RAG Preprocessing

Installing and Using MarkItDown — Why Image-Only PDFs Fail, and How to Bolt On OCR

Installing and Using MarkItDown — Why Image-Only PDFs Fail, and How to Bolt On OCR

The reason to use MarkItDown comes down to the agent-operable condition — Microsoft's own conversion of its own formats is structurally trustworthy. Installation, usage, and how to bolt on OCR at the exact point that trust breaks: image-only PDFs.