PDF to DOCX

Convert PDF files to editable Word (.docx) format using MinerU.

⚠️ Token required. flash-extract does not support DOCX output. You must configure a token via mineru-open-api auth before using this skill.

⚠️ Output to file required. DOCX is a binary format and cannot be streamed to stdout — you must always specify -o <directory>.

Install

npm install -g mineru-open-api
# or via Go (macOS/Linux):
go install github.com/opendatalab/MinerU-Ecosystem/cli/mineru-open-api@latest

Authentication

Token required — create one at https://mineru.net/apiManage/token:

mineru-open-api auth             # Interactive token setup
export MINERU_TOKEN="your-token" # Or via environment variable

Quick Start

# Convert PDF to DOCX (token required, -o is mandatory)
mineru-open-api extract report.pdf -f docx -o ./out/

# From URL
mineru-open-api extract https://example.com/report.pdf -f docx -o ./out/

# With language hint
mineru-open-api extract report.pdf -f docx --language en -o ./out/

# With VLM model for better layout accuracy (complex PDFs)
mineru-open-api extract report.pdf -f docx --model vlm -o ./out/

# Batch convert multiple PDFs
mineru-open-api extract *.pdf -f docx -o ./out/

Capabilities

• Supported input: .pdf (local file or URL)
• Output format: Word (.docx) via -f docx
• Token required (mineru-open-api auth or MINERU_TOKEN env)
• -o <dir> is mandatory — DOCX cannot stream to stdout
• Language hint with --language (default: ch, use en for English)
• Page range with --pages (e.g. 1-10)
• Batch mode supported: extract *.pdf -f docx -o ./out/

Notes

• flash-extract does NOT support DOCX output — always use extract with token
• DOCX output cannot be streamed to stdout; -o flag is required
• Use --model vlm for PDFs with complex layouts, tables, or mixed content
• Use --model pipeline if you need guaranteed fidelity with no hallucination risk
• Output directory will be created if it does not exist
• All progress/status messages go to stderr
• MinerU is open-source by OpenDataLab (Shanghai AI Lab): https://github.com/opendatalab/MinerU