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Markdown Support
Markdown Support

Apply Markdown syntax in your chats and comments to style your content.

Updated over 2 months ago

What Is Markdown?

Markdown is a "lightweight" markup language that uses tags and other symbols β€” this can include "*" or "#" characters β€” to determine how text should be displayed.

Markdown in Taskade

Taskade supports Markdown in several places:

  1. AI Agents to fine-tune agents using custom knowledge.

  2. AI Project Studio to add context to generated projects.
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  3. Chat and comments to communicate with your team.
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  4. Import/export to turn Markdown (.md) docs into projects.
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  5. Quick Add widget to instantly add notes and tasks to projects.
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  6. Project editor to format tasks, checklists, and paragraphs.

Here is a list of supported syntax elements:
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πŸ› οΈ Feature

πŸ“€ Output

πŸ”€ Syntax

Bold

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**bold**

Italic

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_italic_

Underline

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Double underline __test__

Block quote

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> block quote

Strikethrough

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~~hi~~

Inline code

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```inline code```

Code block

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```code
block```

Workspace links

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check out this space

"workspace link"

Project links

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visit this project "project link"

Formatting Nodes with Markdown

Add the following characters followed by a space at the beginning of a task/node:

  1. [] to convert a node into Check 1 .
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  2. # to convert a node into H1 .
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  3. ## to convert a node into H2 .
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  4. - to convert a node into Bullet 1 .
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  5. 1.,2.,3. to convert a node into Numbered List .

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Markdown in Chat/Comments

  1. Start a chat conversation or add a new comment.
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  2. "Wrap" your message in Markdown syntax.
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  3. Taskade will display your text accordingly.

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Quick Add Markdown

  • πŸ”΄ (macOS) Click the Taskade icon in the Menu Bar, or
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  • πŸ”΅ (Windows) Click the Taskade icon in the System Tray.
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    • Type a text/task ➑ choose target Workspace/Folder and Project.
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      • (optional) Pick the Block where you want to add the task.
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    • Click Add to Project or use the ⌨️ ⌘ + Enter/Ctrl + Enter shortcut to confirm.

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Import Markdown

  1. Go to a workspace/folder.
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  2. Click the arrow Λ… next to the βž• New Project button.
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  3. Select Import and choose Markdown.
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  4. Copy and paste Markdown text or upload a .txt/.md file.
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  5. Click Import to finish.

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Export Markdown

  1. Open a Project you want to export as Markdown.
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  2. Click Β·Β·Β· at the top right-hand corner of your Project and select πŸ“₯ Export.

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Markdown in Agent Chat

Use Markdown syntax to structure your prompts in conversations with agents:

  • **bold**
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  • _italic_
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  • > block quote
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  • ~~strikethrough~~
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  • 'inline code'
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  • ```code
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    block```
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  • - or * unordered list
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  • 1. ordered list

πŸ’‘ Vist: Visit AI Agent Chat to learn more.


Create a Source

You can instantly create Markdown documents in the AI Project Studio and use them as sources in the project generator. New .md files will also be added to the Media Tab.

  • Go to your workspace/folder.
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  • Click βž• Create new ➑ AI Project.
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  • Choose βž• Add source ➑ Paste text.
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  • Paste a text in the Markdown format to add it as a source.

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