Markdown Numbered List Action for Mac

Overview

What Markdown Numbered List does

Numbers non-empty lines, preserves nesting in four-space levels, and restarts numbering inside each nested level.

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

Example

Action and outcome

Markdown Numbered List example
Action	Outcome
Markdown Numbered ListSelected text: Draft Review Publish	1. Draft 1. Review 2. Publish

Workflow

Use Markdown Numbered List

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

Select the text you want to use.
Choose Markdown Numbered 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) {
  const counters = [];
  let previousLevel = 0;
  const output = [];

  selected_text.split(/\r\n?|\n/).forEach((line) => {
    if (/^[ \t]*$/.test(line)) return;

    const originalIndent = (line.match(/^[ \t]*/) || [""])[0];
    const expandedIndent = originalIndent.replace(/\t/g, "    ");
    let level = Math.floor(expandedIndent.length / 4);
    level = Math.min(level, previousLevel + 1);

    const content = line
      .slice(originalIndent.length)
      .replace(/^(?:(?:[-+*]|\d+[.)])\s+)?(?:\[[ xX]\]\s+)?/, "")
      .trim();

    counters.length = level + 1;
    counters[level] = (counters[level] || 0) + 1;
    output.push("    ".repeat(level) + counters[level] + ". " + content);
    previousLevel = level;
  });

  return output.join("\n");
}