DropItDown – Drop a file, get Markdown your AI agent can read (macOS)
DropItDown is a macOS app that converts files (images, PDFs, audio, video, Office docs) into clean Markdown using AI, making content readable for AI agents or LLMs. Users simply drag and drop files onto the menu bar icon for instant conversion.
Background
- **DropItDown** is a macOS utility (a "Quick Action" / service) that converts common file types (PDFs, Word docs, images, spreadsheets, etc.) into clean Markdown text, so they can be easily pasted into AI chat prompts or used by LLM-based tools.
- Markdown is a lightweight plain-text format widely used in tech documentation and AI prompts — it preserves headings, lists, inline code, and links without the binary bloat of a PDF or Word file.
- The tool solves a practical friction: most LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude) accept text input natively but struggle with or require special handling for PDFs, .docx, or scanned images. DropItDown acts as an offline pre-processor on your Mac.
- It is a free, open-source project hosted on GitHub; the site is a simple landing page offering a direct download and basic usage instructions.