Markdown Reference: tools, workflows and help
The reference shelf: markdown converters, AI and Obsidian workflows, Git and GitHub help for non-developers, and the essential reading.
Markdown Reference
Practical articles, tools and tips for working in markdown. Looking for how to build a knowledge base? That's the knowledge base guide. Which apps speak markdown lives on Markdown Everywhere 🌍.
Tools
- into.md — convert any webpage to clean Markdown
- Turndown — HTML to Markdown converter in JavaScript
- Markdoc — Stripe's Markdown-based authoring framework
Workflows
- Using AI to edit Markdown notes in Obsidian — Claude Code, Codex, and other AI tools with your vault
- Using Cursor with Obsidian
- Follow Builders, Not Influencers — a daily/weekly AI builders digest via Claude Code or OpenClaw; tracks top AI builders on X and YouTube, remixes their content into summaries. No API keys needed.
Essays
- The Markdown Database Pattern — your filesystem is already a database
Git & GitHub
- Glossary for non-developers — repo, commit, push, branch, PR: every term in plain language
- Git rescue 🚑 — undo, unstage, merge conflicts: calm fixes for the scary moments
- GitHub FAQs and tips — branches, commit messages, and good practices
Reference
- The Markdown Canon 📜 — the essential texts, from Gruber's spec to File over app
- Heading identifiers (Pandoc-style) — the
{#custom-id}syntax and where it works