# PDF to Markdown (pdf2md.dev)

> Use this tool when you need to convert PDF files into editable and machine-readable Markdown format, solving problems of data extraction and text analysis by providing clean output with tables, formulas, and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities. It takes PDF files as input and outputs Markdown text, making it ideal for preprocessing data for Large Language Models (LLMs). This tool is particularly useful when working with scanned or image-based documents that require text extraction and conversion for further analysis or processing.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/dev-pdf2md-pdf-to-markdown  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/dev-pdf2md-pdf-to-markdown

## Description

Hosted MCP server: convert PDFs to clean, LLM-ready Markdown with tables, formulas and OCR.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.70
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 2.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-07-01

## Source

- **Source listing:** [MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/dev.pdf2md%2Fpdf-to-markdown)

## Use it

MCP endpoint published by the skill: `https://pdf2md.dev/api/v2/mcp`

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "dev-pdf2md-pdf-to-markdown"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/dev-pdf2md-pdf-to-markdown` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/dev-pdf2md-pdf-to-markdown/pull`

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