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[component] htmlmark — HTML ↔ Markdown conversion

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#13 opened on May 1, 2026

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Description

Goal

Component to transform HTML (document or fragment) into clean Markdown, ideally focused on main-article/body (like Mozilla Readability). Optionally: Markdown → HTML.

Scope/Features

  • Parse HTML, extract main content, output Markdown (GFM)
  • Optionally: also support Markdown → HTML rendering
  • No network; pure function

Rough WIT shape

  • extract(input: string) -> result<string, error>
  • render(md: string) -> result<string, error> (optional)

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Research the readability crate for HTML to Markdown conversion and pulldown cmark for Markdown to HTML. Explore how to implement the extract and render functions as a pure Wasm component without network access.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
api
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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Rust
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70