Markdown To PDF

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markdown-to-pdf

Markdown To PDF is an Agent Skill for documents published in the majiayu000/claude-skill-registry repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.

Convert markdown files to PDF with custom styling. Use when generating PDF documents from markdown, creating printable documentation, or exporting reports.

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QUICK START

How to use this skill

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Prompt to paste

Inspect the Agent Skill at https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/blob/HEAD/skills/data/markdown-to-pdf/SKILL.md and all supporting files. Report provenance, permissions, scripts, dependencies, and security risks. Propose an exact installation into .agents/skills/markdown-to-pdf, but wait for my approval before writing files or running scripts.

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markdown-to-pdf

Convert markdown files to professionally-styled PDF documents.

Installation Required

cd .claude/skills/markdown-to-pdf
npm install

Dependencies: md-to-pdf (includes Puppeteer, auto-downloads Chromium ~200MB)

Quick Start

# Basic conversion
node .claude/skills/markdown-to-pdf/scripts/convert.cjs \
  --file ./README.md

# Custom output path
node .claude/skills/markdown-to-pdf/scripts/convert.cjs \
  --file ./doc.md \
  --output ./output/doc.pdf

# Custom styling
node .claude/skills/markdown-to-pdf/scripts/convert.cjs \
  --file ./report.md \
  --style ./custom-style.css

CLI Options

Option	Required	Description
`--file <path>`	Yes	Input markdown file
`--output <path>`	No	Output PDF path (default: input name + .pdf)
`--style <path>`	No	Custom CSS file

Output Format (JSON)

{
  "success": true,
  "input": "/path/to/input.md",
  "output": "/path/to/output.pdf",
  "pages": 5
}

Default Styling

GitHub-flavored markdown
Code syntax highlighting (highlight.js)
Sans-serif body (system fonts)
Monospace code blocks
A4 page size, 2cm margins

Customization

Create custom CSS:

body {
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 12pt;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
h1 { color: #2c3e50; border-bottom: 2px solid #3498db; }
code { background: #f4f4f4; padding: 2px 6px; }

Troubleshooting

Chromium download fails: Set PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD=1 then manually install Chrome Memory issues: Large docs may need --max-old-space-size=4096

IMPORTANT Task Planning Notes

Always plan and break many small todo tasks
Always add a final review todo task to review the works done at the end to find any fix or enhancement needed