Markdown Loader - Upsonic AI

Overview

Markdown loader processes Markdown files with support for YAML front matter parsing, code block extraction, and heading-based document splitting. Preserves structure and metadata. Loader Class: MarkdownLoader Config Class: MarkdownLoaderConfig

Install

Install the Markdown loader optional dependency group:

uv pip install "upsonic[markdown-loader]"

Examples

from upsonic import Agent, Task, KnowledgeBase
from upsonic.loaders.markdown import MarkdownLoader
from upsonic.loaders.config import MarkdownLoaderConfig
from upsonic.embeddings import OpenAIEmbedding, OpenAIEmbeddingConfig
from upsonic.text_splitter.recursive import RecursiveChunker, RecursiveChunkingConfig
from upsonic.vectordb import ChromaProvider, ChromaConfig, ConnectionConfig, Mode

# Configure loader
loader_config = MarkdownLoaderConfig(
    parse_front_matter=True,
    include_code_blocks=True,
    split_by_heading="h2"
)
loader = MarkdownLoader(loader_config)

# Setup KnowledgeBase
embedding = OpenAIEmbedding(OpenAIEmbeddingConfig())
chunker = RecursiveChunker(RecursiveChunkingConfig())
vectordb = ChromaProvider(ChromaConfig(
    collection_name="markdown_docs",
    vector_size=1536,
    connection=ConnectionConfig(mode=Mode.IN_MEMORY)
))

kb = KnowledgeBase(
    sources=["document.md"],
    embedding_provider=embedding,
    vectordb=vectordb,
    loaders=[loader],
    splitters=[chunker]
)

# Query with Agent
agent = Agent("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5")
task = Task("Extract all code examples", context=[kb])
result = agent.do(task)
print(result)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default	Source
`encoding`	`str \| None`	File encoding (auto-detected if None)	None	Base
`error_handling`	`"ignore" \| "warn" \| "raise"`	How to handle loading errors	”warn”	Base
`include_metadata`	`bool`	Whether to include file metadata	True	Base
`custom_metadata`	`dict`	Additional metadata to include	Base
`max_file_size`	`int \| None`	Maximum file size in bytes	None	Base
`skip_empty_content`	`bool`	Skip documents with empty content	True	Base
`parse_front_matter`	`bool`	Parse YAML front matter	True	Specific
`include_code_blocks`	`bool`	Include code block content	True	Specific
`code_block_language_metadata`	`bool`	Add code block language as metadata	True	Specific
`heading_metadata`	`bool`	Extract headings and add to metadata	True	Specific
`split_by_heading`	`"h1" \| "h2" \| "h3" \| None`	Split file by heading level	None	Specific

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