MarkItDown MCP Server

v0.0.1 · by G36maid · added 3 November 2026

MarkItDown MCP Server for Zed

MCP servers

How to install

With Forge Super installed, the button above opens the app on this extension, where you press Install. Nothing is installed until you do.

You can also open the Extensions panel in the app and search for MarkItDown MCP Server. The extension's id is mcp-server-markitdown.

Don't have Forge Super yet? Download it here.

README

From the extension's repository, written by its authors and not by Mentenaz. See the source.

MarkItDown MCP Server for Zed

This extension integrates MarkItDown as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for for Zed's Assistant.

for upstream information, check MarkItDown-MCP

What This Extension Does

Turn any Documents into AI Context - Upload or reference any file, and this extension converts it to clean Markdown that AI can understand and work with without Multimodality.

Supported File Types

It exposes one tool: convert_to_markdown(uri), where uri can be any http:, https:, file:, or data: URI.

Category	Formats	AI Use Cases
Documents	PDF, Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx), PowerPoint (.pptx)	Analyze reports, summarize presentations, extract data
Images	JPG, PNG, GIF (with OCR)	Read text from screenshots, analyze charts, describe images
Audio	MP3, WAV (with transcription)	Transcribe meetings, analyze speech content
Web	HTTP/HTTPS URLs	Summarize articles, extract key information
Data	CSV, JSON, XML	Process structured data, generate insights
Archives	ZIP files	Analyze multiple files at once

Quick Start

Installation (BETA)

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/G36maid/zed-mcp-server-markitdown.git
cd zed-mcp-server-markitdown

# Build the extension
cargo build --release

# Add as a dev extension in Zed:
# In Zed, go to Extensions → Install Dev Extension → Select this directory

Usage Examples

Convert a PDF report:

Please analyze this PDF report and summarize the key findings.

Extract data from a spreadsheet:

Convert this Excel file to markdown and show me the top 5 entries.

Analyze a webpage:

Summarize the main points from this article form link in README.

Configuration

Optional Settings

Access through Zed's settings or the Assistant configuration UI:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "mcp-server-markitdown": {
      "settings": {
        "package_version": "latest"
      }
    }
  }
}

package_version: Specify npm package version (default: "latest")

Prerequisites

Node.js and npm (automatically handled by Zed)
Rust (automatically handled by Zed)
Internet connection (for initial package installation and web calls)

Local Development

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/G36maid/zed-mcp-server-markitdown.git
cd zed-mcp-server-markitdown

# Build the extension
cargo build --release

# Add as a dev extension in Zed:
# In Zed, go to Extensions → Install Dev Extension → Select this directory

Related Projects

Microsoft MarkItDown - The core conversion tool (Python)
MarkItDown MCP - Official MCP server
markitdown-mcp-npx - NPX wrapper used by this extension
Context7 MCP - Similar Zed MCP extension example

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

Microsoft AutoGen Team for creating MarkItDown
Zed Industries for the excellent extension platform
xkiranj for create the npx wrapper for MarkItDown MCP

Transform your documents into AI-ready context with MarkItDown MCP Server for Zed.