Agent skill

Liteparse

Provides fast document to markdown extraction. An agent skill from sammcj/agentic-coding.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Liteparse

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill liteparse -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding liteparse --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/liteparse .claude/skills/liteparse && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "liteparse" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/liteparse into .claude/skills/liteparse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "liteparse", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/liteparse

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill liteparse -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding liteparse --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/liteparse .agents/skills/liteparse && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "liteparse" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/liteparse into .agents/skills/liteparse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "liteparse", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill liteparse -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding liteparse --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/liteparse .cursor/skills/liteparse && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "liteparse" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/liteparse into .cursor/skills/liteparse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "liteparse", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git --path Skills/liteparse

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill liteparse -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding liteparse --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/liteparse .gemini/skills/liteparse && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "liteparse" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/liteparse into .gemini/skills/liteparse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "liteparse", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding liteparse

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill liteparse -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/liteparse .github/skills/liteparse && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "liteparse" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/liteparse into .github/skills/liteparse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "liteparse", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill liteparse -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding liteparse --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/liteparse .opencode/skills/liteparse && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "liteparse" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/liteparse into .opencode/skills/liteparse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "liteparse", 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: liteparse
GitHub stars: 162
Token cost: ~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 322 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 64
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Provides fast document to markdown extraction. An agent skill from sammcj/agentic-coding.

Works in 5 steps: Use via npx, or install LiteParse → Produce the CLI Command or Script → Key Options Reference → …
The user asks to parse
SKILL.md covers Step 0 - Use via npx, or…, Step 1 - Produce the CLI…, Step 3 - Key Options Reference and Step 4 - Using a Config File, plus 2 more sections
Calls npx and pnpm

What it does

Liteparse is an agent skill from sammcj/agentic-coding. Provides fast document to markdown extraction. Use this skill when the user asks to parse, perform multi-format document conversion or spatially extract text from an unstructured file (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, images, etc.) locally.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Document parsing, PowerPoint presentations and Word documents. It works with Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. The repository describes itself as: Agentic Coding Rules, Templates etc... The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

The user asks to parse
Perform multi-format document conversion
Spatially extract text from an unstructured file (PDF

Example prompts

“Use the liteparse skill to provide fast document to markdown extraction. An agent skill from sammcj/agentic-coding”
“/liteparse”

Requirements

Node.js

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Use via npx, or install LiteParse
Produce the CLI Command or Script
Key Options Reference
Using a Config File
HTTP OCR Server API (Advanced)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2f25ced. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- npx
- pnpm
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx and pnpm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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

Liteparse loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 322 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.1k

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from sammcj/agentic-coding at commit 2f25ced, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© sammcj). 322 words, ~1,114 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/liteparse/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: liteparse
description: Provides fast document to markdown extraction. Use this skill when the user asks to parse, perform multi-format document conversion or spatially extract text from an unstructured file (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, images, etc.) locally.

LiteParse Skill

Parse unstructured documents (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, images, and more) locally with LiteParse: fast, lightweight, no cloud dependencies or LLM required.

Step 0 - Use via npx, or install LiteParse

NOTE: Rather than installing liteparse globally, you can instead run it directly with npx, substituting lit <args> with npx -y @llamaindex/liteparse <args> in the commands below.

bash

npx -y @llamaindex/liteparse

Otherwise if installing globally, use pnpm install -g @llamaindex/liteparse and then run lit <args>.

Step 1 - Produce the CLI Command or Script

Parse a Single File

bash

# Basic text extraction
lit parse document.pdf

# JSON output saved to a file
lit parse document.pdf --format json -o output.json

# Specific page range
lit parse document.pdf --target-pages "1-5,10,15-20"

# Disable OCR (faster, text-only PDFs)
lit parse document.pdf --no-ocr

# Use an external HTTP OCR server for higher accuracy
lit parse document.pdf --ocr-server-url http://localhost:8828/ocr

# Higher DPI for better quality
lit parse document.pdf --dpi 300

Batch Parse a Directory

bash

lit batch-parse ./input-directory ./output-directory

# Only process PDFs, recursively
lit batch-parse ./input ./output --extension .pdf --recursive

Generate Page Screenshots

Screenshots are useful for LLM agents that need to see visual layout.

bash

# All pages
lit screenshot document.pdf -o ./screenshots

# Specific pages
lit screenshot document.pdf --pages "1,3,5" -o ./screenshots

# High-DPI PNG
lit screenshot document.pdf --dpi 300 --format png -o ./screenshots

# Page range
lit screenshot document.pdf --pages "1-10" -o ./screenshots

Step 3 - Key Options Reference

OCR Options

Option	Description
(default)	Tesseract.js - zero setup, built-in
`--ocr-language fra`	Set OCR language (ISO code)
`--ocr-server-url <url>`	Use external HTTP OCR server (EasyOCR, PaddleOCR, custom)
`--no-ocr`	Disable OCR entirely

