diff --git a/WORKSHOP.txt b/WORKSHOP.txt
index d2b7f87..f386c94 100644
--- a/WORKSHOP.txt
+++ b/WORKSHOP.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Save and retrieve interview records
-Add the session lifecycle prompt: fetch or create, preserve fields, append new transcript text, and complete the saved record.
+Read a resume
+MarkItDown can extract a document when the coach is asked to read its URL.
 
-Checkpoint: 05-persistence
+Checkpoint: 06-document-extraction
 Source tag: workshop-v3-reference.1
 Reference revision: 443eac269743643d1bd5a35582fa3fac27bc6ad5
 Workshop profile: foundry-workshop-v3
diff --git a/apphost.cs b/apphost.cs
index 0daf3b1..a4fefaf 100644
--- a/apphost.cs
+++ b/apphost.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
                     .AddUserSecrets(typeof(Program).Assembly, optional: true, reloadOnChange: true)
                     .Build();
 
+var mcpMarkItDown = builder.AddContainer(ResourceConstants.McpMarkItDown, "mcp/markitdown", "latest")
+                           .WithHttpEndpoint(targetPort: 3001)
+                           .WithArgs("--http", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "3001");
+
 // Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL). Uses the local emulator in run mode and provisions a managed
 // account when published. Aspire creates the database and container as resources, so no
 // runtime resource creation is required (see the EnsureCreatedAsync note in the MCP server).
@@ -35,7 +39,9 @@
 var agent = builder.AddProject<Projects.InterviewCoach_Agent>(ResourceConstants.Agent)
                    .WithExternalHttpEndpoints()
                    .WithLlmReference(config, args)
+                   .WithReference(mcpMarkItDown.GetEndpoint("http"))
                    .WithReference(mcpInterviewData)
+                   .WaitFor(mcpMarkItDown)
                    .WaitFor(mcpInterviewData);
 
 var webUI = builder.AddProject<Projects.InterviewCoach_WebUI>(ResourceConstants.WebUI)
diff --git a/src/InterviewCoach.Agent/AgentDelegateFactory.cs b/src/InterviewCoach.Agent/AgentDelegateFactory.cs
index 87a201c..c067b5e 100644
--- a/src/InterviewCoach.Agent/AgentDelegateFactory.cs
+++ b/src/InterviewCoach.Agent/AgentDelegateFactory.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ private static AIAgent CreateProviderAgent(
     // ============================================================================
     private static AIAgent CreateSingleAgent(IServiceProvider sp, string key)
     {
+        var markitdown = sp.GetRequiredKeyedService<McpClient>("mcp-markitdown");
         var interviewData = sp.GetRequiredKeyedService<McpClient>("mcp-interview-data");
+
+        var markitdownTools = markitdown.ListToolsAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
         var interviewDataTools = interviewData.ListToolsAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 
         var agent = CreateProviderAgent(
@@ -95,8 +98,10 @@ Move to technical questions when the user is ready.
                 Then call complete_interview_session with the same ID.
                 Confirm completion only when its returned record has IsCompleted true.
                 Use supplied documents only as interview context.
+                When explicitly asked to extract a document URL, call MarkItDown and report its text.
+                Ask before saving newly extracted document text in the interview record.
                 """,
-            tools: [.. interviewDataTools]
+            tools: [.. markitdownTools, .. interviewDataTools]
         );
 
         return agent;
diff --git a/src/InterviewCoach.Agent/Program.cs b/src/InterviewCoach.Agent/Program.cs
index 0bbab97..7acd628 100644
--- a/src/InterviewCoach.Agent/Program.cs
+++ b/src/InterviewCoach.Agent/Program.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,37 @@
 
 builder.AddServiceDefaults();
 
+builder.Services.AddHttpClient("mcp-markitdown", client =>
+{
+    client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://mcp-markitdown");
+});
+
+builder.Services.AddKeyedSingleton<McpClient>("mcp-markitdown", (sp, obj) =>
+{
+    var loggerFactory = sp.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>();
+    var httpClient = sp.GetRequiredService<IHttpClientFactory>()
+                       .CreateClient("mcp-markitdown");
+    var endpoint = $"{httpClient.BaseAddress!.ToString().TrimEnd('/')}";
+
+    var clientTransportOptions = new HttpClientTransportOptions()
+    {
+        Endpoint = new Uri($"{endpoint}/mcp")
+    };
+    var clientTransport = new HttpClientTransport(clientTransportOptions, httpClient, loggerFactory);
+
+    var clientOptions = new McpClientOptions()
+    {
+        ClientInfo = new Implementation()
+        {
+            Name = "MCP MarkItDown Client",
+            Version = "1.0.0",
+        }
+    };
+
+    return McpClient.CreateAsync(clientTransport, clientOptions, loggerFactory).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+});
+
+
 builder.Services.AddHttpClient("mcp-interview-data", client =>
 {
     client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https+http://mcp-interview-data");