Developer & PM Utility
Write Markdown on the left and see the rendered preview update live on the right.
Product managers writing a PRD, engineers drafting a README, or anyone writing release notes for GitHub or a changelog can use this live preview to see exactly how their Markdown will render before pasting it into GitHub, Confluence, Notion, or a static site generator.
| Syntax | Renders as |
|---|---|
# Heading through ###### Heading | Headings (H1–H6) |
**bold** or __bold__ | Bold |
*italic* or _italic_ | Italic |
`inline code` | Inline code |
| Triple backtick fenced blocks | Code blocks |
[text](url) | Links |
- item / * item | Bullet lists |
1. item | Numbered lists |
> quote | Blockquotes |
--- | Horizontal rule |
This covers the everyday Markdown subset used in most PRDs, READMEs, and release notes. It does not implement the full CommonMark spec — tables, footnotes, and nested list indentation aren't supported. For anything going into a system with its own Markdown renderer (like GitHub), always do a final check there too.
Technically valid Markdown and genuinely readable Markdown aren't the same thing. Use real headings
(##) instead of just bolding a line — it creates actual document structure a reader
can navigate. Use numbered lists only when order truly matters (like installation steps), and bulleted
lists otherwise. Write link text that describes the destination ([setup guide](/docs), not
[click here](/docs)) so it's meaningful on its own. Our
full guide to writing clean Markdown goes through these habits
in more depth, with examples of each.