HTML To Markdown

html-to-markdown

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• convert HTML files, raw HTML, or web pages into Markdown
• convert Markdown into standalone HTML documents
• batch-convert directories or URL lists
• preserve article content with readability-style cleanup
• emit metadata/frontmatter or quality reports

What it provides

This skill includes two scripts:

• scripts/html_to_markdown.mjs — HTML → Markdown
• scripts/markdown_to_html.mjs — Markdown → HTML

Read references/profiles.md when you need the preset cleanup profiles (article, docs, forum, custom) or want a quick capability map.

HTML → Markdown

Supported inputs

• --file <path>
• --html <string>
• --url <https://...>
• --input-dir <dir>
• --url-list <file.txt>

Common outputs/options

• --out <file.md> / --output-dir <dir>
• --profile <article|docs|forum|custom>
• --content-mode <readable|full>
• --engine <auto|best|turndown|pandoc>
• --meta-frontmatter <true|false>
• --report <file.json>
• --base-url <url>
• --image-style <inline|ref>

Examples

node scripts/html_to_markdown.mjs \
  --url "https://example.com/article" \
  --out ./article.md \
  --profile article \
  --engine best \
  --meta-frontmatter true \
  --report ./article.report.json

node scripts/html_to_markdown.mjs \
  --input-dir ./html \
  --output-dir ./md \
  --profile docs

Markdown → HTML

Supported inputs

• --file <path.md>
• --markdown "# text"
• --input-dir <dir>

Common outputs/options

• --out <file.html> / --output-dir <dir>
• --theme <light|github|minimal>
• --title <text>
• --standalone <true|false>
• --embed-css <true|false>

Examples

node scripts/markdown_to_html.mjs \
  --file ./README.md \
  --out ./README.html \
  --theme github

node scripts/markdown_to_html.mjs \
  --input-dir ./md \
  --output-dir ./html \
  --theme light

Notes

• Prefer targeted conversions; do not rewrite unrelated content.
• For article/web content, start with --profile article.
• For docs sites, start with --profile docs.
• Use --engine best when output quality matters more than speed.