diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 497fb4b..46c0aa4 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Canonical Go client for OnlyOffice Workspace (Projects + Calendar + CRM) and the
 - Prefer `ResponseObject` / `postFormObject` / `putFormObject` / `deleteObject` over hand-rolled `json.Unmarshal(responseField(...))` blocks — they exist for DRY, use them.
 - Domain split is by file, **not** by subpackage. Don't introduce `internal/` or `pkg/*` subpackages inside the library — it flattens the `*Client` call surface for a reason.
 - CLI commands follow **subject → verb** structure (`oo <subject> <verb>`), never `oo <verb>-<subject>`. Add new commands to the existing subject file if one fits; create a new `cmd/oo/<subject>.go` for a genuinely new domain.
+- **Documents for agents:** prefer Markdown in git; OnlyOffice UI is weak for `.md`. Use `oo docs put-md` (md→docx upload) and `oo docs as-md` (download→OCR if needed→markdown). Local converters live in `internal/docpipe` (pandoc / ocrmypdf / pdftotext).
 - Every table output goes through `printTable(headers, rows)`; every single-object through `printObject(v)`. Do not `fmt.Println` rows ad-hoc or the `--output json` flag breaks for that command.
 - No secrets in the repo; use `.env` (gitignored). Commit `.env.example` only.
 - Follow SemVer on tags; this repo is tagged at GitHub under `git@github.com:eSlider/go-onlyoffice.git`.
diff --git a/cmd/oo/docs.go b/cmd/oo/docs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..426cb7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/oo/docs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	onlyoffice "github.com/eslider/go-onlyoffice"
+	"github.com/eslider/go-onlyoffice/internal/docpipe"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(docsCmd())
+}
+
+func docsCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "docs",
+		Short: "Local document pipeline: md↔docx, OCR→PDF, extract Markdown",
+		Long: `Agent-friendly conversions (requires pandoc / ocrmypdf / pdftotext on PATH).
+
+OnlyOffice Documents UI is poor for .md — keep Markdown in git, store .docx in OO.
+Upload Markdown as DOCX:  oo docs put-md PROJECT_ID file.md
+Read an OO file as MD:    oo docs as-md FILE_ID
+OCR a scan locally:       oo docs ocr scan.pdf --md out.md`,
+	}
+	cmd.AddCommand(docsConvertCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(docsOCRCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(docsAsMDCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(docsPutMDCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(docsToolsCmd())
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func docsToolsCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "tools",
+		Short: "Show which converter binaries are on PATH",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			t := docpipe.LookPath()
+			printObject(map[string]any{
+				"pandoc":    strOrNil(t.Pandoc),
+				"ocrmypdf":  strOrNil(t.OCRMyPDF),
+				"pdftotext": strOrNil(t.PDFToText),
+				"tesseract": strOrNil(t.Tesseract),
+			})
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func strOrNil(s string) any {
+	if s == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+func docsConvertCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var to string
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "convert PATH",
+		Short: "Convert a local file with pandoc (md↔docx by default)",
+		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			in := args[0]
+			t := docpipe.LookPath()
+			out := to
+			if out == "" {
+				switch docpipe.Ext(in) {
+				case ".md", ".markdown":
+					out = docpipe.SiblingDOCX(in)
+				case ".docx":
+					out = strings.TrimSuffix(in, docpipe.Ext(in)) + ".md"
+				default:
+					return fmt.Errorf("--to required for input type %s", docpipe.Ext(in))
+				}
+			}
+			if err := docpipe.EnsureDir(out); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := t.ConvertFile(in, out); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			printObject(map[string]any{"in": in, "out": out})
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&to, "to", "", "output path (default: sibling .docx or .md)")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func docsOCRCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var out, mdOut, lang string
+	var force bool
+	var writeMD bool
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "ocr PATH",
+		Short: "OCR image/PDF → searchable PDF (and optional Markdown)",
