Liteparse
Prismer-AI/PrismerCloud
Parse local document files into LLM-ready content on the daemon itself — PDFs → Markdown / structured JSON (with bounding boxes) / page screenshots via the bundled lit CLI.
Convert a file from one format to another inside the container — documents, images, audio, video.
Install Converting Files
$ npx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill converting-files -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install oaustegard/claude-skills converting-files --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/converting-files .claude/skills/converting-files && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "converting-files" agent skill from https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills/tree/main/converting-files into .claude/skills/converting-files/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "converting-files", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills/tree/main/converting-filesType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill converting-files -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install oaustegard/claude-skills converting-files --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/converting-files .agents/skills/converting-files && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "converting-files" agent skill from https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills/tree/main/converting-files into .agents/skills/converting-files/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "converting-files", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill converting-files -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install oaustegard/claude-skills converting-files --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/converting-files .cursor/skills/converting-files && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "converting-files" agent skill from https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills/tree/main/converting-files into .cursor/skills/converting-files/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "converting-files", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills.git --path converting-files--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill converting-files -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install oaustegard/claude-skills converting-files --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/converting-files .gemini/skills/converting-files && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "converting-files" agent skill from https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills/tree/main/converting-files into .gemini/skills/converting-files/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "converting-files", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install oaustegard/claude-skills converting-filesInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill converting-files -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/converting-files .github/skills/converting-files && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "converting-files" agent skill from https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills/tree/main/converting-files into .github/skills/converting-files/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "converting-files", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill converting-files -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install oaustegard/claude-skills converting-files --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/converting-files .opencode/skills/converting-files && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "converting-files" agent skill from https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills/tree/main/converting-files into .opencode/skills/converting-files/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "converting-files", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
converting-files- GitHub stars
- 150
- Token cost
- ~1.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 695 words
- Files
- 4 (incl. scripts)
- Skills in repo
- 69
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Convert a file from one format to another inside the container — documents, images, audio, video.
- Turn this docx into a pdf
- SKILL.md covers Is this the right skill?, Engine routing (the actual…, Usage and Batch, plus 2 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3
- Make a gif from this mp4
What it does
Converting Files is an agent skill from oaustegard/claude-skills. Convert a file from one format to another inside the container — documents, images, audio, video. Routes to the right engine (pandoc, LibreOffice, ImageMagick, ffmpeg) by format pair. Triggers on "convert X to Y", "turn this docx into a pdf", "make a gif from this mp4", "md to docx", "batch-convert these images", or any single-file or batch format change where the source and target extensions differ. NOT for editing content (use docx/pptx/xlsx/pdf skills), creating files from scratch, or reading a file you…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including scripts (for example `CHANGELOG.md`, `README.md` and `scripts/convert.py`).
It sits in Documents & Office, covering Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations. It works with Microsoft Word, Pandoc, LibreOffice and Microsoft Excel. The repository describes itself as: My collection of Claude skills. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Turn this docx into a pdf
- Make a gif from this mp4
- Batch-convert these images
- Any single-file
Example prompts
- “convert X to Y”
- “turn this docx into a pdf”
- “make a gif from this mp4”
- “/converting-files”
Requirements
- Python 3
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6fc82b8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python3
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Converting Files loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 138 tokens; SKILL.md has 695 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from oaustegard/claude-skills at commit 6fc82b8, republished under its MIT licence (© oaustegard). 695 words, ~1,631 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/converting-files/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- converting-files
- description
- Convert a file from one format to another inside the container — documents, images, audio, video. Routes to the right engine (pandoc, LibreOffice, ImageMagick, ffmpeg) by format pair. Triggers on "convert X to Y", "turn this docx into a pdf", "make a gif from this mp4", "md to docx", "batch-convert these images", or any single-file or batch format change where the source and target extensions differ. NOT for editing content (use docx/pptx/xlsx/pdf skills), creating files from scratch, or reading a file you already have in context.
