mxe

MXE Skill - Markdown Export Tool

Convert Markdown files to PDF, DOCX, or HTML with advanced features.

When to Use

Use MXE when the user wants to:

• Convert Markdown to PDF with nice formatting
• Export documents with Mermaid diagrams
• Generate PDFs with table of contents
• Create professional documents from Markdown
• Download web articles as Markdown

Installation Check

which mxe || echo "Not installed"

If not installed:

cd /Users/tuan/.openclaw/workspace/mxe && npm run build && npm link

Basic Usage

# Simple PDF conversion
mxe document.md

# With table of contents
mxe document.md --toc

# Specify output directory
mxe document.md -o ./output

Font Options

# Custom body font
mxe document.md --font roboto

# Custom code font  
mxe document.md --mono-font fira-code

# Both
mxe document.md --font inter --mono-font jetbrains-mono

Available body fonts: inter (default), roboto, lato, opensans, source-sans, merriweather

Available mono fonts: jetbrains-mono (default), fira-code, source-code

Mermaid Diagrams

# Default theme
mxe document.md

# Forest theme
mxe document.md --mermaid-theme forest

# Hand-drawn style
mxe document.md --hand-draw

# Dark theme with ELK layout
mxe document.md --mermaid-theme dark --mermaid-layout elk

Themes: default, forest, dark, neutral, base

Full Example

# Professional PDF with all features
mxe report.md \
  --toc \
  --font roboto \
  --mono-font fira-code \
  --mermaid-theme forest \
  -o ./output

Output Formats

mxe doc.md -f pdf      # PDF (default)
mxe doc.md -f docx     # Word document
mxe doc.md -f html     # HTML file
mxe doc.md -f clipboard # Copy to clipboard

Download Web Articles

# Download and convert URL to PDF
mxe https://example.com/article

# Download as Markdown only
mxe https://example.com/article -f clipboard

Tips

1. Mermaid requires mmdc: Install with npm i -g @mermaid-js/mermaid-cli
2. Images are embedded: Local images are base64 encoded into the PDF
3. Custom CSS: Use -s style.css for custom styling
4. Bookmarks: PDF bookmarks are auto-generated from headings (disable with --no-bookmarks)

Location

Tool source: /Users/tuan/.openclaw/workspace/mxe