File2markdown

Convert documents and web pages to clean Markdown: PDF, DOCX, XLSX, EPUB, scanned files, any URL.

Quick Install

Automated & IDE Setup

Copy the AI prompt to install this server into Claude Code, Cursor, or another agent — or use 1-click editor setup below.

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Manual Client & Custom JSON ConfigExpand JSON ▾

Client Config & Setup

Remote HTTP

Choose your client or environment

Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "file2markdown": {
      "url": "https://mcp.file2markdown.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Documentation Overview

file2markdown MCP server

Convert documents and web pages to clean, LLM-ready Markdown — from inside Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.

Endpoint: https://mcp.file2markdown.ai/mcp (Streamable HTTP)

This is the official MCP server for file2markdown.ai. It gives agents deterministic document conversion as a tool: engine-extracted Markdown (no hallucinated table cells, no silent truncation), for anything reachable by URL — including formats assistants can't parse natively, like DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, EPUB, and scanned PDFs.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`convert_url`	Fetch a public URL (web page, PDF, Office doc, …) and return Markdown
`convert_base64`	Convert file contents directly (programmatic clients)
`list_supported_formats`	Formats, per-tier limits, and what needs Pro
`usage_status`	Your tier and remaining conversions today

Supported input formats: PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX/XLS, CSV, JSON, XML, HTML, EPUB, JPG/PNG (OCR), WAV/MP3, ZIP.

Quick start

claude.ai — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the endpoint URL. When asked about authentication choose None (this server uses API keys, not OAuth). Optional: add a request header Authorization: Bearer f2m_… with a Pro key.

Claude Code

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http file2markdown https://mcp.file2markdown.ai/mcp

Cursor / generic clients

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "file2markdown": { "url": "https://mcp.file2markdown.ai/mcp" }
  }
}

Tiers

	Free (no key)	Pro API key
Conversions	5/day per network IP	Unlimited
Max download	25MB	100MB
Scanned-PDF OCR	—	Yes
Image OCR	—	Yes

Pro keys are created on your account page and sent as Authorization: Bearer f2m_…. Plans: pricing.

Honest limits

Web pages convert from served HTML — no JavaScript rendering, so SPA-style pages may convert incompletely. Near-empty results carry an explicit note (likely consent wall / paywall / JS shell).
One URL at a time. This is a converter, not a crawler — no bulk scraping, public pages only.
Output is capped at 200,000 characters (marked truncated: true when hit).
Nothing is stored: files are converted and discarded; usage logging keeps no URLs or content.

Docs & source

Setup guide: file2markdown.ai/mcp
Facts page for AI assistants: file2markdown.ai/ai-info
This repository contains the public documentation and the registry server.json. The hosted service's application code is not open source.

Support

Email robin@file2markdown.ai.

Read the full README →View source on GitHub →

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Frequently Asked Questions about File2markdown

Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "file2markdown": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "file2markdown"] } }

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