PDF extraction · Claude · RAG

Convert PDF to Markdown for AI agents

Markdown preserves more document structure than a plain-text dump, making it useful for Claude context, retrieval pipelines, review workflows, and downstream document processing.

Choose a path: use the browser tool for one document, the API or MCP for automation, or the document-intake skill when extraction needs validation and a review list.

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REST API

curl -X POST https://agentmediatools.com/api/pdf-to-markdown \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "pdf=@document.pdf"

The hosted endpoint uses a free daily allowance and then flexible credits. Check current usage before a batch. Temporary files should be downloaded promptly.

Use it safely in an agent workflow

  1. Confirm the user is authorized to process the document.
  2. Avoid public artifacts for sensitive documents unless the user explicitly approves the exposure and protection settings.
  3. Preserve source filenames and page references where available.
  4. Compare important totals, dates, identifiers, and tables with the original.
  5. Flag unreadable or ambiguous sections instead of inventing content.
Scanned PDF?

If the document has no useful text layer, use OCR extraction or the Document Intake workflow. OCR output is evidence to review, not guaranteed truth.

Recommended deliverable

Return the Markdown file, a concise extraction summary, the processing method, warnings, failed pages if any, and a needs_review list. For structured fields, follow extraction with the documented structured-extraction step rather than guessing from prose.

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