Markdown Bullet List Action for Mac

Overview

What Markdown Bullet List does

Adds a hyphen marker to each non-empty line while preserving indentation and replacing existing list or checkbox markers.

Category	Markdown
Action type	JavaScript
Result	Replace or copy text
Internet	Not required

Example

Action and outcome

Markdown Bullet List example
Action	Outcome
Markdown Bullet ListSelected text: Design 2. Build - [x] Ship	- Design - Build - Ship

Workflow

Use Markdown Bullet List

Follow these steps to turn selected lines into a Markdown bullet list with ActionClip.

Select the text you want to use.
Choose Markdown Bullet List from ActionClip.
Review the result, then replace the selection or copy the new text.

Before you add it

Requirements and privacy

Before you start: No setup required.
Your selected text: Runs locally in ActionClip’s JavaScript sandbox. Selected text does not leave your Mac.

Inspect before installing

Action configuration

The definition below is included so you can inspect how the action works before downloading it.

JavaScript definition

function run(selected_text) {
  return selected_text
    .split(/\r\n?|\n/)
    .filter((line) => !/^[ \t]*$/.test(line))
    .map((line) => {
      const indent = (line.match(/^[ \t]*/) || [""])[0];
      const content = line
        .slice(indent.length)
        .replace(/^(?:(?:[-+*]|\d+[.)])\s+)?(?:\[[ xX]\]\s+)?/, "")
        .trim();
      return indent + "- " + content;
    })
    .join("\n");
}