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 are where conversions usually go wrong, so check the output before you embed it. Disclosure: this post is published by Appie.run. One of the conversion routes below is Appie's free converter and on...