How do I install the Docling skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add modbender/docling in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Is Docling free to use?

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Who published Docling?

modbender (@modbender) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Docling by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Docling
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: modbender

Docling

Extract and parse content from web pages, PDFs, documents (docx, pptx), and images using the docling CLI with GPU acceleration. Use INSTEAD of web_fetch for extracting content from specific URLs when you need clean, structured text. Use Brave (web_search) for searching/discovering pages. Use docling when you HAVE a URL and need its content parsed.

modbender Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 repo stars

File contents

Docling - Document & Web Content Extraction

CLI tool for parsing documents and web pages into clean, structured text. Uses GPU acceleration for OCR and ML models.

Prerequisites

docling CLI must be installed (e.g., via pipx install docling)
For GPU support: NVIDIA GPU with CUDA drivers

When to Use

Extract content from a URL → Use docling (not web_fetch)
Search for information → Use web_search (Brave)
Parse PDFs, DOCX, PPTX → Use docling
OCR on images → Use docling

Quick Commands

Web Page → Markdown (default)

docling "<URL>" --from html --to md

Output: creates a .md file in current directory (or use --output)

Web Page → Plain Text

docling "<URL>" --from html --to text --output /tmp/docling_out

PDF with OCR

docling "/path/to/file.pdf" --ocr --device cuda --output /tmp/docling_out

Key Options

Option	Values	Description
`--from`	html, pdf, docx, pptx, image, md, csv, xlsx	Input format
`--to`	md, text, json, yaml, html	Output format
`--device`	auto, cuda, cpu	Accelerator (default: auto)
`--output`	path	Output directory (recommended: use controlled temp dir)
`--ocr`	flag	Enable OCR for images/scanned PDFs
`--tables`	flag	Extract tables (default: on)

Security Notes

⚠️ Avoid these flags unless you trust the source:

--enable-remote-services - can send data to remote endpoints
--allow-external-plugins - loads third-party code
Custom --headers with untrusted values - can redirect requests

Workflow

For web content extraction: Use docling "<URL>" --from html --to text --output /tmp/docling_out
Read the output file from the specified output directory
Clean up the output directory after reading

GPU Support

Docling supports GPU acceleration via CUDA (NVIDIA). Verify CUDA is available:

python -c "import torch; print(torch.cuda.is_available())"

Full CLI Reference

See references/cli-reference.md for complete option list.

---name: doclingdescription: Extract and parse content from web pages, PDFs, documents (docx, pptx), and images using the docling CLI with GPU acceleration. Use INSTEAD of web_fetch for extracting content from specific URLs when you need clean, structured text. Use Brave (web_search) for searching/discovering pages. Use docling when you HAVE a URL and need its content parsed.--- # Docling - Document & Web Content Extraction CLI tool for parsing documents and web pages into clean, structured text. Uses GPU acceleration for OCR and ML models. ## Prerequisites - `docling` CLI must be installed (e.g., via `pipx install docling`) - For GPU support: NVIDIA GPU with CUDA drivers ## When to Use - **Extract content from a URL** → Use docling (not web_fetch) - **Search for information** → Use web_search (Brave) - **Parse PDFs, DOCX, PPTX** → Use docling - **OCR on images** → Use docling ## Quick Commands ### Web Page → Markdown (default) ```bash docling "<URL>" --from html --to md ``` Output: creates a `.md` file in current directory (or use `--output`) ### Web Page → Plain Text ```bash docling "<URL>" --from html --to text --output /tmp/docling_out ``` ### PDF with OCR ```bash docling "/path/to/file.pdf" --ocr --device cuda --output /tmp/docling_out ``` ## Key Options | Option | Values | Description | |--------|--------|-------------| | `--from` | html, pdf, docx, pptx, image, md, csv, xlsx | Input format | | `--to` | md, text, json, yaml, html | Output format | | `--device` | auto, cuda, cpu | Accelerator (default: auto) | | `--output` | path | Output directory (recommended: use controlled temp dir) | | `--ocr` | flag | Enable OCR for images/scanned PDFs | | `--tables` | flag | Extract tables (default: on) | ## Security Notes ⚠️ **Avoid these flags unless you trust the source:** - `--enable-remote-services` - can send data to remote endpoints - `--allow-external-plugins` - loads third-party code - Custom `--headers` with untrusted values - can redirect requests ## Workflow 1. **For web content extraction**: Use `docling "<URL>" --from html --to text --output /tmp/docling_out` 2. **Read the output file** from the specified output directory 3. **Clean up** the output directory after reading ## GPU Support Docling supports GPU acceleration via CUDA (NVIDIA). Verify CUDA is available: ```bash python -c "import torch; print(torch.cuda.is_available())" ``` ## Full CLI Reference See [references/cli-reference.md](references/cli-reference.md) for complete option list.

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