# Doc Markdown: Hermes Agent plugin

> Convert one local file to Markdown with doc_convert on Linux and macOS, built on Microsoft's MarkItDown.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/doc-markdown  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/doc-markdown  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-10

Convert one local file to Markdown with doc_convert on Linux and macOS, built on Microsoft's MarkItDown. Microsoft and MarkItDown are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

## Good to know before installing

The doc_markdown toolset is on by default on every surface, including a gateway, so anyone you allow there can call doc_convert; stop it with hermes tools. It does not fetch pages. Unattended sessions still convert when Hermes calls the tool. This plugin creates no cron job. A child process runs MarkItDown with no Hermes keys in its environment; on macOS the plugin runs ps about every 10 ms to watch that child's memory. It stops 8 seconds after its converters load, at 60 seconds if loading never finishes, or above 922746880 bytes. It is not a sandbox: after realpath it may read any allowlisted path it can open. Unpublished Hermes code locates the Hermes home, and a failed check refuses the path. Removal deletes the plugin directory, not the markitdown package. Windows was not tested.

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

1. Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.

```bash
hermes plugins install doc-markdown
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable doc-markdown
```

3. Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.

Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see the official page. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/plugins

## Facts

- Category: Memory & notes, Work & business
- Maintained by: TakeshiTGAL (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Adds tools: `doc_convert`
- Works on: linux, macos
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.4`
- Version: 0.1.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-10

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/doc-markdown)
- [Source code](https://github.com/TakeshiTGAL/hermes-plugin-doc-markdown#readme)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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