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Have the MarkItDown MCP server read MARKITDOWN_ENABLE_PLUGINS from ENV #1273

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Have the MarkItdown MCP server read MARKITDOWN_ENABLE_PLUGINS from os…
afourney May 28, 2025
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Update the Dockerfile to enable plugins. No puglins are installed by …
afourney May 28, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into mcp_enable_plugins
afourney May 28, 2025
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions packages/markitdown-mcp/Dockerfile
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Expand Up @@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ FROM python:3.13-slim-bullseye
ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
ENV EXIFTOOL_PATH=/usr/bin/exiftool
ENV FFMPEG_PATH=/usr/bin/ffmpeg
ENV MARKITDOWN_ENABLE_PLUGINS=True

# Runtime dependency
# NOTE: Add any additional MarkItDown plugins here
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
ffmpeg \
exiftool
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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__main__.py
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import contextlib
import sys
import os
from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP
from starlette.applications import Starlette
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@mcp.tool()
async def convert_to_markdown(uri: str) -> str:
"""Convert a resource described by an http:, https:, file: or data: URI to markdown"""
return MarkItDown().convert_uri(uri).markdown
return MarkItDown(enable_plugins=check_plugins_enabled()).convert_uri(uri).markdown


def check_plugins_enabled() -> bool:
return os.getenv("MARKITDOWN_ENABLE_PLUGINS", "false").strip().lower() in (
"true",
"1",
"yes",
)


def create_starlette_app(mcp_server: Server, *, debug: bool = False) -> Starlette:
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