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Input PDFs

Claude Code can read PDF files out of the box, you don't need to install [markitdown](https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown) (or alternatives) to work with them.

Claude Code Knowledge Pack7/10/2026

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Input PDFs

Claude Code can read PDF files out of the box, you don't need to install markitdown (or alternatives) to work with them.

claude -p "read the content of /path/to/file.pdf and summarize it"