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Markdown style patterns to use when writing documents.

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When writing Markdown files:

  • Start with an H1 as the first heading. The first heading in the file should be a top-level # Heading (not ## or deeper).

  • Use ATX headings only. Headings must use leading # characters (#, ##, ###, …), not Setext (Heading + ====).

  • Unordered list marker is flexible. You may use -, *, or + for bullet lists (no enforcement).

  • Indent nested unordered lists by 2 spaces. When a list item contains a nested list, indent the nested list by 2 spaces.

  • Blank lines are allowed more freely. Extra consecutive blank lines are permitted (no “single blank line only” restriction).

  • Line length limit is effectively very high; but follow sembr For prose, follow the Semantic Line Breaks convention, described in <path-to-skill>/reference/sembr.md. Table rows are not checked for line length.

  • Headings must be surrounded by blank lines. Put a blank line before and after each heading (where applicable).

  • Duplicate headings are allowed. Reusing the same heading text in multiple places is acceptable.

  • Lists must be surrounded by blank lines. Put a blank line before a list and a blank line after a list.

  • Inline HTML is allowed. HTML (like <br>, <details>, etc.) is permitted in Markdown.

  • Add Table of Contents. If there are more than 4 sections, add a table of contents by adding this (if not already present):


## Contents

<!-- toc -->
<!-- tocstop -->
  • Run command just -g toc [path-to-file.md] when complete. The just recipe is configured with [no-cd], so markdown-toc will run from the working directory you call the just command with.