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.
| 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: true when 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.