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Slack markdown

Slack calls its formatting mrkdwn, and the name is a warning: bold is one asterisk, italic is one underscore, and several things you expect are missing.

What works
*bold*
_italic_
~strikethrough~
`inline code`
> a quote
- a bullet
1. a numbered item
```
a code block
```

bold italic strikethrough inline code

a quote

  • a bullet
  1. a numbered item
a code block

What usually goes wrong

  • One asterisk is bold, not italic. Two asterisks show as literal asterisks around bold text.
  • One tilde strikes through; two show as text.
  • No headings, no tables, no images, no task lists. Bold text is the usual stand-in for a heading.
  • Links are <https://example.com|the text>, not the square-and-round-bracket form.

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