Output formats

A profile’s format shapes the text before the template wraps it. Pick one in the profile editor under Shape the text › Format; the editor shows a live preview.

The formats
What each looks like

The formats#

Format	What it does
Plain text (default)	The text as cleaned up.
Single line	Line breaks become spaces. Good for terminals and chat inputs that send on Return, so a line break never sends half a prompt.
Code block	Wrapped in a ``` fenced block (```` if the text already contains ```).
Markdown quote	Each line starts with “> ”.
Shell-quoted	One safely single-quoted argument, ready for a shell command.
JSON string	A JSON string literal, quotes and escapes included.

Formats run after snippets and before the template, so a template like echo {{text}} with Shell-quoted is safe to run.

What each looks like#

For the dictation “Don't break the build.” followed by a new line and “Then run the tests.”:

Single line

Don't break the build. Then run the tests.

Code block

```
Don't break the build.
Then run the tests.
```

Markdown quote

> Don't break the build.
> Then run the tests.

Shell-quoted

'Don'\''t break the build.
Then run the tests.'

JSON string

"Don't break the build.\nThen run the tests."