- metadata.version
- 0.1.1
converting-files
Four conversion engines are already in this container — pandoc, libreoffice
(headless), ImageMagick's convert, and ffmpeg. The hard part isn't running
them; it's picking the right one. pandoc mangles a real .docx into PDF;
LibreOffice is the tool for that. pandoc is better than LibreOffice for
md → docx. Neither touches mp4 → gif. This skill encodes that routing so the
choice isn't re-derived (often wrongly) each time.
scripts/convert.py is a dispatcher over those four binaries, not a new engine.
Use it for the common cases; drop to the raw engine when you need flags it
doesn't pass through.
Is this the right skill?
| You want to… | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Change a file's format (ext A → ext B) | this skill |
| Edit/author a Word/PPT/Excel/PDF's content | docx / pptx / xlsx / pdf skills |
| Read a file already shown in context | just read it — no conversion |
| Extract text/tables from a PDF | pdf-reading skill |
| Fill or merge PDFs | pdf skill |
Format change = here. Content change = a content skill. A docx → pdf is a
format change; "fix the grammar in this docx" is not.
Engine routing (the actual content of this skill)
Source family → target family decides the engine. The dispatcher applies this; the table is here so the reasoning is auditable and so you can call the engine directly when needed.
| From → To | Engine | Why |
|---|---|---|
| markup → markup (md, html, rst, latex, org, epub, rtf, ipynb…) | pandoc | what it's built for |
| markup → Office (md → docx/pptx/odt) | pandoc | cleaner than LibreOffice from markup |
| Office → markup (docx/odt/pptx → md/html…) | pandoc | reads modern OOXML well |
| Office → PDF (docx/pptx/xlsx → pdf) | LibreOffice | preserves layout; pandoc mangles it |
| Office ↔ Office, or legacy (.doc/.ppt/.xls) anything | LibreOffice | pandoc can't read legacy binary formats at all |
| markup → PDF (md → pdf) | pandoc (+pdflatex/xelatex) | lighter than LibreOffice for plain markup |
| image ↔ image (png, jpg, gif, webp, tiff, heic, svg…) | ImageMagick | convert in out |
| image → PDF | ImageMagick | |
| audio ↔ audio (mp3, wav, flac, ogg, aac, m4a, opus…) | ffmpeg | |
| video ↔ video, mp4 → gif, gif → mp4 | ffmpeg | gif-from-video is an ffmpeg job, not ImageMagick |
gif lives in both image and video worlds: png → gif is ImageMagick (still
image), mp4 → gif is ffmpeg (animation). The dispatcher handles the split by
the source family.
Usage
# Plan only — print engine + reason + exact command, run nothing. Do this first
# on an unfamiliar pair to confirm the route before committing.
python3 /mnt/skills/user/converting-files/scripts/convert.py --plan in.docx out.pdf
# Convert.
python3 /mnt/skills/user/converting-files/scripts/convert.py in.docx out.pdf
python3 /mnt/skills/user/converting-files/scripts/convert.py notes.md notes.docx
python3 /mnt/skills/user/converting-files/scripts/convert.py clip.mp4 clip.gif
# Pass engine flags through (everything after OUTPUT goes to the engine):
python3 .../convert.py photo.png photo.jpg -quality 85 # ImageMagick
python3 .../convert.py song.wav song.mp3 -b:a 192k # ffmpeg
python3 .../convert.py paper.md paper.pdf --pdf-engine=xelatex # pandoc
# Force a specific engine if you disagree with the route:
python3 .../convert.py weird.docx weird.md --engine pandocExit codes: 0 ok, 2 no route exists, 3 engine failed (stderr tail
printed), 4 bad args / missing input.
