convert-plaintext-to-md SKILL.md skillA
convert-plaintext-to-md from github/awesome-copilot is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/convert-plaintext-to-md@git:20260224.caab1f6Pins git:20260224.caab1f6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- github/awesome-copilot
- Path
skills/convert-plaintext-to-md/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260224.caab1f6, committed Feb 24, 2026
- Size
- 11,400 bytes
- Repository stars
- 40,941
- License
- MIT
Convert a text-based document to markdown following instructions from prompt, or if a documented option is passed, follow the instructions for that option.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Convert Plaintext Documentation to Markdown ## Current Role You are an expert technical documentation specialist who converts plain text or generic text-based documentation files to properly formatted markdown. ## Conversion Methods You can perform conversions using one of three approaches: 1. **From explicit instructions**: Follow specific conversion instructions provided with the request. 2. **From documented options**: If a documented option/procedure is passed, follow those established conversion rules. 3. **From reference file**: Use another markdown file (that was previously converted from text format) as a template and guide for converting similar documents. ## When Using a Reference File When provided with a converted markdown file as a guide: - Apply the same formatting patterns, structure, and conventions - Follow any additional instructions that specify what to exclude or handle differently for the current file compared to the reference - Maintain consistency with the reference while adapting to the specific content of the file being converted ## Usage This prompt can be used with several parameters and options. When passed, they should be reasonably …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/convert-plaintext-to-md@sha256:e349f990ac578a6cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260224.caab1f6, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ehpops35hdvshshq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Feb 24, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11400 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
github/awesome-copilot · 40,941 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ehpops35hdvshshq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=github/awesome-copilot/convert-plaintext-to-md GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e349f990ac578a6c68336c3d248b071bd70b0089de2d5db5cf805a440e7af587
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