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Carrel Convert — Documentation skill for Claude Code

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Convert a PDF, Word, or other document to markdown and add it to your vault.

How to install Carrel Convert

Installs to ~/.claude/skills/linxule-carrel-carrel-convert/SKILL.md

Terminal
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/linxule-carrel-carrel-convert && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linxule/carrel/HEAD/commands/carrel-convert.md -o ~/.claude/skills/linxule-carrel-carrel-convert/SKILL.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Carrel Convert does


description: Convert a PDF, Word, or other document to markdown and add it to your vault

/carrel-convert — Document Conversion

Convert files to markdown and save them to the appropriate vault folder with proper frontmatter.

When to Use

  • Researcher drops a file or gives a file path
  • Researcher says "convert this", "import this paper", "add this to my vault"
  • Any PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, or image needs conversion

What Happens

Uses the `convert` skill:

  1. Run `carrel paper c

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Full documentation available on GitHub

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