# MarkItDown by pagespool (remote · api.pagespool.com)

Hosted MarkItDown: convert Word, PowerPoint, Excel, HTML and the text of PDFs to Markdown.

- Trust score: 80/100 (high trust)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `api.pagespool.com`: 80/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-markitdown/mcp-markitdown.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-markitdown/mcp-markitdown)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `required`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, 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.

- **Endpoint Security**: 97/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
  - The authorisation server supports Client ID Metadata Documents, the current MCP client-registration mechanism.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 72/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 251 tokens (~251/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**: 3/100
  - Stability observed for 1 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 1 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 MarkItDown by pagespool MCP server?

MarkItDown by pagespool is a hosted endpoint at https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/, so there is nothing to install locally. 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 --transport http com-pagespool-markitdown 'https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-pagespool-markitdown": {
      "url": "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-pagespool-markitdown": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-pagespool-markitdown]
url = "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-pagespool-markitdown": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-pagespool-markitdown --url 'https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-pagespool-markitdown:
    url: "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-pagespool-markitdown": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-pagespool-markitdown -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-pagespool-markitdown": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## 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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 80, +7)

- [security improvement] Authorization: partial → pass
- [security] First check of Authorization: pass
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-04 (score 73)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (1)

### `convert_document` (~251 tokens)

Convert a document to Markdown with MarkItDown

Convert a document up to 8 MB to Markdown with MarkItDown and return it.

Pass the file as base64 in `content_base64`, or as a download link in
\`file`, and its name in `filename`. The extension decides the type: .pdf,
.docx, .pptx, .xlsx, .html, .htm or .txt. Returns `markdown` and `meta`
(`filename`, `length` in characters). PDFs come back as the text of
their text layer, without headings and without OCR. Works without an
API key at the anonymous rate limit.

Credits: 1 per call.

Input parameters:

- `content_base64`: The file content, base64-encoded. Up to 8 MB before encoding.
- `file` (object): The file as a download link, instead of `content_base64`. In ChatGPT, pass the user's uploaded file here. Other clients can set `download_url` to a public https URL.
- `filename` (string, required): The file name with its extension (.pdf, .docx, .pptx, .xlsx, .html, .htm or .txt). The extension decides how the file is read.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-markitdown/mcp-markitdown#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 80
- 2026-11-04: 73

## Common questions

### What is the MarkItDown by pagespool MCP server?

MarkItDown by pagespool is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.pagespool/markitdown. Hosted MarkItDown: convert Word, PowerPoint, Excel, HTML and the text of PDFs to Markdown. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/).

### Is the MarkItDown by pagespool MCP server safe to use?

MarkItDown by pagespool scores 80 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. 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 MarkItDown by pagespool MCP server expose?

MarkItDown by pagespool exposes 1 tool: convert_document. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 251 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the MarkItDown by pagespool MCP server require authentication?

Yes. MarkItDown by pagespool asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

### Is the MarkItDown by pagespool MCP server still maintained?

MarkItDown by pagespool 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.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/markitdown/
- Website: https://pagespool.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-markitdown/mcp-markitdown.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-markitdown/mcp-markitdown.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-markitdown/mcp-markitdown