Give the agent a real converter
A model that unzips a PPTX and guesses will hand you a broken PDF or pretend it made one. Install the CLI, tell the agent to call it, and it reports the file it wrote.
userTurn board-deck.pptx into a PDF and show me page 1.
$ jetformat ppt to-pdf board-deck.pptx -o board-deck.pdf Wrote: board-deck.pdf
$ jetformat pdf render board-deck.pdf --pages 1 --width 1600 -o preview Wrote: preview/page-0001.png
agentJetformat wrote board-deck.pdf (5 pages). The first page is in preview/page-0001.png. Nothing left this machine.
Codex and ChatGPT (Skill)
A SKILL.md that tells the model to run jetformat instead of unzipping the Office file.
- 1Install the CLI and sign in once
- 2Copy the skill into ~/.agents/skills
- 3Ask for a PDF; the model runs the command and reports the path
mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills
cp -R plugins/openai/skills/jetformat ~/.agents/skills/jetformatDeepSeek Harness (plugin)
Four tools that spawn the same local binary for convert, text, validate, and pdf verbs.
- 1Install the CLI and sign in once
- 2Apply the plugin patch
- 3Tools appear as jetformat_convert, jetformat_text, jetformat_validate, jetformat_pdf
dsh web --patch plugins/deepseek-harness/cordis.patch.ymlAny agent (AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md)
Paste the model guide into the file your agent already reads. No plugin required.
- 1Install the CLI
- 2Add the rules below to AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, or a system prompt
- 3The agent calls the CLI and never invents PDF bytes
# Documents
Use the local `jetformat` CLI for DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and PDF work.
Never unzip Office files or guess PDF contents.
Examples:
jetformat word to-pdf report.docx -o report.pdf
jetformat pdf info report.pdf
Full guide: https://jetformat.com/docs/modelsHand the whole guide to a model
The model guide is one Markdown file with every command, every rule, and every limit. Paste it into a system prompt or point the agent at the URL.
Convert one real file today.
Install in a minute. Inspect and PDF tools are free forever. Conversions come with 80 free pages a month, and cost a cent a page after that.
brew install jetformat/tap/jetformatVersion 0.1.1. Extract and put jetformat on PATH.
jetformat --version
jetformat word to-pdf report.docx -o report.pdf