Convert rich text to Markdown

Takes text shared as input or copied to the clipboard and converts it to Markdown formatting.

Actions Used

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Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
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Make Markdown from Rich Text
Converts the rich text passed as input to Markdown text (comparable to Aaron Swartz’s html2text script).

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Convert%20rich%20text%20to%20Markdown
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Convert%20rich%20text%20to%20Markdown
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Convert rich text to Markdown” end tell

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