Batch
The dispatcher is one file at a time by design — batch is a shell loop so each file's failure is visible:
for f in *.png; do
python3 /mnt/skills/user/converting-files/scripts/convert.py "$f" "${f%.png}.webp" || echo "FAILED: $f"
doneShow full SKILL.md (298 more words)Show less
Gotchas (the things that cost a re-run)
- LibreOffice names the output itself — it writes
<input-stem>.<ext>into--outdir, ignoring your chosen filename. The dispatcher renames to yourOUTPUTafter. If you calllibreofficeraw, expect the input-stem name. - LibreOffice headless is single-instance. Two concurrent
--headlesscalls collide on the user profile and one silently does nothing. Run them serially (the batch loop above is serial — fine). - markup → pdf needs a LaTeX engine.
pdflatex/xelatexare present, but exotic Unicode wants--pdf-engine=xelatex. If LaTeX chokes on the content, route throughdocxfirst:md → docx(pandoc) thendocx → pdf(LibreOffice). - ImageMagick here is IM6 (
convert, notmagick). Policy may block some formats; ifconvertrefuses a PDF/PS op, that's the/etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xmlsecurity policy, not a missing codec. - markup → jira emits heading anchors.
md → jiraworks (both are pandoc formats), but headings come out ash1. {anchor:slug}Title— pandoc materializing the auto-generated heading ID. Suppress with--engine pandoc ... -f markdown-auto_identifiers(pass the format-with-extension yourself, since the dispatcher infers a baremarkdown). --planlies about nothing but runs nothing — it can't tell you the content will survive (e.g. a pptx → md drops all layout). Plan checks the route; only a real run checks the result.
Why not VERT (or any web converter) as the skill
VERT (vert.sh) is a Svelte/WASM browser app wrapping these same engines (libvips, ffmpeg.wasm, Pandoc-wasm) for a human at a tab who wants local privacy. There's no library or CLI to import — the app is the UI. In-container we already have the native binaries with full filesystem access and no browser memory ceiling, so the WASM wrappers would be strictly slower and weaker. VERT is a good recommendation to a person; it's the wrong shape for a skill. This skill is the in-container equivalent of what VERT does in a tab.
© oaustegard, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts) in converting-files of oaustegard/claude-skills.
- SKILL.md
- CHANGELOG.md
- README.md
- scripts/convert.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6fc82b8
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Converting Files next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Converting Files this skilloaustegard/claude-skills | 150 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| LiteparsePrismer-AI/PrismerCloud | 1.6k | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| MarkitdownImCa0/just-laws | 781 | 14 repos | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Markitdownjimmc414/Kosmos | 594 | 2 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Office DocumentsZS520L/HanakoPro | 102 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| PaperJSX Document Generatorcomposio-community/awesome-codex-skills | 17k | — | ~842 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Converting Files
What does Converting Files do?
Convert a file from one format to another inside the container — documents, images, audio, video. Converting Files is an agent skill from oaustegard/claude-skills. Convert a file from one format to another inside the container — documents, images, audio, video.
When should I use Converting Files?
Converting Files fits situations like: turn this docx into a pdf; make a gif from this mp4; batch-convert these images; any single-file.
How do I install Converting Files in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill converting-files -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (converting-files in oaustegard/claude-skills) into .claude/skills/converting-files in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Converting Files in Codex?
Run `npx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill converting-files -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (converting-files in oaustegard/claude-skills) into .agents/skills/converting-files in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Converting Files in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill converting-files -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/converting-files, .gemini/skills/converting-files, .github/skills/converting-files and .opencode/skills/converting-files in your project.
What does Converting Files need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Converting Files needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Converting Files access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Converting Files safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Converting Files use?
Converting Files is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Converting Files use?
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Converting Files?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Converting Files: Liteparse (Prismer-AI/PrismerCloud, 1.6k stars), Markitdown (ImCa0/just-laws, 781 stars), Markitdown (jimmc414/Kosmos, 594 stars) and Office Documents (ZS520L/HanakoPro, 102 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Converting Files?
oaustegard (a GitHub user) maintains it in oaustegard/claude-skills, which has 150 GitHub stars. The repository holds 69 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: oaustegard/claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.