Parchmint – an honest-preview Markdown editor for prompts and skill files

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Parchmint — the Markdown editor for documents AI reads

v0.1.0 · MIT

Markdown for machine readers

Markdown,<br>as the model reads it.

Parchmint shows the honest preview an LLM actually sees —<br>every token, every warning — so your prompts, skill files, and docs land<br>exactly as written. No formatting surprises at inference time.

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Free & open source · Local-first · No account, no telemetry

HonestPreview

skill.md<br>SPLIT

you write

name: honest-preview<br>description: what you see is what<br>the model gets

## What the model reads

- [x] every token counted<br>- [ ] nothing hidden

Write **once**, ship clean.

the model reads

What the model reads

every token counted

nothing hidden

Write once , ship clean.

Whatthemodelreads·everytokencounted

1,248 tokens<br>0 warnings<br>type: skill

01 — The idea

What you see is<br>what the model gets.

Most editors render Markdown for your eyes — pretty headings, hidden<br>whitespace, silent assumptions. But your reader is a language model. Parchmint<br>renders the document the way a tokenizer parses it, surfaces the token budget,<br>and flags the structure that quietly breaks prompts. You stop guessing what the<br>model sees. You just look.

Source<br>## Context<br>You are a **precise** editor.<br>- [ ] verify each claim

As tokenized

##ContextYouareapreciseeditor.verifyeachclaim

02 — What's inside

A workshop for documents<br>with a machine audience.

01<br>Honest preview

A render that matches what the tokenizer parses — not a prettied-up illusion. Pseudo-tags and raw HTML are shown plainly.

02<br>Token meter & warnings

Live token count as you type, with token-level warnings before a document blows past the budget you're writing for.

03<br>Lint & validate

Document-type detection plus structural linting catches the broken outlines and malformed frontmatter that quietly derail prompts.

04<br>Outline & navigation

A live outline of every heading. Jump the cursor anywhere — or right-click the preview and edit the exact line you clicked.

05<br>Mermaid · KaTeX · code

Diagrams, math, and syntax-highlighted fences render inline. Three view modes — source, split, preview — a keystroke apart.

06<br>Local-first & fast

Built on Tauri and Rust. Your files stay on disk, external changes are detected, and nothing phones home. Ever.

03 — Take it home

Download Parchmint

Free, open source, MIT-licensed. Pick your platform — every build comes from the latest release.

Windows<br>.msi installer<br>Unsigned — SmartScreen → “More info → Run anyway”

macOS<br>.dmg · signed & notarized<br>Apple-notarized — opens with a double-click

Linux<br>.AppImage · .deb<br>Runs as-is, no signing gate

Or build from source: npm install && npm run tauri build

© 2026 Abu Mazher Uddin. Released under the MIT License.

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