{"id":"g36maid-zed-mcp-server-markitdown","name":"zed-mcp-server-markitdown","af_score":50.0,"security_score":39.2,"reliability_score":28.8,"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP server integration for Zed that exposes a `convert_to_markdown(uri)` tool to convert documents (PDF/DOCX/XLSX/PPTX), images (with OCR), audio (with transcription), web pages (URLs), structured data (CSV/JSON/XML), and ZIP archives into AI-consumable Markdown context via MarkItDown.","best_when":"You want a local/offline-friendly document-to-text normalization step in Zed’s Assistant workflow using MCP, especially for heterogeneous file types that need to become Markdown context.","avoid_when":"You need strict access controls over what URIs/files can be fetched, or you cannot tolerate dependency/runtime downloads (e.g., model assets) during first run.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T15:34:50.714065+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":[],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Tool accepts arbitrary `uri` values including `data:`; agents should avoid passing untrusted or overly broad URIs without safeguards","First-run environment warm-up and dependency downloads may exceed Zed startup limits (README mentions potential timeouts and a warm-up step)","Python 3.14/Arch dependency conflicts may occur; README suggests a workaround via `uvx` and Python 3.13"],"error_quality":0.0}