convert-contract-to-markdown

name	convert-contract-to-markdown
title	Convert Contract to Markdown
description	Convert a contract PDF to clean markdown for clause extraction or LLM analysis.
author	iterationlayer
author_url	https://github.com/iterationlayer/skills/tree/main/skills/convert-contract-to-markdown
license	MIT
version	0.1.0
execution_mode	open
jurisdiction	general
practice	contracts
language	en

Convert Contract to Markdown

Legal and compliance teams use this recipe to convert contract PDFs to structured markdown before feeding them into LLM analysis pipelines or clause extraction workflows.

APIs Used

Document to Markdown (1 credit per page)

Prerequisites

You need an Iteration Layer API key. Get one at platform.iterationlayer.com — free trial credits included, no credit card required.

For full integration guidance (SDKs, auth, MCP, error handling), see the Iteration Layer Integration Guide.

Implementation

curl -X POST https://api.iterationlayer.com/document-to-markdown/v1/convert \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "file": {
      "type": "url",
      "name": "contract.pdf",
      "url": "https://example.com/contracts/service-agreement-2026.pdf"
    }
  }'

import { IterationLayer } from "iterationlayer";

const client = new IterationLayer({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });

const result = await client.convertDocumentToMarkdown({
  file: {
    type: "url",
    name: "contract.pdf",
    url: "https://example.com/contracts/service-agreement-2026.pdf",
  },
});

from iterationlayer import IterationLayer

client = IterationLayer(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

result = client.convert_document_to_markdown(
    file={
        "type": "url",
        "name": "contract.pdf",
        "url": ,
    }
)