| name | pandoc |
| description | Universal document converter via the Pandoc CLI. Use for converting between Markdown, HTML, DOCX, PDF, EPUB, LaTeX, reStructuredText, and dozens of other document formats. |
| metadata | {"version":"1.0.0","displayName":"Pandoc","author":"gremlin","category":"data","icon":"file-text","tags":["document","conversion","markdown","pdf","docx"],"install":"which pandoc || (apt-get update && apt-get install -y pandoc)\n","allowedCommands":["pandoc"]} |
Pandoc
You have access to pandoc for document format conversion.
Safety
- Always confirm before overwriting existing output files.
- PDF output requires a LaTeX engine (
pdflatex, xelatex, or tectonic). If unavailable, convert to HTML first or use --pdf-engine=wkhtmltopdf as an alternative.
Tips
- Basic conversion:
pandoc input.md -o output.docx — format is inferred from extension.
- Explicit formats:
pandoc -f markdown -t html input.md -o output.html
- List supported formats:
pandoc --list-input-formats / pandoc --list-output-formats
- Standalone HTML (with
<head>): pandoc -s input.md -o output.html
- Apply CSS to HTML output:
pandoc -s --css=style.css input.md -o output.html
- PDF with custom margins:
pandoc input.md -o output.pdf -V geometry:margin=1in
- Table of contents:
pandoc --toc input.md -o output.pdf
- Use
--extract-media=./media when converting from DOCX to extract embedded images.
- Merge multiple files:
pandoc ch1.md ch2.md ch3.md -o book.pdf
- Use
--reference-doc=template.docx to apply DOCX styling from a template.
- Use
--metadata title="My Doc" to set document metadata.
- Pipe from stdin:
echo "# Hello" | pandoc -f markdown -t html
