Agent skill

Markdown Rendering

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Open Markdown reliably in cmux panes and recover from blank rendered surfaces.

MITAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Markdown Rendering

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill markdown-rendering -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills markdown-rendering --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/markdown-rendering .claude/skills/markdown-rendering && 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
markdown-rendering
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~751 tokens
SKILL.md length
328 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,394
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Open Markdown reliably in cmux panes and recover from blank rendered surfaces.

  • Tasks that involve Markdown
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, The Problem, The Rule and Hard Rules, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Markdown Rendering is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Open Markdown reliably in cmux panes and recover from blank rendered surfaces.

Its SKILL.md is about 750 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Markdown. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Markdown

Example prompts

  • “/markdown-rendering”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e53ce2. 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 (its code samples are bash).

    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

Markdown Rendering loads about 751 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 328 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~24
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~751

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

The full file from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 1e53ce2, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 328 words, ~751 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/markdown-rendering/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
markdown-rendering
description
Open Markdown reliably in cmux panes and recover from blank rendered surfaces.
category
productivity
risk
safe
source
community
source_repo
davidondrej/skills
source_type
community
date_added
2026-07-07
author
davidondrej
tags
markdown, cmux, rendering
tools
claude, codex
license
MIT

Markdown Rendering in cmux

When to Use

  • Use when opening Markdown in cmux shows a blank pane or wrong layout.
  • Use when you need to display a Markdown file in a stable cmux right pane.

The Problem

cmux markdown open defaults to spawning a brand-new pane every time, even with --direction right. The common "fix" — moving the new markdown surface into the existing right pane with move-surface — bugs out: the moved viewer renders BLANK. The surface keeps type=markdown and looks healthy, but shows nothing.

So you get stuck: either a stray extra pane, or a blank viewer after moving it.

The Rule

You have exactly two reliable options. Never move-surface a markdown viewer — that is the path that bugs.

Option A — Open it right on the first try

If there is no usable right pane yet, just let cmux create one and leave it where it lands:

bash
cmux markdown open /abs/path/file.md --direction right --focus false

Do NOT then move it. If it spawned where you want it, you're done.

Option B — Close existing right pane(s), then open fresh

If there are other right panes in the way (and they're unused or irrelevant), close them first, then open the markdown fresh as a new right pane:

bash
# 1. find panes in THIS workspace
cmux list-panes --workspace "$CMUX_WORKSPACE_ID"

# 2. close the unused/irrelevant right pane(s) by closing their surfaces
cmux list-pane-surfaces --pane pane:NN
cmux close-surface --surface surface:XX     # repeat per surface in that pane

# 3. THEN open the markdown fresh — it creates its own clean right pane
cmux markdown open /abs/path/file.md --direction right --focus false

Hard Rules

  • Never move-surface a markdown viewer. It renders blank afterward. This is the core bug this skill exists for.
  • Open it correctly the first time (Option A), OR close the conflicting right pane(s) and open a fresh right pane from scratch (Option B).
  • Only close panes that are unused or irrelevant — never close a pane the user is working in.
  • Always anchor to $CMUX_WORKSPACE_ID; never assume the visually focused workspace.
  • Pass --focus false so you don't steal the user's focus.
  • You can't screenshot/read a markdown surface to verify it. If unsure it rendered, ask the user.

Limitations

  • Adapted from davidondrej/skills; verify local paths, tools, credentials, and agent features before acting.
  • For commands, remote access, scheduling, browser automation, or file-changing workflows, get explicit user approval and confirm the target environment first.

© sickn33, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/markdown-rendering of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e53ce2

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Markdown Rendering

What does Markdown Rendering do?

Open Markdown reliably in cmux panes and recover from blank rendered surfaces. Markdown Rendering is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Open Markdown reliably in cmux panes and recover from blank rendered surfaces.

When should I use Markdown Rendering?

Markdown Rendering fits situations like: tasks that involve Markdown.

How do I install Markdown Rendering in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill markdown-rendering -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/markdown-rendering in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/markdown-rendering in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Markdown Rendering in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill markdown-rendering -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/markdown-rendering in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/markdown-rendering in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Markdown Rendering 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill markdown-rendering -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/markdown-rendering, .gemini/skills/markdown-rendering, .github/skills/markdown-rendering and .opencode/skills/markdown-rendering in your project.

What does Markdown Rendering need to run?

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

Does Markdown Rendering 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 Markdown Rendering 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 Markdown Rendering use?

Markdown Rendering is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Markdown Rendering use?

About 751 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Markdown Rendering?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Markdown Rendering: Markdown Article Formatter (JimLiu/baoyu-skills, 26k stars), Markitdown (ImCa0/just-laws, 781 stars), Obsidian Markdown (Atmosphere/atmosphere, 3.8k stars) and Gzh Design (isjiamu/gzh-design-skill, 3.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Markdown Rendering?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,304 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,394 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.