diff --git a/packages/markitdown-mcp/README.md b/packages/markitdown-mcp/README.md
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+# MarkItDown-MCP
+
+[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/markitdown.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/markitdown/)
+![PyPI - Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dd/markitdown)
+[![Built by AutoGen Team](https://img.shields.io/badge/Built%20by-AutoGen%20Team-blue)](https://github.com/microsoft/autogen)
+
+## Trademarks
+
+This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft
+trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow
+[Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/trademarks/usage/general).
+Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship.
+Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party's policies.
diff --git a/packages/markitdown-mcp/pyproject.toml b/packages/markitdown-mcp/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "markitdown-mcp"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = 'An MCP server for the "markitdown" library.'
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+license = "MIT"
+keywords = []
+authors = [
+  { name = "Adam Fourney", email = "adamfo@microsoft.com" },
+]
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+]
+dependencies = [
+  "markitdown~=0.1.0",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown#readme"
+Issues = "https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues"
+Source = "https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "src/markitdown_mcp/__about__.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.types]
+extra-dependencies = [
+  "mypy>=1.0.0",
+]
+[tool.hatch.envs.types.scripts]
+check = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive {args:src/markitdown_mcp tests}"
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+source_pkgs = ["markitdown-mcp", "tests"]
+branch = true
+parallel = true
+omit = [
+  "src/markitdown_mcp/__about__.py",
+]
+
+[tool.coverage.paths]
+markitdown-mcp = ["src/markitdown_mcp", "*/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp"]
+tests = ["tests", "*/markitdown-mcp/tests"]
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+exclude_lines = [
+  "no cov",
+  "if __name__ == .__main__.:",
+  "if TYPE_CHECKING:",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+only-include = ["src/markitdown_mcp"]
diff --git a/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__about__.py b/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__about__.py
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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-present Adam Fourney <adamfo@microsoft.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+__version__ = "0.0.1a1"
diff --git a/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__init__.py b/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__init__.py
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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-present Adam Fourney <adamfo@microsoft.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+from .__about__ import __version__
+
+__all__ = [
+    "__version__",
+]
diff --git a/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/py.typed b/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/py.typed
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diff --git a/packages/markitdown-mcp/tests/__init__.py b/packages/markitdown-mcp/tests/__init__.py
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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-present Adam Fourney <adamfo@microsoft.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT