markdown-exporter

What this skill does

# Markdown Exporter

Markdown Exporter is an Agent Skill that transforms your Markdown text into a wide variety of professional format files.

This [SKILL.md](https://github.com/bowenliang123/markdown-exporter/blob/main/SKILL.md) for Agent Skills, the cli tool and [Python package `markdown-exporter`](https://pypi.org/project/md-exporter/) are maintained in the GitHub repository [bowenliang123/markdown-exporter](https://github.com/bowenliang123/markdown-exporter) by [bowenliang123](https://github.com/bowenliang123).

### Tools and Supported Formats

| Tool | Input (File path of Markdown text or styles) | Output (File path of exported file) |
|------|-------|--------|
| `md_to_docx` | 📝 Markdown text | 📄 Word document (.docx) |
| `md_to_html` | 📝 Markdown text | 🌐 HTML file (.html) |
| `md_to_html_text` | 📝 Markdown text | 🌐 HTML text string |
| `md_to_pdf` | 📝 Markdown text | 📑 PDF file (.pdf) |
| `md_to_md` | 📝 Markdown text | 📝 Markdown file (.md) |
| `md_to_ipynb` | 📝 Markdown text | 📓 Jupyter Notebook (.ipynb) |
| `md_to_pptx` | 📝 Markdown slides in [Pandoc style](https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#slide-shows) | 🎯 PowerPoint (.pptx) |
| `md_to_xlsx` | 📋 [Markdown tables](https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#tables) | 📊 Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx) |
| `md_to_csv` | 📋 [Markdown tables](https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#tables) | 📋 CSV file (.csv) |
| `md_to_json` | 📋 [Markdown tables](https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#tables) | 📦 JSON/JSONL file (.json) |
| `md_to_xml` | 📋 [Markdown tables](https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#tables) | 🏷️ XML file (.xml) |
| `md_to_latex` | 📋 [Markdown tables](https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#tables) | 📝 LaTeX file (.tex) |
| `md_to_codeblock` | 💻 [Code blocks in Markdown](https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#fenced-code-blocks) | 📁 Code files by language (.py, .js, .sh, etc.) |


## 📦 Usage

### Overview
Markdown Exporter is available as a PyPI package, which provides a seamless command-line interface for all its functionality.

### Installation

```bash
# with pip
pip install md-exporter

# with uv 
uv tool install md-exporter

# on OpenClaw
npx clawhub install markdown-exporter
```

Check `markdown-exporter` command and usages:
```
markdown-exporter -h

markdown-exporter <subcommand> -h
```

### Basic Usage
Use the `markdown-exporter` command to access all the tools:

```bash
markdown-exporter <subcommand> <args> [options]
```

### Important Notes
- All commands only support file paths as input
- The package handles all dependency management automatically
- You can run the command from anywhere in your system, no need to navigate to the project directory


## 🔧 Scripts

### md_to_csv - Convert Markdown tables to CSV

Converts Markdown tables to CSV format file.

**Usage:**
```bash
markdown-exporter md_to_csv <input> <output> [options]
```

**Arguments:**
- `input` - Input Markdown file path containing tables
- `output` - Output CSV file path

**Options:**
- `--strip-wrapper` - Remove code block wrapper if present

**Examples:**

1. **Basic conversion**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_csv /path/input.md /path/output.csv
   ```
   This converts all tables in the input Markdown file to CSV format.

2. **With code block wrapper removal**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_csv /path/input.md /path/output.csv --strip-wrapper
   ```
   This removes any code block wrappers (```) before processing the Markdown.

**Sample Markdown Input:**
Use the "Basic Text and Tables" example from the [Sample Markdown Inputs - Basic Text and Tables](#basic-text-and-tables) section below.

---

### md_to_pdf - Convert Markdown to PDF

Converts Markdown text to PDF format with support for Chinese, Japanese, and other languages.

