# Command line Markify includes a separate `markify` command for scripts. `check` and `export` run without opening an editor window; `view` opens Markdown in the app. After installing the app, find it at `/Applications/Markify.app/Contents/Helpers/markify`. If you installed Markify elsewhere, use the matching path inside that app. To call it as `markify` from any folder, link it into a directory on your `PATH`: ```sh ln -s /Applications/Markify.app/Contents/Helpers/markify /usr/local/bin/markify markify --help ``` If you build from source, run `swift build -c release --package-path MarkifyCLI`; the executable is in `MarkifyCLI/.build/release/markify`. ## Read a report ```sh markify view report.md --title 'Architecture review' pbpaste | markify view - --title 'Agent report' --base "$PWD" ``` `markify view [FILE | -] [--title TITLE] [--base DIRECTORY]` opens UTF-8 Markdown as a new, untitled document in the Rendered lens. Omit FILE or use `-` to read stdin. The source file is never changed. Press ⌘S to save the new document. Relative images and links use the input file's parent directory, or the current directory for stdin. `--base` overrides that with an existing directory. Without `--title`, the document uses its frontmatter title or first heading. The private cache envelope, including metadata, must fit within 10 MiB; invalid UTF-8 is rejected. Exit status 0 means macOS accepted the app launch request, rather than confirming rendering. Input, cache, and launch errors return 1; invalid arguments return 2. See [Coding agents](https://spaquet.github.io/markify/help/coding-agents.md) for plugin installation and clipboard use. ## Validate a knowledge bundle ```sh markify check path/to/bundle ``` The command reads the folder without changing it. Each finding includes its file path, severity and message. It exits with status 0 if there are no errors. Warnings and information are printed but do not fail the command. Errors, unreadable files and invalid paths return a nonzero status. For a CI job, add a step such as: ```sh /Applications/Markify.app/Contents/Helpers/markify check knowledge/ ``` ## Export HTML ```sh markify export notes/example.md --html --output public/example.html ``` The output folder must exist. The command writes a self-contained HTML page, embeds local images, and rewrites links to other files relative to the output page. It accepts `.md`, `.markdown` and `.mdx` files. It leaves the source file unchanged and reports read or write failures on stderr with a nonzero status. The CLI renders math as LaTeX code and Mermaid fences as code blocks. Use the app's HTML export when you need their SVG rendering or syntax-colored code. Run `markify --help` for the full syntax and exit status. To open a file in the editor from Terminal, use `open -a Markify file.md`.