+		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			in := args[0]
+			t := docpipe.LookPath()
+			if out == "" {
+				base := strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(in), filepath.Ext(in))
+				out = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(in), base+".ocr.pdf")
+			}
+			if err := docpipe.EnsureDir(out); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := t.OCRToPDF(in, out, force, lang); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			res := map[string]any{"in": in, "pdf": out}
+			if writeMD || mdOut != "" {
+				if mdOut == "" {
+					mdOut = strings.TrimSuffix(out, filepath.Ext(out)) + ".md"
+				}
+				text, err := t.ExtractPDFText(out)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				body := "# " + filepath.Base(in) + "\n\n" + strings.TrimSpace(text) + "\n"
+				if err := os.WriteFile(mdOut, []byte(body), 0o644); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				res["md"] = mdOut
+			}
+			printObject(res)
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&out, "out", "", "output searchable PDF (default: <name>.ocr.pdf)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&mdOut, "md", "", "write Markdown extraction to this path")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&writeMD, "markdown", false, "also write sibling .md next to OCR PDF")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&lang, "lang", "eng", "OCR language(s) for tesseract/ocrmypdf")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&force, "force", true, "force OCR even if a text layer exists")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func docsAsMDCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var to, lang string
+	var minChars int
+	var uploadOCR bool
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "as-md FILE_ID",
+		Short: "Download an OO Documents file and emit Markdown (OCR PDF/image if needed)",
+		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			c, err := newOO(cmd)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			ctx := cmd.Context()
+			meta, err := c.GetFile(ctx, args[0])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			title := onlyoffice.FileEntryTitle(meta)
+			dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "oo-docs-as-md-*")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
+
+			local := filepath.Join(dir, onlyoffice.SafeLocalFileName(title))
+			f, err := os.Create(local)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if _, err := c.DownloadFile(ctx, args[0], f); err != nil {
+				_ = f.Close()
+				return err
+			}
+			_ = f.Close()
+
+			tools := docpipe.LookPath()
+			res, err := tools.ToMarkdown(local, dir, lang, minChars)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			outPath := to
+			if outPath == "" {
+				base := strings.TrimSuffix(onlyoffice.SafeLocalFileName(title), filepath.Ext(onlyoffice.SafeLocalFileName(title)))
+				if base == "" || base == "download" {
+					base = "file-" + args[0]
+				}
+				outPath = base + ".md"
+			}
+			if err := docpipe.EnsureDir(outPath); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := os.WriteFile(outPath, []byte(res.Markdown), 0o644); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			obj := map[string]any{
+				"file_id": args[0],
+				"title":   title,
+				"md":      outPath,
+				"did_ocr": res.DidOCR,
+			}
+			if res.OCRPDFPath != "" && uploadOCR {
+				folderID := onlyoffice.FileFolderID(meta)
+				upName := strings.TrimSuffix(onlyoffice.SafeLocalFileName(title), filepath.Ext(onlyoffice.SafeLocalFileName(title))) + ".ocr.pdf"
+				tmpUp := filepath.Join(dir, upName)
+				data, err := os.ReadFile(res.OCRPDFPath)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if err := os.WriteFile(tmpUp, data, 0o644); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if folderID == "" {
+					obj["ocr_pdf_local"] = res.OCRPDFPath
+					obj["note"] = "file has no folderId; OCR PDF left local — pass after moving into a folder"
+				} else {
+					ent, err := c.UploadToFolder(ctx, folderID, tmpUp)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					obj["ocr_pdf_file_id"] = fileIDStr(ent)
+					obj["ocr_pdf_title"] = onlyoffice.FileEntryTitle(ent)
+				}
+			} else if res.OCRPDFPath != "" {
+				// Keep OCR PDF outside temp by copying beside md if requested via env-less default:
+				kept := strings.TrimSuffix(outPath, filepath.Ext(outPath)) + ".ocr.pdf"
+				if b, err := os.ReadFile(res.OCRPDFPath); err == nil {
+					_ = os.WriteFile(kept, b, 0o644)
+					obj["ocr_pdf_local"] = kept
