# `ai.file2markdown/file2markdown` on anlyon.dev

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> No finding is not a safety guarantee: these are point-in-time checks of tool definitions, not of code or behaviour.

- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/ai.file2markdown/file2markdown
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/ai.file2markdown/file2markdown
- Version: 1.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: ai.file2markdown (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/Robinhill85/file2markdown-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:41:45.662Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
file2markdown
Convert docs and web pages to clean Markdown: PDF, DOCX, XLSX, EPUB, scans, URLs. Batch of 10.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:30:24.588Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 3 change things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data or untrusted-input.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__file2markdown__convert_url` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (3)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `convert_base64`

- The name "convert_base64" says "convert": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Convert base64-encoded file contents to Markdown.

    filename is required and drives format detection (e.g. "report.docx").
    Intended for programmatic MCP clients; for anything with a URL, prefer
    convert_url.

    quality_check: "basic" (default) attaches local output-health checks in
    the `quality` field; "ai" additionally sends selected excerpts of the
    converted text to TypeSafe for narrow yes/no judgments. See convert_url.
    
```

### `convert_batch`

- The name "convert_batch" says "convert": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Convert 2-10 documents to Markdown in one call (Pro API key required).

    Each item is either {"url": ..., "filename_hint"?: ...} or
    {"content_base64": ..., "filename": ...}; types may be mixed. Items are
    converted in parallel and isolated: one bad URL or file never fails the
    batch — its slot returns ok:false with the error. The combined markdown
    shares one output budget, split evenly across items (per-item `truncated`
    flags apply). Set include_markdown=false to get only metadata + quality
    per item (health-check a folder without flooding your context).

    Anonymous callers: use convert_url / convert_base64 individually.
    
```

### `convert_url`

- The name "convert_url" says "convert": a word for a change.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a URL (web page, PDF, Office doc, and more) and convert it to Markdown.

    Works on publicly accessible URLs. Web pages are converted from their
    served HTML; JavaScript-rendered content may be incomplete. Optional
    filename_hint (e.g. "report.pdf") helps format detection when the URL
    has no file extension.

    The result carries a `quality` object (output-health check of the returned
    Markdown: status review / no_issues_detected / not_evaluated, coverage and
    a list of issues with line locations). quality_check="basic" (default)
    runs only local deterministic checks. quality_check="ai" additionally
    sends selected excerpts of the CONVERTED text to TypeSafe for narrow
    yes/no judgments (garbled text, hard-wrapped prose, broken tables); it is
    off unless requested. No check compares against the source document.
    
```

## Only reads (2)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `list_supported_formats`

- The name "list_supported_formats" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List supported input formats, per-tier limits, and which features need Pro.

    Single source of truth — do not claim capabilities beyond what this
    returns.
    
```

### `usage_status`

- The name "usage_status" says "status": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Check your tier and remaining conversions before burning a call.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `file2markdown`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__file2markdown__list_supported_formats",
      "mcp__file2markdown__usage_status"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__file2markdown__convert_url",
      "mcp__file2markdown__convert_base64",
      "mcp__file2markdown__convert_batch"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__file2markdown__convert_url`: outbound

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:19:50.966Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:19:50.966Z. No credentials were sent and no tool was called. Values are shown as the endpoint returned them. Method: https://anlyon.dev/methodology#remote-posture

| Fact | Observed |
| --- | --- |
| Reachable | `yes` |
| HTTP status of an anonymous initialize | `200` |
| tools/list served without credentials | `yes` |
| Tools that change things, listed without credentials | `3` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `none` |
| Authorization servers | `none` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `not observed` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `not observed` |

- **warn** Tools that change things, listed to anyone ([unauth-remote-writes](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#unauth-remote-writes))

```untrusted-server-text
The endpoint served tools/list without credentials, and the list has 3 tools that change things (3 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://mcp.file2markdown.ai/mcp: tools/list returned 5 tools to an anonymous client, including convert_url (write), convert_base64 (write), convert_batch (write)
```