Official agent skill

Jewel Markdown

by JetBrains in JetBrains/intellij-community

Build or debug Jewel Markdown parsing, rendering, and styling.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Jewel Markdown

skills CLI
$ npx skills add JetBrains/intellij-community --skill jewel-markdown -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install JetBrains/intellij-community jewel-markdown --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/jewel-markdown .claude/skills/jewel-markdown && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
jewel-markdown
GitHub stars
21k
Token cost
~4.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,145 words
Files
7 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
39
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Build or debug Jewel Markdown parsing, rendering, and styling.

  • Works in 7 steps: Visual styling only — customize… → Existing block UI behavior — use a… → Existing inline text behavior — use a… → …
  • Tasks that involve Markdown
  • SKILL.md covers First decision: what are you…, High-level rendering flow, Built-in and existing… and Embedded HTML, plus 8 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Jewel Markdown is an agent skill from JetBrains/intellij-community, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Build or debug Jewel Markdown parsing, rendering, and styling.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including reference files (for example `evals/evals.json`, `references/CODE-HIGHLIGHTING.md` and `references/HTML-PARSING.md`).

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Markdown. It works with JetBrains IDEs. The repository describes itself as: IntelliJ IDEA & IntelliJ Platform.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Markdown

Example prompts

  • “/jewel-markdown”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Visual styling only — customize MarkdownStyling and theme-specific styling helpers.
  2. Existing block UI behavior — use a custom MarkdownBlockRenderer, usually by subclassing DefaultMarkdownBlockRenderer and overriding
  3. Existing inline text behavior — use a custom InlineMarkdownRenderer, usually by subclassing DefaultInlineMarkdownRenderer.
  4. New Markdown syntax — write a processor extension and a renderer extension.
  5. Images — use an ImageRendererExtension, not a general block renderer.
  6. Embedded HTML — enable parseEmbeddedHtml on the MarkdownProcessor, and for custom HTML→Markdown mapping add a
  7. A live editor preview — use MarkdownMode.EditorPreview with a dedicated MarkdownProcessor instance and render with LazyMarkdown.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 27dbc78. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Jewel Markdown loads about 4.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~10k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 19 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,145 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~19
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~10k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,145 words (~4,314 tokens).

“Jewel Markdown is a two-stage renderer: parse raw Markdown into Jewel's MarkdownBlock / InlineMarkdown model, then render that model with Jewel Compose renderers. Choose the smallest customization point that matches the job.”

— opening of SKILL.md by JetBrains, Custom licence
name
jewel-markdown

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in .agents/skills/jewel-markdown of JetBrains/intellij-community.

  • SKILL.md
  • evals/evals.json
  • references/CODE-HIGHLIGHTING.md
  • references/HTML-PARSING.md
  • references/IMAGE-LOADING.md
  • references/SCROLL-SYNC.md
  • skill-source.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 27dbc78

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Crosspostingwasp-lang/wasp19k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
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Works with

Questions about Jewel Markdown

What does Jewel Markdown do?

Build or debug Jewel Markdown parsing, rendering, and styling. Jewel Markdown is an agent skill from JetBrains/intellij-community, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Build or debug Jewel Markdown parsing, rendering, and styling.

When should I use Jewel Markdown?

Jewel Markdown fits situations like: tasks that involve Markdown.

How do I install Jewel Markdown in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add JetBrains/intellij-community --skill jewel-markdown -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/jewel-markdown in JetBrains/intellij-community) into .claude/skills/jewel-markdown in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Jewel Markdown in Codex?

Run `npx skills add JetBrains/intellij-community --skill jewel-markdown -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/jewel-markdown in JetBrains/intellij-community) into .agents/skills/jewel-markdown in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Jewel Markdown in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add JetBrains/intellij-community --skill jewel-markdown -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/jewel-markdown, .gemini/skills/jewel-markdown, .github/skills/jewel-markdown and .opencode/skills/jewel-markdown in your project.

What does Jewel Markdown need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Jewel Markdown is instructions for the agent only.

Does Jewel Markdown access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Jewel Markdown safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Jewel Markdown use?

Jewel Markdown has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Jewel Markdown use?

About 4.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Jewel Markdown?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Jewel Markdown: Markdown Article Formatter (JimLiu/baoyu-skills, 27k stars), Markitdown (ImCa0/just-laws, 781 stars), Obsidian Markdown (Atmosphere/atmosphere, 3.8k stars) and Crossposting (wasp-lang/wasp, 19k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Jewel Markdown?

JetBrains (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in JetBrains/intellij-community, which has 20,623 GitHub stars. The repository holds 39 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

Source: JetBrains/intellij-community on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.