Output Options

Option	Description
`--format json`	Structured JSON with bounding boxes
`--format text`	Plain text (default)
`-o <file>`	Save output to file

Performance / Quality Options

Option	Description
`--dpi <n>`	Rendering DPI (default: 150; use 300 for high quality)
`--max-pages <n>`	Limit pages parsed
`--target-pages <pages>`	Parse specific pages (e.g. `"1-5,10"`)
`--no-precise-bbox`	Disable precise bounding boxes (faster)
`--skip-diagonal-text`	Ignore rotated/diagonal text
`--preserve-small-text`	Keep very small text that would otherwise be dropped

Step 4 - Using a Config File

For repeated use with consistent options, generate a liteparse.config.json:

json

{
  "ocrLanguage": "en",
  "ocrEnabled": true,
  "maxPages": 1000,
  "dpi": 150,
  "outputFormat": "json",
  "preciseBoundingBox": true,
  "skipDiagonalText": false,
  "preserveVerySmallText": false
}

For an HTTP OCR server:

json

{
  "ocrServerUrl": "http://localhost:8828/ocr",
  "ocrLanguage": "en",
  "outputFormat": "json"
}

Use with:

bash

lit parse document.pdf --config liteparse.config.json

Step 5 - HTTP OCR Server API (Advanced)

If the user wants to plug in a custom OCR backend, the server must implement:

Endpoint: POST /ocr
Accepts: file (multipart) and language (string) parameters
Returns:

json

{
  "results": [
    { "text": "Hello", "bbox": [x1, y1, x2, y2], "confidence": 0.98 }
  ]
}

Ready-to-use wrappers exist for EasyOCR and PaddleOCR in the LiteParse repo.

Supported Input Formats

Category	Formats
PDF	`.pdf`
Word	`.doc`, `.docx`, `.docm`, `.odt`, `.rtf`
PowerPoint	`.ppt`, `.pptx`, `.pptm`, `.odp`
Spreadsheets	`.xls`, `.xlsx`, `.xlsm`, `.ods`, `.csv`, `.tsv`
Images	`.jpg`, `.jpeg`, `.png`, `.gif`, `.bmp`, `.tiff`, `.webp`, `.svg`

Office documents require LibreOffice; images require ImageMagick. LiteParse auto-converts these formats to PDF before parsing.

Files

Just SKILL.md in Skills/liteparse of sammcj/agentic-coding.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2f25ced

Compare with similar skills

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Markitdownjimmc414/Kosmos	595	2 repos	~1.7k	Automated safety check: Pass	None	today
Liteparsebastani-inc/atomic	850	—	~1.4k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	today
Nutrient Document Processingaffaan-m/ECC	276k	4 repos	~1.5k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	4 days ago
Markdown Converterintellectronica/agent-skills	295	4 repos	~492	Automated safety check: Pass	CC0-1.0	5 mo ago

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Questions about Liteparse

What does Liteparse do?

Provides fast document to markdown extraction. An agent skill from sammcj/agentic-coding. Liteparse is an agent skill from sammcj/agentic-coding. Provides fast document to markdown extraction.

When should I use Liteparse?

Liteparse fits situations like: the user asks to parse; perform multi-format document conversion; spatially extract text from an unstructured file (PDF.

How do I install Liteparse in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill liteparse -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Skills/liteparse in sammcj/agentic-coding) into .claude/skills/liteparse in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Liteparse in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill liteparse -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Skills/liteparse in sammcj/agentic-coding) into .agents/skills/liteparse in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Liteparse 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 sammcj/agentic-coding --skill liteparse -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/liteparse, .gemini/skills/liteparse, .github/skills/liteparse and .opencode/skills/liteparse in your project.

What does Liteparse need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Liteparse needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx and pnpm). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Liteparse access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Liteparse 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Liteparse use?

Liteparse is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Liteparse use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 Liteparse?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Liteparse: Markitdown (ImCa0/just-laws, 782 stars), Markitdown (jimmc414/Kosmos, 595 stars), Liteparse (bastani-inc/atomic, 850 stars) and Nutrient Document Processing (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Liteparse?

sammcj (a GitHub user) maintains it in sammcj/agentic-coding, which has 162 GitHub stars. The repository holds 64 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: sammcj/agentic-coding on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Liteparse

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

LiteParse Skill

Step 0 - Use via npx, or install LiteParse

Step 1 - Produce the CLI Command or Script

Parse a Single File

Batch Parse a Directory

Generate Page Screenshots

Step 3 - Key Options Reference

OCR Options

Output Options

Performance / Quality Options

Step 4 - Using a Config File

Step 5 - HTTP OCR Server API (Advanced)

Supported Input Formats

Files

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