+				} else {
+					obj["ocr_pdf_local"] = res.OCRPDFPath
+				}
+			}
+			printObject(obj)
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&to, "to", "", "write Markdown to this path (default: ./<title>.md)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&lang, "lang", "eng", "OCR language")
+	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&minChars, "min-chars", docpipe.DefaultMinTextChars, "OCR PDF if text layer shorter than this")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&uploadOCR, "upload-ocr", false, "upload searchable OCR PDF back into the same OO folder")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func docsPutMDCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var folderID string
+	var keepLocalDOCX string
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "put-md PROJECT_ID MARKDOWN_PATH",
+		Short: "Convert Markdown→DOCX and upload DOCX into a project (OO-friendly)",
+		Long:  `Agents edit .md locally; this uploads .docx so OnlyOffice can open/version it.`,
+		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(2),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			pid, mdPath := args[0], args[1]
+			c, err := newOO(cmd)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			tools := docpipe.LookPath()
+			dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "oo-docs-put-md-*")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
+			docxName := strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(mdPath), filepath.Ext(mdPath)) + ".docx"
+			docxPath := filepath.Join(dir, docxName)
+			if err := tools.MDToDOCX(mdPath, docxPath); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if keepLocalDOCX != "" {
+				if err := docpipe.EnsureDir(keepLocalDOCX); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				b, err := os.ReadFile(docxPath)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if err := os.WriteFile(keepLocalDOCX, b, 0o644); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+			ctx := cmd.Context()
+			if folderID != "" {
+				ent, err := c.UploadToFolder(ctx, folderID, docxPath)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				printObject(map[string]any{
+					"project_id": pid,
+					"folder_id":  folderID,
+					"md":         mdPath,
+					"uploaded":   fileEntryToMap(ent),
+				})
+				return nil
+			}
+			ent, err := c.UploadProjectFile(ctx, pid, docxPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			printObject(map[string]any{
+				"project_id": pid,
+				"md":         mdPath,
+				"uploaded":   fileEntryToMap(ent),
+			})
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&folderID, "folder", "", "Documents folder id (default: project root)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&keepLocalDOCX, "keep-docx", "", "also write the generated DOCX to this local path")
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/cmd/oo/main.go b/cmd/oo/main.go
index 30ba5b6..63c2f83 100644
--- a/cmd/oo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/oo/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Command tree is subject-based (mirrors the library split and the `tea` CLI):
 //
 //	oo calendar      list | events | add | delete
-//	oo projects      list | get | milestones | create | update | delete | files (list|upload|download|rename|delete)
+//	oo projects      list | get | milestones | create | update | delete | files (list|upload|download|rename|delete|as-md|put-md)
 //	oo tasks         list | get | create | update | delete | subtask add | files (list|upload|detach)
 //	oo users         list | self            (alias: oo whoami)
 //	oo contacts      list | get | delete | info-add | merge | dedupe-info
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 //	oo crm           cleanup
 //	oo mails         accounts | folders | list | get | download-attachment | draft | attach | draft-invoice | delete
 //	oo invoices      list | get | create | update | pdf | pdf-cleanup | status | delete | items …
+//	oo docs          tools | convert | ocr | as-md | put-md
 //
 // CRM association rules: docs/crm-associations.md
 //
diff --git a/cmd/oo/projects_files.go b/cmd/oo/projects_files.go
index 2acef18..f92a105 100644
--- a/cmd/oo/projects_files.go
+++ b/cmd/oo/projects_files.go
@@ -24,9 +24,26 @@ func projectFilesCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.AddCommand(prjFilesDownloadCmd())
 	cmd.AddCommand(prjFilesRenameCmd())
 	cmd.AddCommand(prjFilesDeleteCmd())
+	// Convenience aliases into oo docs (md↔docx / OCR pipeline).
