# Markdown to Word (npm · markdown-to-word)

Convert GitHub Flavored Markdown to Word (.docx) documents in Node or the browser

- Trust score: 87/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +8
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- npm · `markdown-to-word`: 87/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/benbalter-markdown-to-word/markdown-to-word.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/benbalter-markdown-to-word/markdown-to-word)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `markdown-to-word`
- Version: `0.5.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 64 of 210 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 100/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to benbalter/markdown-to-word-js).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 65/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 453 tokens (~453/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 57/100
  - Stability observed for 17 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 2 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Markdown to Word MCP server?

Markdown to Word runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y markdown-to-word. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add benbalter-markdown-to-word -- npx -y markdown-to-word
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "benbalter-markdown-to-word": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "markdown-to-word"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "benbalter-markdown-to-word": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "markdown-to-word"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add benbalter-markdown-to-word -- npx -y markdown-to-word
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "benbalter-markdown-to-word": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "markdown-to-word"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add benbalter-markdown-to-word --command npx --arg -y --arg markdown-to-word
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  benbalter-markdown-to-word:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "markdown-to-word"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "benbalter-markdown-to-word": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "markdown-to-word"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add benbalter-markdown-to-word -t stdio -c npx -a -y markdown-to-word
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "benbalter-markdown-to-word": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "markdown-to-word"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 87, +1)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.50 → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.4.0 → 0.5.0

### 2026-11-03 (score 86, +7)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.50

### 2026-10-20 (score 79, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-19 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (1)

### `convert_markdown_to_word` (~302 tokens)

Convert Markdown to Word

Convert GitHub Flavored Markdown to a formatted Word (.docx) document and write it to output_path. Pass exactly one of markdown (the text) or path (a Markdown file). Headings, lists, task lists, tables, code, links, and images become real Word formatting; the first heading becomes the document's title. Remote images are not downloaded: they appear as links (fetch one yourself and pass it as a data: URI to embed it). Returns the path and size of the .docx.

Input parameters:

- `font_preset` (string): Restyle the document: chinese-official sets the fonts, sizes, and page layout of a Chinese official document (公文) after GB/T 9704-2012. Omit for Word's default styling.
- `markdown` (string): The Markdown to convert. Omit when passing path.
- `output_path` (string, required): Where to write the .docx; must end in .docx. Prefer an absolute path. Missing folders are created. Never written through a symlink.
- `overwrite` (boolean): Replace output_path if it already exists. Off by default, so an existing file is never clobbered by accident.
- `path` (string): Path to a Markdown file (.md, .markdown, .mdown, or .txt) to convert, instead of markdown. Relative paths resolve against the server's working directory, so prefer an absolute path.

Output parameters:

- `bytes` (number)
- `output_path` (string)
- `warnings` (array)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/benbalter-markdown-to-word/markdown-to-word#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 87
- 2026-11-04: 87
- 2026-11-03: 86
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79
- 2026-10-28: 79
- 2026-10-27: 79
- 2026-10-26: 79
- 2026-10-25: 79
- 2026-10-24: 79
- 2026-10-23: 79
- 2026-10-22: 79
- 2026-10-21: 79
- 2026-10-20: 79
- 2026-10-19: 64

## Common questions

### What is the Markdown to Word MCP server?

Markdown to Word is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.benbalter/markdown-to-word. Convert GitHub Flavored Markdown to Word (.docx) documents in Node or the browser. This page covers its npm package (markdown-to-word).

### Is the Markdown to Word MCP server safe to use?

Markdown to Word scores 87 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Markdown to Word MCP server expose?

Markdown to Word exposes 1 tool: convert_markdown_to_word. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 302 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Markdown to Word MCP server still maintained?

Markdown to Word is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Markdown to Word MCP server under?

Markdown to Word declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/markdown-to-word
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/markdown-to-word
- Repository: https://github.com/benbalter/markdown-to-word-js
- Website: https://md2word.app/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/benbalter-markdown-to-word/markdown-to-word.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/benbalter-markdown-to-word/markdown-to-word.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/benbalter-markdown-to-word/markdown-to-word