showmd

Markdown was never meant to be previewed plain text

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Have you ever wondered why essential SKILL.md files and other Markdown documents render as plain text within MacOS Preview, obscuring their intended formatting? showmd is a complimentary, native macOS Quick Look extension meticulously engineered to render Markdown files beautifully and accurately. It intelligently parses YAML frontmatter, presenting it within a convenient, collapsible metadata table that is collapsed by default and expands with a single click. Uniquely, showmd goes beyond standard viewers by rendering Agentic AI XML tags, along with 17 other specialized tags, as clearly labeled, bordered blocks instead of displaying raw, unformatted angle brackets. This ensures superior readability and understanding for complex technical documentation.