+	cmd.AddCommand(aliasDocsAsMD())
+	cmd.AddCommand(aliasDocsPutMD())
 	return cmd
 }
 
+func aliasDocsAsMD() *cobra.Command {
+	c := docsAsMDCmd()
+	c.Use = "as-md FILE_ID"
+	c.Short = "Alias of `oo docs as-md` — download OO file as Markdown (OCR if needed)"
+	return c
+}
+
+func aliasDocsPutMD() *cobra.Command {
+	c := docsPutMDCmd()
+	c.Use = "put-md PROJECT_ID MARKDOWN_PATH"
+	c.Short = "Alias of `oo docs put-md` — Markdown→DOCX upload into project"
+	return c
+}
+
 func prjFilesListCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var showFolders bool
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/files.go b/files.go
index c0d0cdd..0f0e33b 100644
--- a/files.go
+++ b/files.go
@@ -281,6 +281,74 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteFiles(ctx context.Context, fileIDs []int) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// ListFolder returns the Documents module listing for a folder id
+// (GET /api/2.0/files/{folderId}).
+func (c *Client) ListFolder(ctx context.Context, folderID string) (map[string]any, error) {
+	if folderID == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("folder id is required")
+	}
+	out, err := c.ResponseObject(ctx, "/api/2.0/files/"+url.PathEscape(folderID)+".json")
+	if err != nil {
+		out, err = c.ResponseObject(ctx, "/api/2.0/files/"+url.PathEscape(folderID))
+	}
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// CreateFolder creates a subfolder under parentFolderID.
+func (c *Client) CreateFolder(ctx context.Context, parentFolderID, title string) (map[string]any, error) {
+	if parentFolderID == "" || title == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parent folder id and title are required")
+	}
+	body := map[string]any{"title": title}
+	out, err := c.postJSONObject(ctx, "/api/2.0/files/folder/"+url.PathEscape(parentFolderID)+".json", body)
+	if err != nil {
+		out, err = c.postJSONObject(ctx, "/api/2.0/files/folder/"+url.PathEscape(parentFolderID), body)
+	}
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// MoveFiles moves file ids into destFolderID (Documents fileops/move).
+func (c *Client) MoveFiles(ctx context.Context, destFolderID int, fileIDs []int) (map[string]any, error) {
+	if destFolderID == 0 || len(fileIDs) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("dest folder and file ids are required")
+	}
+	body := map[string]any{
+		"folderIds":    []int{},
+		"fileIds":      fileIDs,
+		"destFolderId": destFolderID,
+	}
+	out, err := c.putJSONObject(ctx, "/api/2.0/files/fileops/move.json", body)
+	if err != nil {
+		out, err = c.putJSONObject(ctx, "/api/2.0/files/fileops/move", body)
+	}
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// UploadToFolder uploads a local file into an arbitrary Documents folder id.
+func (c *Client) UploadToFolder(ctx context.Context, folderID, localPath string) (*FileEntry, error) {
+	if folderID == "" || localPath == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("folder id and local path are required")
+	}
+	uploadPath := fmt.Sprintf("/api/2.0/files/%s/upload.json", url.PathEscape(folderID))
+	raw, err := c.uploadMultipart(ctx, uploadPath, "file", localPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		uploadPath = fmt.Sprintf("/api/2.0/files/%s/upload", url.PathEscape(folderID))
+		raw, err = c.uploadMultipart(ctx, uploadPath, "file", localPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return decodeResponseFileEntry(raw)
+}
+
+// FileFolderID returns the parent folder id string for a file entry, if known.
