Markdown To Html

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name: markdown-to-html
description: Convert a Markdown file to a self-contained, styled HTML page (sticky header, sidebar nav, syntax-highlighted code, callout boxes, Mermaid diagrams, print-ready). Use when the user asks to render, convert, or export a `.md` file as a shareable HTML document -- not for slides, presentations, or pitch decks. Rendering is deterministic via `marked` + `highlight.js`; the agent only invokes the script.
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# Markdown to HTML

A thin wrapper around `<skill-dir>/scripts/render.js`. The renderer parses Markdown
deterministically with `marked` + `highlight.js`, post-processes for
callouts and table wraps, builds a sidebar nav and print TOC from
heading IDs, and stamps everything into `scripts/template.html`.

## Output rendering

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For prose artifacts, use descriptive headings, short resumable sections, one fact per sentence, and no repeated summary. Emphasize at most one load-bearing point per section. Group long inventories instead of truncating them.
Make the result stand alone. Do needed arithmetic, give real dates or times, and say what a file or link establishes instead of making the reader inspect it.
For code and comments, prefer obvious structure and names. Comment on intent, constraints, or trade-offs that the code cannot state clearly.
Use a table, tree, flow, or other visual only when it makes a relationship materially easier to understand.
Report the current state, not the path taken. Omit dead ends, resolved trade-offs, hedges, and advice the user did not request.
When editing maintained prose, consolidate repeated rules and navigation before adding another caveat.
Silence and brevity never reduce the work, checks, or requested coverage. Preserve depth, evidence, constraints, warnings, code, diffs, errors, and exact names, paths, and counts.
Keep verification compact: pass or fail, count, and runtime. Name a suite when it failed or when the name changes what the reader should do.
Before sending, check that the reader can act without counting, converting, opening a file, or asking what a line means.
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## Installed entry-point contract

Treat `<skill-dir>` as the installer-supplied directory containing this active
`SKILL.md`; never infer it from the current working directory, user input, an
environment variable, or a profile path. Replace `<skill-dir>` with that actual
validated directory before executing or relaying any command; never send the
placeholder to a runtime or user. Before every invocation of `render.js`:

1. Canonicalize `<skill-dir>`, its `scripts/` child, and the expected entry
   point, resolving symlinks. Require the entry point to be a regular file and
   its resolved path to remain beneath the canonical `scripts/` directory.
2. If the entry is missing, is not a regular file, encounters a symlink loop or
   resolution error, or escapes that directory, stop before launching Node.
   Report only `error: installed skill entry point is unavailable: <entry>`,
   substituting the basename. Do not expose an absolute, home, profile,
   environment, or protected path; do not relay raw runtime stderr; and do not
   offer credential, SSO-capture, token, scope, or dependency remediation.
3. Invoke with a discrete argument vector, for example
   `["node", "<skill-dir>/scripts/render.js", "..."]`, so spaces, both quote characters, `$()`, backticks, and
   variable-shaped text cannot be expanded by a shell. Keep the project root as
   the working directory so user content paths retain their documented meaning.
4. If only a shell string is available, use a single-quoted literal path on
   POSIX or PowerShell and refuse paths containing a single quote. On cmd.exe,
   use a double-quoted path and refuse paths containing `"`, `%`, or `!`.
   If the adapter cannot represent the path safely, refuse instead of invoking.

Interpret exit codes only after this preflight succeeds and the entry point
actually runs.

## Instructions

You are not the renderer. The script is. Invoke it and report the path.

