Markdown Checklist Action for Mac

Overview

What Markdown Checklist does

Creates one unchecked task per non-empty line, including rich-text paragraph and Shift+Enter breaks, while preserving indentation and replacing existing bullet, number, or checkbox markers.

Category	Markdown
Action type	JavaScript
Default result	Replace selected text by default
Internet	Not required

Example

Action and outcome

Markdown Checklist example
Action	Outcome
Markdown ChecklistSelected text: Plan launch - [x] Confirm date 3. Publish	- [ ] Plan launch - [ ] Confirm date - [ ] Publish

Workflow

Use Markdown Checklist

Follow these steps to turn selected lines into unchecked Markdown tasks with ActionClip.

Select the text you want to use.
Choose Markdown Checklist from ActionClip.
In editable text, ActionClip replaces the selection immediately. In read-only text, it opens the result for review and copying.

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 script

The script below is included so you can inspect how the action works before downloading it.

JavaScript definition

function run(selected_text) {
  return selected_text
    .split(/\r\n|[\n\r\u000B\u000C\u0085\u2028\u2029]/)
    .filter((line) => !/^[ \t]*$/.test(line))
    .map((line) => {
      const indent = (line.match(/^[ \t]*/) || [""])[0];
      const content = line
        .slice(indent.length)
        .replace(/^(?:(?:[-+*]|\d+[.)])\s+)?(?:\[[ xX]\]\s+)?/, "")
        .trim();
      return indent + "- [ ] " + content;
    })
    .join("\n");
}