| name | parse-document |
| description | Convert a PDF, scan, image of a page, or office file to clean markdown through the connected Superlinked MCP edge, so the source document is not read into model context directly. Use when the user asks to read, parse, OCR, extract from, summarize, or answer questions about a document. |
Parse a Document with Superlinked MCP
Use the connected Superlinked MCP server to convert the source file to markdown,
then work from the markdown artifact. This mirrors the parse-document flow from
the sie_tools plugin in PR #1336, but uses the MCP docs_to_markdown tool
instead of the gateway-backed ~/.sie/bin/sie wrapper.
Steps
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Do not open, view, attach, or read the source document into context. Read its
raw bytes only and base64-encode those bytes.
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Call the Superlinked MCP docs_to_markdown tool with:
document_base64: the base64-encoded source bytesfilename: the original filenameengine: auto unless the user explicitly asks to force docling or
vl-ocrocr: leave false unless forcing the docling OCR path
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Write the returned markdown to processed/<source-stem>.md. Create
processed/ if it does not exist.
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Your next message must begin with a short receipt, then answer from the
artifact selectively:
Parsed <source> -> processed/<source-stem>.md (<chars> chars)
If the MCP metadata includes token-saving figures, include those figures
directly under the receipt. Keep estimates marked as estimates.
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Answer the user's question from the artifact. Grep or read specific sections;
do not read the whole markdown file unless it is small.
Errors
If the MCP call fails, relay the tool error and do not retry blindly. For auth
or connector errors, tell the user to reinstall the generated MCP plugin pack or
rerun the generated claude mcp add ... --header 'Authorization: Bearer ...'
command from INSTALL.md.
