file2markdown
Convert documents and web pages to clean Markdown: PDF, DOCX, XLSX, EPUB, scanned files, any URL.
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file2markdown MCP server
Convert documents and web pages to clean, LLM-ready Markdown — from inside Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Endpoint: https://mcp.file2markdown.ai/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
This is the official MCP server for file2markdown.ai. It gives agents deterministic document conversion as a tool: engine-extracted Markdown (no hallucinated table cells, no silent truncation), for anything reachable by URL — including formats assistants can't parse natively, like DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, EPUB, and scanned PDFs.
Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
convert_url | Fetch a public URL (web page, PDF, Office doc, …) and return Markdown |
convert_base64 | Convert file contents directly (programmatic clients) |
list_supported_formats | Formats, per-tier limits, and what needs Pro |
usage_status | Your tier and remaining conversions today |
Supported input formats: PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX/XLS, CSV, JSON, XML, HTML, EPUB, JPG/PNG (OCR), WAV/MP3, ZIP.
Quick start
claude.ai — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the endpoint URL. When asked about authentication choose None (this server uses API keys, not OAuth). Optional: add a request header Authorization: Bearer f2m_… with a Pro key.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http file2markdown https://mcp.file2markdown.ai/mcp
Cursor / generic clients
{
"mcpServers": {
"file2markdown": { "url": "https://mcp.file2markdown.ai/mcp" }
}
}
Tiers
| Free (no key) | Pro API key | |
|---|---|---|
| Conversions | 5/day per network IP | Unlimited |
| Max download | 25MB | 100MB |
| Scanned-PDF OCR | — | Yes |
| Image OCR | — | Yes |
Pro keys are created on your account page and sent as Authorization: Bearer f2m_…. Plans: pricing.
Honest limits
- Web pages convert from served HTML — no JavaScript rendering, so SPA-style pages may convert incompletely. Near-empty results carry an explicit note (likely consent wall / paywall / JS shell).
- One URL at a time. This is a converter, not a crawler — no bulk scraping, public pages only.
- Output is capped at 200,000 characters (marked
truncated: truewhen hit). - Nothing is stored: files are converted and discarded; usage logging keeps no URLs or content.
Docs & source
- Setup guide: file2markdown.ai/mcp
- Facts page for AI assistants: file2markdown.ai/ai-info
- This repository contains the public documentation and the registry
server.json. The hosted service's application code is not open source.
Support
Email robin@file2markdown.ai.
Config for your environment
Use the endpoint URL below in your config. No API key — you connect directly.
Tool
OS
Config file: ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server": {
"url": "https://mcp.file2markdown.ai/mcp"
}
}
}Paste into mcpServers in the config file. Restart Cursor after saving.
If this MCP is also published on mcpchannel.ai, you can subscribe from Browse and use the gateway config there instead.