+func FileFolderID(f *FileEntry) string {
+	if f == nil || f.FolderID == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return f.FolderID.String()
+}
+
 // DownloadFile streams file bytes from the file's viewUrl using the same auth
 // as API calls. Writes into dst.
 func (c *Client) DownloadFile(ctx context.Context, fileID string, dst io.Writer) (int64, error) {
diff --git a/internal/docpipe/docpipe.go b/internal/docpipe/docpipe.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16d1211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/docpipe/docpipe.go
@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+// Package docpipe converts documents for OnlyOffice agent workflows:
+// Markdown ↔ DOCX (pandoc) and image/PDF OCR → searchable PDF + Markdown text.
+//
+// External tools (optional at runtime; helpers skip/error clearly when missing):
+//   - pandoc     — md↔docx
+//   - ocrmypdf   — OCR into a searchable PDF
+//   - pdftotext  — extract text layer
+//   - tesseract  — OCR single images when ocrmypdf is unsuitable
+package docpipe
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// DefaultMinTextChars: below this, a PDF is treated as needing OCR.
+const DefaultMinTextChars = 200
+
+// Tools reports which converters are available on PATH.
+type Tools struct {
+	Pandoc    string
+	OCRMyPDF  string
+	PDFToText string
+	Tesseract string
+}
+
+// LookPath resolves converter binaries (empty string if missing).
+func LookPath() Tools {
+	find := func(names ...string) string {
+		for _, n := range names {
+			if p, err := exec.LookPath(n); err == nil {
+				return p
+			}
+		}
+		return ""
+	}
+	return Tools{
+		Pandoc:    find("pandoc"),
+		OCRMyPDF:  find("ocrmypdf"),
+		PDFToText: find("pdftotext"),
+		Tesseract: find("tesseract"),
+	}
+}
+
+func (t Tools) requirePandoc() error {
+	if t.Pandoc == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pandoc not found on PATH (needed for md↔docx)")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Ext returns lower-case extension including dot (".pdf").
+func Ext(path string) string {
+	return strings.ToLower(filepath.Ext(path))
+}
+
+// ConvertFile converts between md and docx (and other pandoc formats) via pandoc.
+// outExt may be ".md", ".docx", or a full output path.
+func (t Tools) ConvertFile(inPath, outPath string) error {
+	if err := t.requirePandoc(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if strings.TrimSpace(outPath) == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("output path required")
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command(t.Pandoc, inPath, "-o", outPath)
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pandoc %s → %s: %w (%s)", inPath, outPath, err, strings.TrimSpace(stderr.String()))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// MDToDOCX writes a DOCX next to or at outPath from a Markdown file.
+func (t Tools) MDToDOCX(mdPath, docxPath string) error {
+	if Ext(mdPath) != ".md" && Ext(mdPath) != ".markdown" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected markdown input, got %q", mdPath)
+	}
+	if docxPath == "" {
+		docxPath = strings.TrimSuffix(mdPath, Ext(mdPath)) + ".docx"
+	}
+	return t.ConvertFile(mdPath, docxPath)
+}
+
+// DOCXToMD writes Markdown from a DOCX file.
+func (t Tools) DOCXToMD(docxPath, mdPath string) error {
+	if Ext(docxPath) != ".docx" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected .docx input, got %q", docxPath)
+	}
+	if mdPath == "" {
+		mdPath = strings.TrimSuffix(docxPath, Ext(docxPath)) + ".md"
+	}
+	return t.ConvertFile(docxPath, mdPath)
+}
+
+// PDFTextLayerChars returns approximate extracted character count (0 if unavailable).
+func (t Tools) PDFTextLayerChars(pdfPath string) (int, error) {
+	if t.PDFToText == "" {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("pdftotext not found on PATH")
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command(t.PDFToText, "-layout", pdfPath, "-")
+	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return len(bytes.TrimSpace(out)), nil
+}
+
+// NeedsOCR reports whether path likely needs OCR before text extraction.
