web-to-markdown

name	web-to-markdown
metadata	{"version":"1.1.0"}
description	Convert URLs or local files (PDF/DOCX/PPTX/HTML) to Markdown, with optional summarization. Single or batch processing. Uses markitdown for intelligent extraction, falls back to curl+pandoc. Use when fetching web pages as markdown, converting documents for analysis, or producing quick summaries.

Web to Markdown

Convert URLs and local files to Markdown for analysis, quoting, or processing. Optionally summarize long documents before deeper work.

When to use

Use this skill when you need to:

• pull down a web page as a document-like Markdown representation
• convert binary docs (PDF/DOCX/PPTX) into Markdown for analysis
• quickly produce a short summary of a long document before deeper work

Quick Usage

Convert a URL or file

uvx --from 'markitdown[pdf]' markitdown <url-or-path>

Save to a specific file:

uvx --from 'markitdown[pdf]' markitdown <url-or-path> > /tmp/doc.md

Convert + summarize

Use the wrapper script for summarization with context:

node scripts/to-markdown.mjs <url-or-path> --summary --prompt "Focus on security implications"
node scripts/to-markdown.mjs <url-or-path> --tmp     # write to temp file, print path
node scripts/to-markdown.mjs <url-or-path> --out notes.md

The summarizer:

1. Converts to Markdown via markitdown