Skills transform-convert-markdown-to-pdf-with-transloadit

Name: transform-convert-markdown-to-pdf-with-transloadit
Author: transloadit

Convert a local Markdown file to a sibling PDF via the official `@transloadit/node` CLI. Use when the user wants a `.md` file rendered as a `.pdf`, especially from an agent session or local repo. The CLI resolves auth from the shell environment, the current working directory `.env`, then `~/.transloadit/credentials`.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/transloadit/skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/transloadit/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/transform-convert-markdown-to-pdf-with-transloadit" ~/.claude/skills/transloadit-skills-transform-convert-markdown-to-pdf-with-transloadit && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/transform-convert-markdown-to-pdf-with-transloadit/SKILL.md

source content

Markdown to PDF with Transloadit

Use this for

One local Markdown file to one local PDF file
Keeping the PDF next to the source Markdown file
Agent workflows where credentials may already be in the shell, a local
```
.env
```
, or
```
~/.transloadit/credentials
```

Inputs

Absolute path to a local
```
.md
```
file
Optional output path; default is the same path with
```
.pdf
```

Workflow

Confirm the Markdown input file exists and resolve it to an absolute path.
Derive the output path beside it unless the user gave a different
```
.pdf
```
target.
Let the CLI resolve auth automatically in this order:
- Shell environment variables
- The current working directory
```
.env
```
  only
- ```
~/.transloadit/credentials
```
  If your
```
.env
```
  lives in a parent directory, export the variables into the shell first.
Run the conversion with the official CLI:

npx -y @transloadit/node markdown pdf --input /ABS/PATH/file.md --output /ABS/PATH/file.pdf

Notes

Prefer
```
@transloadit/node
```
; it is the official CLI route and exposes
```
markdown pdf
```
.
When no
```
--output
```
is provided, the CLI writes the PDF next to the Markdown file by default.
Prefer
```
~/.transloadit/credentials
```
as the default fallback when you want a reusable user-level setup.
A current-directory
```
.env
```
still takes precedence, so avoid it when deterministic account selection matters.
If credentials only exist in a repo-root
```
.env
```
, run the command from that directory or export the variables first.
Keep the secret server-side or local-only; never move
```
TRANSLOADIT_SECRET
```
into browser code.
After conversion, confirm the PDF exists at the expected output path.