markdown-helper

What problem does it solve?

This Skill reduces token usage by parsing and manipulating Markdown content without loading entire files into Claude's context, enabling faster and cheaper interactions when working with large documentation.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Header and Table Extraction: Quickly extract headers, tables, and lists from Markdown without bloating context.
• Diagram Generation: Create Mermaid diagrams from Markdown workflows for visual documentation.
• Linting and Formatting: Auto-fix formatting and lint across single files or broad patterns to ensure consistency.
• Bulk Operations: Apply replacements and analyses across many files with minimal token overhead.
• Use Case: Imagine scanning a 1,000-line spec to pull headers, generate a diagram, and lint formatting in a single command sequence.

Quick Start

Run the Markdown Helper to extract headers from a file: node ~/.claude/skills/markdown-helper/md-helper.js extract-headers README.md