slack-formatter

Convert markdown to rich text and place it in the macOS clipboard so the user can Cmd+V it into Slack with formatting preserved.

When to invoke this skill

Trigger automatically when the user:

• asks to prepare/format text for Slack (any language: "для Slack", "paste to Slack", "send to Slack", "для слака", "put into pbcopy for Slack")
• has a drafted reply in markdown in the conversation and wants it copied to the clipboard for pasting somewhere that supports rich text
• explicitly asks to "put into pbcopy with formatting" / "copy as rich text"

Do not invoke when the user asks for plain text only (tldrpr already covers that case).

Input resolution

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

1. If a file path is passed — use that file.

2. Otherwise — use the most recent drafted markdown content from the conversation context (a reply, message, summary). Write it to a temp file first:

   TMPFILE=$(mktemp -t slackfmt).md
   # write conversation-drafted markdown here via Write tool
   

If no draft is available and no path given — ask the user what text to format.

Execution

Require pandoc (install via Homebrew if missing: brew install pandoc). Swift is already shipped with macOS.

Run this block, substituting $MDFILE with the resolved input path:

MDFILE="${1:?markdown file required}"
HTMLFILE="${MDFILE%.md}.html"

command -v pandoc >/dev/null || { echo "pandoc not found — brew install pandoc" >&2; exit 1; }

pandoc -f gfm -t html "$MDFILE" -o "$HTMLFILE" || exit 1

SWIFT_SCRIPT=$(mktemp -t slackfmt).swift
cat > "$SWIFT_SCRIPT" <<'SWIFT'
import AppKit
import Foundation

guard CommandLine.arguments.count >= 3 else {
    FileHandle.standardError.write("usage: pbcopy_html <htmlfile> <plainfile>\n".data(using: .utf8)!)
    exit(2)
}

guard let html = try? String(contentsOfFile: CommandLine.arguments[1], encoding: .utf8),
      let plain = try? String(contentsOfFile: CommandLine.arguments[2], encoding: .utf8) else {
    FileHandle.standardError.write("cannot read input files\n".data(using: .utf8)!)
    exit(1)
}

let pb = NSPasteboard.general
pb.clearContents()
pb.setString(html, forType: .html)
pb.setString(plain, forType: .string)
print("OK: html=\(html.count) bytes, plain=\(plain.count) bytes")
SWIFT

swift "$SWIFT_SCRIPT" "$HTMLFILE" "$MDFILE"
rm -f "$SWIFT_SCRIPT" "$HTMLFILE"