Create text_utils.py

text_utils.py

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+# text_utils.py
+from markdown_it import MarkdownIt
+from mdit_plain.renderer import RendererPlain
+
+def convert_markdown_to_plain_text(markdown_text: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Converts a Markdown string to plain text.
+    """
+    if not markdown_text:
+        return ""
+    try:
+        parser = MarkdownIt(renderer_cls=RendererPlain)
+        plain_text = parser.render(markdown_text)
+        return plain_text
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error converting Markdown to plain text: {e}")
+        return markdown_text