### Step 1 — Verify dependencies

The renderer needs Node.js and the `marked` + `highlight.js` packages
(pinned in `package.json`). Use the actual `<skill-dir>` resolved during
preflight as npm's explicit prefix; do not substitute the current working
directory. Render that prefix with the same safe literal/refusal rules as the
entry point. The examples below show the POSIX/PowerShell single-quoted form;
refuse a path containing a single quote instead of relaying either command.
Check whether the packages are already installed:

```bash
npm --prefix '<skill-dir>' ls --depth=0 --silent marked highlight.js
```

- Exit 0 → dependencies present; go to Step 2.
- Non-zero → not installed yet. Confirm `npm` is available
  (`npm --version`); if it isn't, tell the user to install Node.js and
  stop. If it is, **ask the user before installing**, then run the
  one-time install and re-verify — don't assume it succeeded:

  ```bash
  npm --prefix '<skill-dir>' install
  npm --prefix '<skill-dir>' ls --depth=0 --silent marked highlight.js
  ```

(The install is one-time; subsequent runs are cached in `node_modules/`.)

> Note: if your installer drops this skill into a tracked directory, add the skill's `node_modules/` to your project's `.gitignore` to avoid committing installed dependency artifacts.

### Step 2 — Render

```bash
node '<skill-dir>/scripts/render.js' <input.md> [--output OUT.html] [--title T] [--subtitle S] [--theme NAME] [--no-mermaid]
```

| Flag | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `--output FILE` | Output path. Default: input with `.html` extension. |
| `--title TEXT` | Page title. Default: first H1, then filename. |
| `--subtitle TEXT` | Header subtitle (small grey text next to the title). |
| `--theme NAME` | `navy` (default), `green`, `teal`, `amber`, `rose`. |
| `--no-mermaid` | Skip the Mermaid CDN script (for sources with no diagrams). |

The script writes the HTML and prints three lines to stdout:

```
OUTPUT: /path/to/file.html
SECTIONS: <number of h2/h3 anchors built>
MERMAID: yes|no
```

Surface the output path to the user and the section/mermaid summary if
relevant.

### Step 3 — What the renderer handles automatically

- **Headings** get stable `id` attributes used by sidebar links and the
  print TOC. Don't rewrite the markdown's headings.
- **Code blocks** are syntax-highlighted via `highlight.js`. Fenced
  blocks tagged ` ```mermaid ` pass through as `<div class="mermaid">`
  for the runtime CDN renderer.
- **Tables** are wrapped in `<div class="table-wrap">` for horizontal
  scrolling on narrow viewports.
- **Callouts**: paragraphs that begin with `**Note:**`, `**Tip:**`,
  `**Warning:**`, `**Important:**`, or `**Stop:**` are wrapped in a
  styled callout box. Don't try to add HTML manually — the script
  detects the bold lead-in.
- **Print**: every output includes an `@media print` block that hides
  the sidebar, builds a single-page TOC, and preserves background
  colors. `Ctrl+P → Save as PDF` works out of the box.

### Don't

- Don't write your own HTML. The script is the renderer; if the output
  is wrong, fix the script (or the template).
- Don't pre-process the markdown by hand. The renderer expects raw
  Markdown including any `**Note:**` lead-ins.
- Don't pass `--theme` unless the user asked for a specific accent
  color. `navy` is the default for a reason.
- Don't suggest pasting the rendered HTML into chat. Open the output
  file in a browser.

### Edge cases

- **Missing dependencies**: `node '<skill-dir>/scripts/render.js'` exits 1 with an
  install hint. Follow Step 1 — install on consent, then re-verify;
  don't install bare.
- **No headings**: sidebar shows `(no sections)`. Output still works,
  the sidebar just stays empty.
- **Custom theme requested by name not in the list**: the script exits
  with the list of valid choices. Ask the user which to use; don't
  invent a sixth.
- **Source contains a Mermaid block but you want fully offline output**:
  pass `--no-mermaid` and the diagram will fall back to a plain `<pre>`.
- **Trust model**: the renderer assumes the input markdown is the user's
  own document. Marked's default behavior is to pass through raw HTML
  embedded in markdown (e.g., a `<script>` tag in a `.md` file lands in
  the output as-is). This is fine for documents you authored; do not
  use this skill to render markdown from untrusted sources without a
  separate sanitization step.