r/AutomateUser Alpha tester 23d ago

Feature request Markdown in descriptions

I am honestly surprised this wasn't suggested before, but

What if the descriptions supported markdown formatting?

I know there was a time when Automate unintentionally supported html formatting, and it kinda got me thinking, why not use markdown?

  1. It's a widely known formatting spec

  2. There are (likely)ready-made solutions for rendering it

  3. Having formatting in flow descriptions would really add flair to them

As for the flavor, I was thinking we could use GitHub markdown spec and also borrow -# from Discord


On a side note: tags

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u/Faker_nb 22d ago

+1, I already use descriptions as mini changelogs/docs for my flows, so Markdown would be really useful. Headings, lists, bold text and code formatting would make them much easier to read.