+func (t Tools) NeedsOCR(path string, minChars int) (bool, error) {
+	if minChars <= 0 {
+		minChars = DefaultMinTextChars
+	}
+	switch Ext(path) {
+	case ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".tif", ".tiff", ".webp", ".gif", ".bmp":
+		return true, nil
+	case ".pdf":
+		n, err := t.PDFTextLayerChars(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			// If we cannot measure, prefer OCR.
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return n < minChars, nil
+	default:
+		return false, nil
+	}
+}
+
+// OCRToPDF runs ocrmypdf into outPDF (searchable). Forces OCR when force is true.
+func (t Tools) OCRToPDF(inPath, outPDF string, force bool, lang string) error {
+	if t.OCRMyPDF == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("ocrmypdf not found on PATH")
+	}
+	if outPDF == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("output PDF path required")
+	}
+	if lang == "" {
+		lang = "eng"
+	}
+	args := []string{"-l", lang, "--skip-big", "100"}
+	if force {
+		args = append(args, "--force-ocr")
+	} else {
+		args = append(args, "--skip-text")
+	}
+	args = append(args, inPath, outPDF)
+	cmd := exec.Command(t.OCRMyPDF, args...)
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		// Retry with force if skip-text refused.
+		if !force && strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "PriorOcrFoundError") == false {
+			args2 := []string{"-l", lang, "--force-ocr", inPath, outPDF}
+			cmd2 := exec.Command(t.OCRMyPDF, args2...)
+			var stderr2 bytes.Buffer
+			cmd2.Stderr = &stderr2
+			if err2 := cmd2.Run(); err2 == nil {
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("ocrmypdf: %w (%s)", err, strings.TrimSpace(stderr.String()))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ImageToText OCRs a raster image with tesseract (stdout text).
+func (t Tools) ImageToText(imgPath, lang string) (string, error) {
+	if t.Tesseract == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("tesseract not found on PATH")
+	}
+	if lang == "" {
+		lang = "eng"
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command(t.Tesseract, imgPath, "stdout", "-l", lang)
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("tesseract: %w (%s)", err, strings.TrimSpace(stderr.String()))
+	}
+	return string(out), nil
+}
+
+// ExtractPDFText returns layout text from a PDF via pdftotext.
+func (t Tools) ExtractPDFText(pdfPath string) (string, error) {
+	if t.PDFToText == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("pdftotext not found on PATH")
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command(t.PDFToText, "-layout", pdfPath, "-")
+	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(out), nil
+}
+
+// Result of ToMarkdown.
+type Result struct {
+	Markdown   string
+	OCRPDFPath string // set when a searchable PDF was produced
+	DidOCR     bool
+	Source     string
+}
+
+// ToMarkdown turns a local file into Markdown text.
+// PDFs/images with weak/no text layer are OCR'd to a searchable PDF first (when tools exist).
+func (t Tools) ToMarkdown(path string, workDir string, lang string, minChars int) (Result, error) {
+	res := Result{Source: path}
+	ext := Ext(path)
+	switch ext {
+	case ".md", ".markdown", ".txt":
+		b, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return res, err
+		}
+		res.Markdown = string(b)
+		return res, nil
+	case ".docx", ".odt", ".rtf", ".html", ".htm":
+		if err := t.requirePandoc(); err != nil {
+			return res, err
+		}
+		tmp := filepath.Join(workDir, "out.md")
+		if err := t.ConvertFile(path, tmp); err != nil {
+			return res, err
+		}
+		b, err := os.ReadFile(tmp)
+		if err != nil {
+			return res, err
+		}
+		res.Markdown = string(b)
+		return res, nil
+	case ".pdf":
+		need, _ := t.NeedsOCR(path, minChars)
+		pdf := path
+		if need {
+			if workDir == "" {
+				workDir = os.TempDir()
+			}
+			outPDF := filepath.Join(workDir, trimExt(filepath.Base(path))+".ocr.pdf")
+			if err := t.OCRToPDF(path, outPDF, true, lang); err != nil {
+				return res, err
+			}
+			res.DidOCR = true
+			res.OCRPDFPath = outPDF
