Markdown for machine readers

Markdown,
as the model reads it.

Parchmint shows the honest preview an LLM actually sees — every token, every warning — so your prompts, skill files, and docs land exactly as written. No formatting surprises at inference time.

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skill.md SPLIT

you write

---
name: honest-preview
description: what you see is what
  the model gets
---

## What the model reads

- [x] every token counted
- [ ] nothing hidden

Write **once**, ship clean.

the model reads

What the model reads

every token counted
nothing hidden

Write once, ship clean.

Whatthemodelreads·everytokencounted

1,248 tokens 0 warnings type: skill

01 — The idea

What you see is
what the model gets.

Most editors render Markdown for your eyes — pretty headings, hidden whitespace, silent assumptions. But your reader is a language model. Parchmint renders the document the way a tokenizer parses it, surfaces the token budget, and flags the structure that quietly breaks prompts. You stop guessing what the model sees. You just look.

Source

## Context
You are a **precise** editor.
- [ ] verify each claim

As tokenized

##ContextYouareapreciseeditor.verifyeachclaim

02 — What's inside

A workshop for documents
with a machine audience.

Honest preview

A render that matches what the tokenizer parses — not a prettied-up illusion. Pseudo-tags and raw HTML are shown plainly.

Token meter & warnings

Live token count as you type, with token-level warnings before a document blows past the budget you're writing for.

Lint & validate

Document-type detection plus structural linting catches the broken outlines and malformed frontmatter that quietly derail prompts.

Outline & navigation

A live outline of every heading. Jump the cursor anywhere — or right-click the preview and edit the exact line you clicked.

Mermaid · KaTeX · code

Diagrams, math, and syntax-highlighted fences render inline. Three view modes — source, split, preview — a keystroke apart.

Local-first & fast

Built on Tauri and Rust. Your files stay on disk, external changes are detected, and nothing phones home. Ever.

03 — Take it home

Download Parchmint

Free, open source, MIT-licensed. Pick your platform — every build comes from the latest release.

Windows .msi installer Unsigned — SmartScreen → “More info → Run anyway” macOS .dmg · signed & notarized Apple-notarized — opens with a double-click Linux .AppImage · .deb Runs as-is, no signing gate

Or build from source: npm install && npm run tauri build

Markdown,as the model reads it.