AddThisFeature

Markdown Editor with Preview

Write Markdown and see exactly how it will render.

moderate Forms & Input

What it adds

A source editor paired with a live preview, where the stored value stays raw Markdown and the rendered HTML is sanitised.

What your agent is told to do

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  1. 1

    Store the raw Markdown byte-for-byte. Never round-trip it through a rendered form and back — that silently rewrites people's spacing, list markers and escapes.

  2. 2

    Pick one Markdown flavour and one extension set, and use the same one on the client preview and the server renderer. A preview that disagrees with the published page is worse than no preview.

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    Sanitise the generated HTML on the server before it is stored or served, including raw HTML blocks embedded in the source.

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    Synchronise preview scroll to the editor loosely, anchored on block boundaries. Do not chase the caret.

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    This is not a WYSIWYG surface. Toolbars that produce formatting directly and pasted-HTML cleanup are owned by Rich Text Editor; extend that rather than building a second editor here.

Edge cases it handles

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  • Fenced code blocks must render literally, including anything inside them that looks like Markdown or HTML.
  • Raw HTML in the source must either be sanitised or disabled outright — decide and say which.
  • Link and image URLs need scheme checks; a Markdown link is still a link.
  • Scroll sync must not fight the user when they scroll the preview themselves.
  • Very long documents must not re-render the whole preview on every keystroke — debounce it.
  • Unsupported syntax must show as plain text, not silently vanish.

Definition of done

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  • The stored value is the exact Markdown the user typed.
  • Client preview and server render produce the same output for the same source.
  • Generated HTML is sanitised server-side, including embedded raw HTML.
  • Code fences render their contents literally.
  • Scroll sync tracks the editor without jumping or hijacking manual preview scrolling.
  • Preview rendering is debounced and stays responsive on long documents.
  • The feature matches the existing design system.
  • No existing functionality is broken.

Related features

How it works

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    Copy the link

    Grab the Markdown instruction URL for this feature.

  2. 2

    Give it to your AI

    Paste it into Claude Code, Cursor, v0, Lovable — whatever you build with.

  3. 3

    It inspects, then implements

    Your agent reads your existing app first, then adds the feature to fit it.

Works with your stack

These instructions are written to adapt. They tell the agent to detect your framework, match your existing design system, and reuse what you already have — rather than assuming a particular stack.

Need it tighter than that? Customize the feature and tell it exactly what you're running.