+			pdf = outPDF
+		}
+		text, err := t.ExtractPDFText(pdf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return res, err
+		}
+		res.Markdown = wrapMD(filepath.Base(path), text)
+		return res, nil
+	case ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".tif", ".tiff", ".webp", ".gif", ".bmp":
+		if workDir == "" {
+			workDir = os.TempDir()
+		}
+		outPDF := filepath.Join(workDir, trimExt(filepath.Base(path))+".ocr.pdf")
+		if t.OCRMyPDF != "" {
+			if err := t.OCRToPDF(path, outPDF, true, lang); err == nil {
+				res.DidOCR = true
+				res.OCRPDFPath = outPDF
+				text, err := t.ExtractPDFText(outPDF)
+				if err != nil {
+					return res, err
+				}
+				res.Markdown = wrapMD(filepath.Base(path), text)
+				return res, nil
+			}
+		}
+		text, err := t.ImageToText(path, lang)
+		if err != nil {
+			return res, err
+		}
+		res.DidOCR = true
+		res.Markdown = wrapMD(filepath.Base(path), text)
+		return res, nil
+	default:
+		return res, fmt.Errorf("unsupported type %q for markdown extraction", ext)
+	}
+}
+
+func wrapMD(title, body string) string {
+	body = strings.TrimSpace(body)
+	if body == "" {
+		return "# " + title + "\n\n_(empty text layer)_\n"
+	}
+	return "# " + title + "\n\n" + body + "\n"
+}
+
+func trimExt(name string) string {
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(name, filepath.Ext(name))
+}
+
+// SiblingDOCX returns path with .docx extension replacing the original ext.
+func SiblingDOCX(mdPath string) string {
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(mdPath, Ext(mdPath)) + ".docx"
+}
+
+// EnsureDir creates parent directories for path.
+func EnsureDir(path string) error {
+	dir := filepath.Dir(path)
+	if dir == "" || dir == "." {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755)
+}
diff --git a/internal/docpipe/docpipe_test.go b/internal/docpipe/docpipe_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdbfc55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/docpipe/docpipe_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package docpipe
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestExt(t *testing.T) {
+	if Ext("Foo.PDF") != ".pdf" {
+		t.Fatalf("Ext: %q", Ext("Foo.PDF"))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSiblingDOCX(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := SiblingDOCX("notes.md"); got != "notes.docx" {
+		t.Fatalf("got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWrapMD(t *testing.T) {
+	s := wrapMD("a.pdf", " hello ")
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(s, "# a.pdf\n") || !strings.Contains(s, "hello") {
+		t.Fatalf("wrap: %q", s)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNeedsOCR_Image(t *testing.T) {
+	tools := LookPath()
+	need, err := tools.NeedsOCR("x.jpg", 0)
+	if err != nil || !need {
+		t.Fatalf("jpg should need OCR: need=%v err=%v", need, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMDDocxRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	tools := LookPath()
+	if tools.Pandoc == "" {
+		t.Skip("pandoc not installed")
+	}
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	md := filepath.Join(dir, "n.md")
+	docx := filepath.Join(dir, "n.docx")
+	md2 := filepath.Join(dir, "n2.md")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(md, []byte("# Title\n\nHello **world**.\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := tools.MDToDOCX(md, docx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(docx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := tools.DOCXToMD(docx, md2); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(md2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(b), "Hello") {
+		t.Fatalf("round-trip missing Hello: %s", b)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestToMarkdown_PlainMD(t *testing.T) {
+	tools := LookPath()
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	p := filepath.Join(dir, "a.md")
+	_ = os.WriteFile(p, []byte("hi"), 0o644)
+	res, err := tools.ToMarkdown(p, dir, "eng", 0)
+	if err != nil || res.Markdown != "hi" {
+		t.Fatalf("got %+v err=%v", res, err)
+	}
+}