Skill comparison
Compare agent skills before installing.
Put high-signal skills side by side and inspect quality, adoption, freshness, install readiness, use-case fit, and warnings in one place.
Comparing 4 skills
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Decision summary
Markitdown is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 100/100 readiness score and fits Document processing.
Strongest overall
Markitdown
Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack.
Fastest prototype
Markitdown
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
Markitdown
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Markpdfdown A high-quality PDF to Markdown tool based on large language model visual recognition. 一款基于大模型视觉识别的高质量PDF转Markdown工具 | Markitdown Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. | Dolphin The official repo for “Dolphin: Document Image Parsing via Heterogeneous Anchor Prompting”, ACL, 2025. | Borb borb is a library for reading, creating and manipulating PDF files in python. |
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| Quality | 94/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 1.8K stars 0 installs | 154K stars 0 installs | 9.0K stars 0 installs | 3.6K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Jan 25, 2026 | May 26, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 | May 17, 2026 |
| Use-case fit | ||||
| Stack fit | ||||
| Platform hints | Python, PDF, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code, OpenAI Agents, LangChain | Python, PDF, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code |
| Warnings | No major risk signals from current metadata | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals |
| Not ideal for | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 2 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add MarkPDFdown/markpdfdown | $ npx skills add microsoft/markitdown | $ npx skills add bytedance/Dolphin | $ npx skills add borb-pdf/borb |