Tools

Converts PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, images, audio and more into Markdown that keeps headings, lists and tables, ready for LLMs to read and analyze. Maintained by Microsoft; requires Python 3.10+.

From Microsoft: converts PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML and other files or URLs to Markdown so agents can read and search them. A single convert_to_markdown tool over STDIO or local HTTP.

Anthropic's document skills, the implementation behind Claude's file features: create, edit and analyze Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files, including tracked changes, comments, formulas and form filling. Source-available, not under an open-source license.

Baidu PaddlePaddle's official OCR and document parsing tool: the paddleocr command reads text from images and parses PDFs and scans into Markdown or JSON, supporting 100+ languages with models that run locally.

Official PaddleOCR MCP: text recognition and layout parsing for images and PDFs (PP-OCR, PP-StructureV3, PaddleOCR-VL), returning text or Markdown. Runs inference locally, or calls the official API or a self-hosted service.

Document parser from OpenDataLab that turns PDFs, images and Office files into Markdown or JSON, handling tables, formulas and complex layouts well, with page-by-page reading and citation anchors for agents. Parses locally by default; needs Python 3.10+.

Local job search workbench: evaluates role fit and spots fake listings, generates tailored resume and cover letter PDFs, and tracks applications without ever applying for you. Run npx @santifer/career-ops init first, then open Claude Code or Codex in the created folder.

Job search system that runs in your local AI coding CLI: scans job portals, scores roles with a structured A-H evaluation and a 1-5 rating, flags fake listings, tailors ATS resumes and cover letters, and tracks applications. Never submits for you. Needs Node.js.

Parses PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, images and audio, recovering layout, reading order, tables and formulas, and exports Markdown, HTML or lossless JSON. Started by IBM Research, now hosted by the LF AI & Data Foundation; runs fully locally.

Modern markup-based typesetting system, a LaTeX alternative for papers, reports and resumes. Fast incremental compilation; typst compile outputs a PDF in one command and watch mode recompiles automatically.

Converts PDFs, images, PPTX, DOCX, XLSX, EPUB and more into Markdown, JSON or HTML, preserving tables, formulas and layout, with optional LLM help for higher accuracy. Needs Python 3.10+ and PyTorch; large-scale commercial use of the model weights needs a paid license.

Distills technical books, doc folders or paper collections (PDF, EPUB, DOCX, Markdown and more) into an agent skill with a core framework, on-demand chapter files, glossary and cheat sheet for lookup while working. Extraction needs local Python; poppler or docling optional for PDFs.

Open-source e-book manager whose command-line tools (ebook-convert, ebook-meta, calibredb) batch-convert between EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PDF, DOCX and more and manage library metadata. The install command is Linux-only; on macOS and Windows use the installer.

From Firecrawl: converts Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, EPUB, RTF and more into clean Markdown locally in milliseconds, keeping headings, tables, footnotes and formulas so agents can read attachments. Needs Node.js; optional Firecrawl cloud OCR for scans uploads the whole file.

AI2's tool for converting PDFs and scans to Markdown with a vision LLM, handling equations, tables, handwriting and multi-column layouts, suited to bulk digitizing papers and archives. Local runs need an NVIDIA GPU with 12GB+ VRAM; otherwise use a paid OpenAI-compatible remote endpoint.

MiniMax's official skill plugin with dev guides for frontend, full-stack, Android, iOS, Flutter, React Native and GLSL shaders, plus PDF, PowerPoint, Excel and Word document skills and image, video and music generation. Media skills need a MiniMax API key. Still in beta.

Document layout skill by tw93 with eight templates (resume, one-pager, long doc, formal letter, portfolio, slides, research report and more) that render polished PDF, PNG or editable PPT and check layout and content gaps. Supports English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Needs Python (WeasyPrint).

Optimizes websites for AI search: checks whether ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can cite your site, covering AI crawler access, llms.txt, structured data, E-E-A-T and technical SEO, and writes client reports. PDF reports and scoring need the README install script, Python 3.8+ and Git.

Reads the exact position of every character, line and table cell in digital PDFs: the CLI exports layout-preserving text or CSV/JSON details, and the Python API extracts tables and form fields, ideal for invoices, statements and reports. Runs locally with Python; scans need OCR first.

Rendering engine that lays out HTML and CSS and exports PDF, supporting paged media and other print style standards, ideal for generating reports, invoices and receipts in bulk. Written in Python; depends on the system Pango library.

Open-source alternative to NotebookLM's podcast feature: turns web pages, PDFs, images, YouTube videos or text into two-host conversational audio, useful for lecture notes or articles. Uses Gemini and OpenAI API keys by default, or local models plus free Edge TTS.

Self-contained modern TeX/LaTeX engine based on XeTeX and TeX Live that downloads and caches support files on first build, compiling .tex to PDF in one command without installing a full TeX distribution.

Mixedbread's official semantic grep: search code, text, PDFs and images in natural language, and hook it into Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents in one step to cut token use. Requires a Mixedbread sign-in, and files are synced to its cloud index.

Open-source PDF table extraction with a camelot CLI: exports tables from financial reports, bank statements and statistical reports to Excel, CSV or Markdown, with an accuracy score. Needs Python 3.10+; handles text-based PDFs by default, scans need the ml and ocr extras. Double-check results.