format is detected from the file content. Pass
--format <name>only when detection cannot work: CSV from stdin, or a missing or wrong extension. - Exit codes: 0 success, 1 the document could not be converted, 2 usage error, 3 pages of a PDF need OCR. Failures print one
anydoc: <message>line to stderr. The CLI never prompts. - For a large document, write to a file with
-oand read the parts you need instead of streaming everything into context. - Scanned and image-only pages need OCR, which anydoc does not do, so the document exits 3. Rerun with
--ocr hostedto send it to Firecrawl Parse. No signup needed. Pass--api-keyor setFIRECRAWL_API_KEYfor higher limits. - Inside a Node, Python, or Rust codebase, prefer the library over shelling out:
@firecrawl/anydocon npm,firecrawl-anydocon PyPI,anydocon crates.io. Each exposes the sameto_markdown/toMarkdownAPI.
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--- name: convert-documents-to-markdown description: Convert Word (.doc, .docx), PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx), Excel (.xls, .xlsx), OpenDocument (.odt, .ods, .odp), RTF, EPUB, CSV, and PDF files to GitHub-Flavored Markdown. Use when a task needs the contents of an office document, spreadsheet, presentation, ebook, or PDF you cannot read directly. license: MIT metadata: author: firecrawl --- # Convert documents to Markdown Run the anydoc CLI. It needs Node 20+ and no install: ```bash npx -y @firecrawl/anydoc <file> # Markdown to stdout npx -y @firecrawl/anydoc <file> -o out.md # write to a file npx -y @firecrawl/anydoc - --format csv < f # read stdin ``` Rules: 1. Supported inputs: `.doc`, `.docx`, `.docm`, `.odt`, `.rtf`, `.epub`, `.pdf`, `.ppt`, `.pps`, `.pot`, `.pptx`, `.pptm`, `.ppsx`, `.ppsm`, `.odp`, `.xls`, `.xlsx`, `.xlsm`, `.xlsb`, `.ods`, `.csv`. 2. The format is detected from the file content. Pass `--format <name>` only when detection cannot work: CSV from stdin, or a missing or wrong extension. 3. Exit codes: 0 success, 1 the document could not be converted, 2 usage error, 3 pages of a PDF need OCR. Failures print one `anydoc: <message>` line to stderr. The CLI never prompts. 4. For a large document, write to a file with `-o` and read the parts you need instead of streaming everything into context. 5. Scanned and image-only pages need OCR, which anydoc does not do, so the document exits 3. Rerun with `--ocr hosted` to send it to [Firecrawl Parse](https://firecrawl.dev/parse). No signup needed. Pass `--api-key` or set `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` for higher limits. 6. Inside a Node, Python, or Rust codebase, prefer the library over shelling out: `@firecrawl/anydoc` on npm, `firecrawl-anydoc` on PyPI, `anydoc` on crates.io. Each exposes the same `to_markdown` / `toMarkdown` API.