FormatPilot VS Code Extension

🚀 Convert text between multiple formats (Markdown ↔ LinkedIn ↔ HTML) directly in VS Code!

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Simple and fast text conversion between Markdown, LinkedIn, and HTML formats. No external dependencies, pure TypeScript implementation!

✨ Features

• 🔄 Multiple Conversions: Markdown → LinkedIn, Markdown → HTML, HTML → Markdown
• ⚡ Lightning Fast: Native TypeScript implementation, no Python dependencies
• 🎯 Context Menu: Right-click on selected text for quick conversion
• 📱 LinkedIn Optimized: Proper formatting for LinkedIn posts with character warnings
• 🌐 HTML Ready: Clean HTML output with proper tags
• 📝 Markdown Compatible: Converts HTML back to clean Markdown

🚀 Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for "FormatPilot"
4. Click Install
5. Start converting text!

🎯 How to Use

Quick Conversion

1. Select any text in your editor
2. Right-click → "🚀 FormatPilot" → Choose conversion type
3. Done! Your text is converted instantly

Available Commands

• FormatPilot: Convert Text - Shows conversion options
• FormatPilot: Convert to LinkedIn - Direct Markdown → LinkedIn
• FormatPilot: Convert to HTML - Direct Markdown → HTML
• FormatPilot: Convert to Markdown - Direct HTML → Markdown

📋 Examples

Markdown → LinkedIn

Input:

# My Great Post
This is **important** text with *emphasis*.
- Point 1
- Point 2
Check out [my website](https://example.com)

Output:

MY GREAT POST
This is IMPORTANT text with emphasis.
• Point 1
• Point 2
Check out my website (https://example.com)

Markdown → HTML

Input:

## Header
**Bold** and *italic* text
- List item

Output:

<h2>Header</h2>
<p><strong>Bold</strong> and <em>italic</em> text</p>
<ul>
  <li>List item</li>
</ul>

HTML → Markdown

Input:

<h1>Title</h1>
<p><strong>Bold</strong> text</p>
<ul><li>Item</li></ul>

Output:

# Title
**Bold** text
- Item

🔧 Features Detail

LinkedIn Conversion

• Removes Markdown formatting (LinkedIn doesn't support it)
• Converts bold text to UPPERCASE
• Converts lists to bullet points (•)
• Formats links as "text (url)"
• Warns if text exceeds 3000 characters

HTML Conversion

• Preserves all formatting as HTML tags
• Handles nested lists properly
• Converts code blocks to <pre><code>
• Maintains link structure

Markdown Conversion

• Cleans HTML tags back to Markdown syntax
• Handles complex nested structures
• Preserves links and images
• Decodes HTML entities

🛠️ Development

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/rafa-mori/formatpilot-vscode.git
cd formatpilot-vscode
npm install
npm run compile

Package Extension

npm run package

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues or pull requests.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/new-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

MIT © Rafael Mori

💌 Contact

• GitHub
• Email

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Made with ❤️ by Rafael Mori