MarkItDown MCP Advanced

A powerful MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that converts various document formats to Markdown with PaddleOCR support.

Features

• Multi-format Support: PDF, images, Office documents, HTML, CSV
• OCR Integration: High-accuracy text recognition via PaddleOCR API
• URL Support: Direct processing of remote file URLs
• MCP Protocol: Full compliance with MCP standard (STDIO and HTTP modes)
• Lightweight: Core features use only Python standard library

Supported Formats

Configuration

Required environment variables:

export PADDLE_API_URL="your_api_url"
export PADDLE_TOKEN="your_token"
export MARKITDOWN_TEMP_DIR="/path/to/temp"

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to Claude Desktop config file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "markitdown": {
      "command": "markitdown-mcp",
      "env": {
        "PADDLE_API_URL": "your_api_url",
        "PADDLE_TOKEN": "your_token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Links

• GitHub Repository
• Issue Tracker

License

MIT License