discord-markdown
Format text for Discord using markdown syntax. Use when composing Discord messages, bot responses, embed descriptions, forum posts, webhook payloads, or any content destined for Discord's chat interface. Triggers on requests mentioning Discord formatting, Discord messages, Discord bots, Discord embeds, or when the user needs text styled for Discord's rendering engine. Covers bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, spoilers, code blocks with syntax highlighting, headers, subtext, lists, block quotes, masked links, timestamps, and mentions. Always presents Discord-ready messages inside fenced code blocks so the user can copy-paste them directly into Discord with all markdown formatting preserved.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/billchirico/discord-markdownWhat This Skill Does
The discord-markdown skill is a specialized formatting utility designed to bridge the gap between AI generation and Discord's unique chat rendering engine. Discord utilizes a modified version of CommonMark that supports specific features like spoilers, timestamps, masked links, and subtext (small text). This skill acts as a precision tool that ensures all generated content is formatted with exact syntax required for Discord to display it correctly.
Critically, the skill enforces an output protocol that mandates all Discord-ready messages be wrapped inside fenced code blocks. This prevents the AI's chat interface from "pre-rendering" the markdown, which would otherwise strip the syntax characters when the user copies and pastes the text into Discord. By maintaining the raw syntax within the code block, users can transfer complex layouts, embeds, and structured announcements effortlessly.
Installation
To add this capability to your agent, use the following install command in your OpenClaw environment:
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/billchirico/discord-markdown
Use Cases
This skill is essential for community managers, bot developers, and power users who frequent Discord. Typical applications include:
- Server Announcements: Creating structured, professional posts with headers, bold text, and bulleted lists.
- Bot Documentation: Preparing ready-to-paste help menus or instruction sets that contain their own nested code snippets.
- Event Coordination: Managing event details using block quotes for emphasis and spoiler tags to hide sensitive information or "secrets."
- Support Tickets: Creating clean, readable templates for support agents to paste when answering common user queries.
Example Prompts
- "Draft an announcement for our upcoming server maintenance. Use bold for the date, include a bulleted list of affected services, and add a footer with subtext."
- "Write a help desk message for our Discord bot that includes a step-by-step installation guide. Ensure the code snippets are formatted so they are copy-paste ready for users."
- "Create a hidden spoiler message for our community scavenger hunt that reveals the secret location, and use block quotes for a mysterious effect."
Tips & Limitations
- Nested Formatting: If your message contains code blocks, use four backticks as the container fence to ensure the Discord client parses the inner block correctly.
- One Block Rule: Always keep the entire message inside a single block. Do not split content; this ensures the user only performs one copy action for their Discord input.
- Metadata: Always include the metadata summary table provided by the skill output to keep track of versions and sources.
- Limitations: Note that Discord's renderer is not a standard web browser. While this skill covers the vast majority of Discord's native syntax, it cannot force features that Discord does not support, such as complex HTML/CSS layouts or third-party web embeds.
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-billchirico-discord-markdown": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}