GitHub Markdown Cheat Sheet

links

[whatever you want it to say](the actual URL)

Headings

• # H1 (biggest)
• ## H2
• ### H3
• #### H4
• ##### H5
• ###### H6 (smallest)

Text Formatting

• **bold** → bold
• *italic* → italic
• ***bold and italic*** → bold and italic
• ~~strikethrough~~ → strikethrough
• `inline code` → inline code

Lists

• - item or * item → bullet list
• 1. item → numbered list
• Indent 2 spaces for sub-bullets

Links and Images

• [text](url) → clickable link
• ![alt text](image-url) → embedded image

Code Blocks

• Triple backticks ``` with language name after for syntax highlighting
• Supported: bash, python, powershell, yaml, json, etc.

Other Useful Stuff

• > → blockquote
• --- → horizontal line
• - [ ] → unchecked checkbox
• - [x] → checked checkbox
• | col | col | → table (use |---|---| for header row)