Markdown reference

Shady Notes follows CommonMark with GitHub-flavoured extensions, plus a few additions of its own.

Tip

Type /kitchensink on a blank line to drop a note containing every feature below, so you can see them all rendered at once.

Text

Syntax	Renders as
**bold**	bold
*italic*	italic
`inline code`	inline code
~~strikethrough~~	strikethrough
==highlight==	highlighted background
[text](https://example.com)	a clickable link
[[wikilink]]	a link to another note

Headings

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4
##### Heading 5

Five levels, each scaled and weighted differently. ⌥⌘1 through ⌥⌘5 apply them to the current line.

Lists

- Bullet item
* Also a bullet
1. Numbered item

Lists continue automatically on Return. Turn that off in Preferences → Editor if you’d rather they didn’t.

Tasks

- [ ] Unchecked
- [x] Checked
[ ] Standalone, no list marker needed

→ Checkboxes

Blockquotes and callouts

> An ordinary blockquote.

> [!TIP]
> A typed callout, with an icon and colour.

→ Callouts

Code

```swift
let greeting = "Hello, world"
```

Tables

| Column | Column |
|---|---|
| cell | cell |

→ Tables

Images

![alt text](path/to/image.png)
![[image.png|400]]

The second form is a wikilink-style embed with an explicit width in pixels. → Images

Emoji

Type :name: for an emoji, or :name|32: to set its size in points. /emoji opens a picker.

Horizontal rule

---

Front matter

A YAML block at the very top of a file is treated as metadata rather than content:

---
status: in-progress
tags: [docs, launch]
---

Plugins read these fields — the Kanban board builds its columns from status. → Plugins