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 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "id": "libnyx-lt2md--turn-flowchart-heavy-pdf-into-searchable-knowledge-base",
 "repo": "libnyx/LT2MD",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/libnyx/LT2MD",
 "repo_slug": "libnyx-lt2md",
 "title": "Turn a diagram-heavy PDF into a searchable Markdown base",
 "page_title": "How to turn a diagram-heavy PDF into a searchable Markdown base with LT2 MD",
 "summary": "Convert a manual or course PDF full of flowcharts and charts into text that reads without the images.",
 "who": "A technical writer or course developer whose source material is mostly flowcharts, diagrams, and charts.",
 "problem": "Figures are usually left as empty placeholders, so the knowledge inside them cannot be searched or read by a text-only model.",
 "outcome": "A Markdown document in which each figure's content is written as text beside its caption, so the material can be searched and reused without sending images to a model again.",
 "steps": [
  "Clone the skill into your agent's skills directory, for example `git clone https://github.com/libnyx/LT2MD.git ~/.claude/skills/LT2MD` on macOS or Linux with Claude Code.",
  "Ask the agent to convert the PDF in batches and write a text description next to every flowchart, diagram, and chart.",
  "Check a sample of figure descriptions against the rendered page for labels, arrow directions, and subfigures.",
  "Load the final Markdown into your search or documentation tool and confirm that figure content is findable by text."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Use the LT2MD skill in the libnyx/LT2MD repo to convert <path to PDF> to Markdown, writing the content of every flowchart, diagram, and chart as text beside its caption and labeling each block with its PDF page. Expected output: one Markdown file; verify that three figure descriptions match their source pages, including arrow directions and labels.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Figure descriptions are the transcriber's supplement and depend on the host model's image understanding, so verify complex diagrams against the page.",
 "category": "Research",
 "tags": [
  "Research"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Python installed on Windows, Linux, or macOS",
  "git installed to clone the repository",
  "A supported AI agent that can load the skill (the README names Claude Code and Codex)",
  "The PDF file to convert, with the page range you want",
  "A host model that can understand images, since transcription quality depends on it"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.8,
 "evidence": [],
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