Markdown Formatter

by JimLiu

Markdown Formatter is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by JimLiu in baoyu-skills.

25K stars2.8K forkson JimLiu/baoyu-skillsAdded 2026/08/14Repository updated 2026/07/04

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Install Markdown Formatter

Copy Markdown Formatter into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/JimLiu/baoyu-skills/tree/main/skills/baoyu-format-markdown ~/.claude/skills/baoyu-format-markdown

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/JimLiu/baoyu-skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/baoyu-format-markdown/SKILL.md in JimLiu/baoyu-skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/baoyu-format-markdown
Collection: One of 22 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Markdown Formatter does

Markdown Formatter transforms plain text or markdown into well-structured, reader-friendly markdown with frontmatter, headings, bold, lists, and code blocks. Use when a user asks to format markdown, beautify an article, or improve document layout.

Markdown Formatter is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Markdown Formatter comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, claude-skills, codex-skills and openclaw-skills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Markdown Formatter

Transforms plain text or markdown into well-structured, reader-friendly markdown. The goal is to help readers quickly grasp key points, highlights, and structure — without changing any original content.

Core principle: Only adjust formatting and fix obvious typos. Never add, delete, or rewrite content.

User Input Tools

When this skill prompts the user, follow this tool-selection rule (priority order):

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Markdown Formatter

What else does JimLiu publish alongside Markdown Formatter?
Markdown Formatter is one of 22 skills that DirSkills catalogs from JimLiu/baoyu-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Article Illustrator, Baoyu Diagram and Baoyu Image Generation. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Markdown Formatter does, and is maintained by JimLiu in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the JimLiu/baoyu-skills page.
How does Markdown Formatter compare to other Writing skills?
Markdown Formatter ranks #56 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Markdown Formatter against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.