Cloudflare AI to Markdown MCP server

Bridges Claude with Cloudflare's AI services to convert PDFs, images, HTML, and Office documents into structured markdown descriptions for content analysis and documentation generation.
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Frad Lee
Release date
Mar 21, 2025
Language
TypeScript
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293 downloads
33 stars

MCP Server is a powerful tool that converts various file formats into Markdown descriptions using Cloudflare AI services. It provides a standardized Model Context Protocol (MCP) interface that works with multiple clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and ChatWise, enabling seamless file conversion and description generation.

Supported File Formats

Category File Extensions
Documents .pdf
Images .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .webp, .svg
Web Content .html
Data .xml, .csv
Spreadsheets .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .xls, .et, .ods, .numbers

System Requirements

  • Node.js 18 or later
  • Valid Cloudflare API Token
  • Active Cloudflare Account ID

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @FradSer/mcp-server-to-markdown --client claude

Manual Installation

Install globally using npm:

npm install -g mcp-server-to-markdown

Client Configuration

Cursor Integration

  1. Navigate to Cursor settings
  2. Select "MCP" from the sidebar
  3. Choose "Add new global MCP server"
  4. Apply the following configuration:
    {
      "mcpServers": {
        "to-markdown": {
          "command": "mcp-server-to-markdown",
          "args": [
            "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token",
            "CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID": "your_account_id"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
    

Claude Desktop Setup

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "to-markdown": {
      "command": "mcp-server-to-markdown",
      "args": [
        "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token",
        "CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID": "your_account_id"
      ]
    }
  }
}

ChatWise Configuration

  1. Launch ChatWise
  2. Access Settings
  3. Select Tools section
  4. Click "+" to add new tool
  5. Configure with these parameters:
    • Type: stdio
    • ID: to-markdown
    • Command: mcp-server-to-markdown
    • Args:
      CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=your_api_token
      CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID=your_account_id
      

Using the Tool

to-markdown Functionality

The server converts various file formats to Markdown descriptions with the following workflow:

  1. Submit file paths to the server
  2. Server processes the files using Cloudflare AI
  3. Returns Markdown descriptions for each file

Input Parameters

  • filePaths: Array of strings containing paths to files you want to convert

Response Format

The server returns an array of objects with the following structure:

[
  {
    "filename": "example.pdf",
    "mimeType": "application/pdf",
    "description": "Generated Markdown description",
    "tokens": 123
  }
]

Usage Example

When integrated with a compatible client, you can use the tool by providing file paths:

const result = await toMarkdown({
  filePaths: [
    "/path/to/document.pdf",
    "/path/to/image.jpg"
  ]
});

The server will process each file and return its Markdown representation, which can then be used within your AI assistant conversations.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "to-markdown" '{"command":"mcp-server-to-markdown","args":["CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=your_api_token","CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID=your_account_id"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "to-markdown": {
            "command": "mcp-server-to-markdown",
            "args": [
                "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=your_api_token",
                "CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID=your_account_id"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
  • Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "to-markdown": {
            "command": "mcp-server-to-markdown",
            "args": [
                "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=your_api_token",
                "CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID=your_account_id"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect

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