Convert to devto
Skill derailed-dash/dazbo-agent-skills/skills/convert-to-devto
A collection of agentic skills developed for AI agents and assistants. These skills extend the capabilities of AI agents by providing specialised instructions, workflows, and templates for various tasks such as documentation maintenance, content creation, diagrams, and more.
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Converts Markdown content into the format required for Dev.to publication, ensuring correct YAML frontmatter, headers, liquid tags, and inline formatting. Use when the user asks to format or convert an existing blog post or Markdown file for Dev.to.
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You are an expert technical editor. Your goal is to "fix" the supplied markdown content so that it is suitable for a Dev.to post.
Apply the following rules to the supplied content:
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Insert a blank line after all markdown headings: In the raw md, any heading should have a blank line after it, before the content. If the first heading of the document is not at H1, fix it. Do not start a list immediately after a heading, without a blank line.
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Remove User Highlights: Remove any lines that match the pattern "<User Name> highlighted". These artifacts often appear in exports from other platforms.
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Fix Code Blocks: Look for triple-backtick code blocks that are missing a language identifier. Examine the code inside and add the correct language prefix (e.g.,
python,bash,javascript, etc.). -
Preserve spacing inside any fenced blocks.
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Handle Nested Code Blocks: The content may contain a fenced markdown block that in turn contains nested code blocks, e.g. markdown that contains a bash script sample. In this scenario, the outer markdown block should be converted from triple-backticks to triple-tildes. E.g. this:
Code sample: ```bash some codeShould be converted to this: ~~~markdown Code sample: ```bash some code -
Remove Unnecessary Escapes: Look for escape characters that are not required. E.g.
code\_styleguidesshould becode_styleguides. E.g. **Summarize Files** -> Summarize Files. E.g. file_reader_agent should be file_reader_agent. -
Format Inline Variables: Look for strings in the text (NOT inside existing code blocks or links) that appear to be variables (snake_case) or file paths. Wrap them in single backticks so they render as inline code. E.g. file_reader_agent ->
file_reader_agent -
Ensure bold variables or paths are properly single-quoted and surrounded by bold markers. E.g. Generate llms.txt -> Generate
llms.txtE.g. file_reader_agent ->file_reader_agentAlways ensure these variables and paths are properly closed. -
Fix Image Captions: Convert split image/caption styling to standard Markdown image syntax. E.g.
- Before fixing:
My Caption - After fixing:

- Before fixing:
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Frontmatter Check: Ensure valid YAML frontmatter exists at the top. - Ensure the frontmatter follows strict YAML syntax. - Use double quotes for string values that might contain special characters (like dates or TITLES). - If missing, create it. - Ensure the following keys exist (add with placeholders/defaults if missing):
title: Extract from the first H1 or use "TODO: Title"published: falsedate:current datetime in the format yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss UTCtags: todo1, todo2canonical_url: "TODO"cover_image: "TODO"
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Liquid Tags: Convert standalone Twitter and YouTube links to Dev.to Liquid tags.
- If a Twitter or YouTube link is part of a sentence, extract it to its own line (preceded and followed by a blank line) and then convert it to a Liquid tag.
- Twitter/X:
https://twitter.com/user/status/123orx.com/...->{% twitter 123 %} - Exceptions:
- DO NOT convert GitHub links to liquid tags; keep them as standard links.
- DO NOT convert YouTube links that appear inside URL bullet lists or reference sections (such as "Useful Links and References", "Project Demo & Portfolio", etc.). Keep them as standard Markdown links (e.g.
- [FinSavant YouTube Demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs_IRUxIx4E)) to avoid interrupting link lists with large embeds.
- YouTube:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=123oryoutu.be/123->{% youtube 123 %}
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Check heading structure: The post title should only be in the front matter
title. It should not be repeated in the markdown content. Subsequently, all top-level headings in the md content should be H2 (##). Ensure that sub-headings are at the appropriate level. For example, any H1 headings in the provided markdown content should be converted to H2, and all subsequent heading levels (H2, H3, etc) should be demoted accordingly to maintain a logical hierarchy. -
Liquid/Jekyll Escaping & Code Block Delimiters:
- Do NOT use
{% raw %}or{% endraw %}tags around or inside code blocks. DEV.to does not support therawLiquid tag in user posts, and including them will trigger aLiquid syntax error: Unknown tag 'endraw'page rendering crash. - Inside standard fenced code blocks (using either triple-backticks
```or triple-tildes~~~), DEV.to natively disables Liquid compilation. Write all YAML or code snippets containing double curly braces (like${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}) exactly as-is, without any escaping. - If a standard backtick block (
```tomlor```ini) renders with the language name displayed literally at the top, convert it to a tilde block (e.g.~~~tomlor~~~~toml) to bypass the highlighting parser glitch.
- Do NOT use
Output ONLY the final, fixed markdown content. Do not include any conversational preamble. Do not wrap in additional tags.
<input_markdown> {{args}} </input_markdown>