Markdown Utility Tools (US)

I'm building an API that unifies 6 markdown operations. Before I code more, I want to know if the pain is real. Your answers directly shape what we build.

Compensation: early access at launch (~Sep/2026) + 3 months free ($57 value). Follow @markdownscribe.com on Bluesky for updates.

1. Which best describes you?

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Vibe coder - I build apps via LLM as a cocreator (Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable, Bolt, v0)

Professional dev who uses LLM to go faster (Cursor/Copilot, but I know what I'm doing)

Both - depends on context

Other

2. In the last 30 days, how often did you edit / process .md (Markdown) files?

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Daily

A few times per week

A few times per month

Once or twice

Never

3. Which of these markdown operations did you do in the last 30 days? (check all that apply)

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Auto-generate table of contents

Validate / fix formatting (markdown lint)

Format / prettify markdown

Extract or modify frontmatter (YAML at top)

Render Mermaid diagram to image (SVG/PNG)

Convert webpage to markdown

Convert PDF to markdown

Other

None

4. Which tools did you use for those operations? (check all)

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npm libraries (e.g. remark, markdownlint, prettier)

Python libraries (e.g. markdown, mistune)

CLI tools (e.g. pandoc, markdownlint-cli)

Editor (VSCode extension, Obsidian plugin)

LLM in IDE (Cursor, Claude Code) generates the markdown

Copy-paste from Stack Overflow / ChatGPT

Manual (wrote from scratch)

Other

5. Thinking about the last time you did one of those: how long did it take?

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Less than 5 min

5-15 min

15-30 min

30 min - 1h

More than 1h

Don't remember

6. Have you or someone on your team ever paid for an API/SaaS to solve something similar?

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Yes, paying now

Yes, paid in the past but stopped

No, always use free / local solution

Don't know

7. On a 1-5 scale, how frustrating is your current markdown workflow?

8. What annoys you most about the current workflow? (pick up to 3)

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Configuring libraries is annoying

Libraries conflict between versions

LLM generates inconsistent / wrong markdown

Lack of a single tool that does multiple things

Slow performance on big files

Hard to evaluate output quality (lint without clear standard)

Hard to render Mermaid outside of GitHub

Other

Nothing bothers me