Format Conversion

Markdown to Plain Text

Convert Markdown formatted text to plain text by removing all Markdown syntax and formatting

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/markdown-to-plain-text' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"markdownInput":"Enter your Markdown formatted text here...","preserveLineBreaks":true,"preserveLinks":false,"preserveImages":false,"removeEmphasis":true,"removeHeaders":true,"removeCodeBlocks":true,"removeLists":true,"removeBlockquotes":true,"removeTables":true}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/markdown-to-plain-text

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
markdownInput	textarea	Yes	—
preserveLineBreaks	checkbox	No	Keep original line breaks and paragraph structure
preserveLinks	checkbox	No	Keep link URLs in the format: text (url)
preserveImages	checkbox	No	Keep image descriptions in the format: alt text (url)
removeEmphasis	checkbox	No

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-markdown-to-plain-text": {
      "name": "markdown-to-plain-text",
      "description": "Convert Markdown formatted text to plain text by removing all Markdown syntax and formatting",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=markdown-to-plain-text",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "markdown-to-plain-text",
    "arguments": {
  "markdownInput": "Enter your Markdown formatted text here...",
  "preserveLineBreaks": true,
  "preserveLinks": false,
  "preserveImages": false,
  "removeEmphasis": true,
  "removeHeaders": true,
  "removeCodeBlocks": true,
  "removeLists": true,
  "removeBlockquotes": true,
  "removeTables": true
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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