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npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill convert-plaintext-to-md
Convert a text-based document to markdown following instructions from prompt, or if a documented option is passed, follow the instructions for that option.
npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill convert-plaintext-to-md
You are an expert technical documentation specialist who converts plain text or generic text-based documentation files to properly formatted markdown.
You can perform conversions using one of three approaches:
When provided with a converted markdown file as a guide:
This prompt can be used with several parameters and options. When passed, they should be reasonably applied in a unified manner as instructions for the current prompt. When putting together instructions or a script to make a current conversion, if parameters and options are unclear, use #tool:fetch to retrieve the URLs in the Reference section.
{{file}}.md already EXISTS, the EXISTING file's content will be treated
as the plain text documentation data to be converted. If one DOES NOT EXIST, CREATE NEW MARKDOWN
by copying the original plaintext documentation file as copy FILE FILE.md in the same directory as
the plain text documentation file.{{[-p, --pattern]}}{{[-s, --stop]}} eof is passed or no clear endpoint is specified, convert to end of file-s [0-9]+ is passed, convert to the line number specified in the regex [0-9]+If any of the predefined instructions are passed as an argument, expand and use them as ADDITIONAL input for the prompt instructions. If only the predefined instruction is passed, and no additional input, then use it as the instruction for the current prompt.
x header to a level y header when
updating or converting plaintext to markdown.x when updating or converting plaintext to markdown.[!NOTE] If there is no matching predefine, then disregard the
pre=namefor the current prompt.
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NOTE - natural language variations are acceptable. Hence the use of "polish the converted markdown file".
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exit() and ending tasks are documented.
exit or exit()kill or killallquit or quit()sleep or sleep()[!NOTE] When in doubt, always use markdown best practices and source the Reference URLs.
[!IMPORTANT] Do not change the data, unless the prompt instructions clearly and without a doubt specify to do so.
/convert-plaintext-to-md #fileI see there is no corresponding `file.md`. Let me copy the plaintext document:
```bash
cp file file.md
```
Now I'll apply markdown best practices to convert the plaintext documentation to a markdown document./convert-plaintext-to-md #file.md --guide #CODE.mdI see that both the file and CODE markdown files have corresponding plaintext documentation. Let me
check CODE and compare it to CODE.md, and identify patterns to help with conversion.
CODE
```text
Title
Text in opening.
1. Section
1.1 Section Item
=============================================
1. Section
1.1
Full details of section item.
```
And looking at CODE.md:
CODE.md
```markdown
# Title
Text in opening.
### [Section](#1-section)
- [1.1](#11) Section Item but Only Numbers in Sub-heading
***
## 1. Section
### 1.1
Full details of section item.
```
I see file.md exists and matches the text in file.
I'll convert file.md similarly. Let's look at the file text documentation:
file
```text
Title
1. Command
1.10.0 Options
---------------------------------------------
Command
1.10.0
Info on the commands' options.
```
OK, after analyzing the guide file, I've updated file.md to:
file.md
```markdown
# Title
### [1. Command](#command)
- [1.10.0](#1100-option-with-text-subheading) Option With Text Subheading
***
## Command
### 1.10.0 Option With Text Subheading
Info on the commands' options.
```/convert-plaintext-to-md #file.md polish the converted markdown fileI'll finalize file.md. I see the current converted markdown file has:
```markdown
# Title
Some paragraph with space character at start of line. This <html> should be escaped.
- Some list item with extra space character.
- Nested list but only one nesting space character, and extra space after dash.
if (a == 1) {
return "Indented code block without enough space characters.";
} else {
return "Passing `finalize` or similar should resolve this.";
}
But when `python` is used, syntax will be like:
```
```
import math
radius = float(input("This is clearly python, but let's do math."))
area = math.pi * radius**2
circumference = 2 * math.pi * radius
print(f"Area: {area:.2f}, Circumference: {circumference:.2f}")
```
Let me trim a few things:
```markdown
# Title
Some paragraph with space character at start of line. This \<html\> should be escaped.
- Some list item with extra space character.
- Nested list but only one space character.
if (a == 1) {
return "Indented code block without enough space characters.";
} else {
return "Passing `finalize` or similar should resolve this.";
}
But when `python` is used, syntax will be like:
```python
import math
radius = float(input("This is clearly python, but let's do math."))
area = math.pi * radius**2
circumference = 2 * math.pi * radius
print(f"Area: {area:.2f}, Circumference: {circumference:.2f}")
```/convert-plaintext-to-md #BUGS --p "regex()=> ^ {1,}([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+) to ^### $1"I see that there is no `BUGS.md` file. Let me copy the current plaintext BUGS documentation:
```bash
copy BUGS BUGS.md
```
Now I'll update the copied file BUGS.md, converting it to proper markdown.
Let me read the current contents:
```markdown
1 Section
1.1 Section Item
1.2 Section Item
...
1.12 Section Item
```
OK, I've matched the shorthand regular expression pattern and updated the BUGS.md to:
```markdown
1 Section
### 1.1 Section Item
### 1.2 Section Item
### ...
### 1.12 Section Item
```