# Makedown Task Runner

> Extracts executable task definitions from Markdown files and runs them as shell pipelines, parsing fenced code blocks with task metadata annotations and managing dependencies between tasks.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/makedown-task-runner` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/makedown-task-runner`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/makedown-task-runner/raw
- Safety review: CAUTION (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing, DevOps & Infra, CI/CD, Technical Writing
- Tags: Dependencies, Markdown, Shell Pipelines, Task Runner
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-08-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/makedown-task-runner

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# Makedown Task Runner

Extracts executable task definitions from Markdown files and runs them as shell pipelines. Parses fenced code blocks with task metadata annotations and manages dependencies between tasks.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- There are also package.json scripts in node.js world, but users are forced
- It is implemented in Python for portability reasons, since most Unix-like
- systems already have a Python interpreter installed.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- to run them from terminal.
- Here is [DEMO.md](./DEMO.md) file with examples of usage.

- Source: https://github.com/tzador/makedown
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tzador/makedown/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/tzador/makedown#readme

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/makedown-task-runner/)