MarkItDown MCP Server
Microsoft's lightweight MCP server for converting documents to Markdown.
🛡️ AgentReady threat assessment
MAESTRO 7-layer threat model + OWASP AIVSS risk score for MarkItDown MCP Server, derived from its capabilities.
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Overview
Microsoft's MarkItDown MCP server converts files (PDF, Office docs, images, and more) into Markdown for LLM consumption, operating over configured allowed filesystem paths. Content extracted from arbitrary documents entering agent context and filesystem access scoping are the key security surfaces.
Key features
- Document-to-Markdown conversion
- Broad file-format support
- Allowed-path scoping
- Local filesystem access
Use cases
- Feeding documents into an agent as Markdown
- Preprocessing files for RAG