**Usage:**
```bash
markdown-exporter md_to_pdf <input> <output> [options]
```

**Arguments:**
- `input` - Input Markdown file path
- `output` - Output PDF file path

**Options:**
- `--strip-wrapper` - Remove code block wrapper if present

**Examples:**

1. **Basic conversion**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_pdf /path/input.md /path/output.pdf
   ```
   This converts the entire Markdown file to a PDF document.

2. **With code block wrapper removal**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_pdf /path/input.md /path/output.pdf --strip-wrapper
   ```
   This removes any code block wrappers (```) before processing the Markdown.

**Sample Markdown Input:**
Use the "Basic Text and Tables" example from the [Sample Markdown Inputs - Basic Text and Tables](#basic-text-and-tables) section below.

---

### md_to_docx - Convert Markdown to DOCX

Converts Markdown text to DOCX format file.

**Usage:**
```bash
markdown-exporter md_to_docx <input> <output> [options]
```

**Arguments:**
- `input` - Input Markdown file path
- `output` - Output DOCX file path

**Options:**
- `--template` - Path to DOCX template file (optional)
- `--strip-wrapper` - Remove code block wrapper if present

**Examples:**

1. **Basic conversion**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_docx /path/input.md /path/output.docx
   ```
   This converts the entire Markdown file to a DOCX document.

2. **With custom template**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_docx /path/input.md /path/output.docx --template /path/template.docx
   ```
   This uses a custom DOCX template for styling.

3. **With code block wrapper removal**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_docx /path/input.md /path/output.docx --strip-wrapper
   ```
   This removes any code block wrappers (```) before processing the Markdown.

**Sample Markdown Input:**
Use the "Basic Text and Tables" example from the [Sample Markdown Inputs - Basic Text and Tables](#basic-text-and-tables) section below.

---

### md_to_xlsx - Convert Markdown tables to XLSX

Converts Markdown tables to XLSX format with multiple sheets support.

**Usage:**
```bash
markdown-exporter md_to_xlsx <input> <output> [options]
```

**Arguments:**
- `input` - Input Markdown file path containing tables
- `output` - Output XLSX file path

**Options:**
- `--force-text` - Convert cell values to text type (default: True)
- `--strip-wrapper` - Remove code block wrapper if present

**Examples:**

1. **Basic conversion**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_xlsx /path/input.md /path/output.xlsx
   ```
   This converts all tables in the input Markdown file to an XLSX workbook, with each table on a separate sheet.

2. **With code block wrapper removal**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_xlsx /path/input.md /path/output.xlsx --strip-wrapper
   ```
   This removes any code block wrappers (```) before processing the Markdown.

3. **With force-text disabled**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_xlsx /path/input.md /path/output.xlsx --force-text False
   ```
   This allows Excel to automatically determine cell types.

**Sample Markdown Input:**
Use the "Basic Text and Tables" example from the [Sample Markdown Inputs - Basic Text and Tables](#basic-text-and-tables) section below.

---

### md_to_pptx - Convert Markdown to PPTX

Converts Markdown text to PPTX format file.

**Usage:**
```bash
markdown-exporter md_to_pptx <input> <output> [options]
```

**Arguments:**
- `input` - Input Markdown file path
- `output` - Output PPTX file path

**Options:**
- `--template` - Path to PPTX template file (optional)

**Examples:**

1. **Basic conversion**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_pptx /path/input.md /path/output.pptx
   ```
   This converts the Markdown file to a PowerPoint presentation.

2. **With custom template**:
   ```bash
   markdown-exporter md_to_pptx /path/input.md /path/output.pptx --template /path/template.pptx
   ```
   This uses a custom PowerPoint template for styling.

**Sample Markdown Input:**
Use the "Slides (for PPTX)" example from the [Sample Markdown Inputs - Slides (for PPTX)](#slides-for-pptx) section below.

---

### md_to_codeblock - Extract Codeblocks to Files

Extracts code blocks from Markdown a