How to Convert PDFs to Markdown for RAG and Chatbots (and When Not To)
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Markdown keeps a document's headings, lists and tables in plain text that chunkers and LLMs handle well, so it's a sensible format to put between a PDF and your vector store. PDFs with a real text layer convert cleanly. Scanned PDFs need OCR first. Tables, multi-column layouts and repeated headers…
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- 2026-10-24 15:48 · DEV Community — AI
How to Convert PDFs to Markdown for RAG and Chatbots (and When Not To)