# Basics of Markdown + AI for Reporting

## Markdown for Reporting: Some Reasons Why
* hierarchical structure maintains clear organization and reflects priorities
* fewer formatting options = better compatibility across platforms and less decision fatigue for teams
* structured input for workflows, e.g., working with LLMs, as well as stuctured output
* no need to make lots of decisions about fonts, etc.!

[Here](/6L6F7vYTRDK48-_kIWZ4Zw) is ChatGPT 5.1's more complete answer to "why"
ChatGPT

## Markdown: Some Basics

[*please feel free to use + bookmark this cheat sheet!*](https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/)

some highlights to cover:
* public v private
* view modes
* formatting bar
* embedding images
* embedding videos

### very helpful tip:
*Enable "Copy/Paste from Markdown" in google docs by going to Tools > Preferences > Enable Markdown*
## Activity

First, make sure you've enabled "Copy/Paste from Markdown". Then, check out this
[google doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J3sBXylb3iyEBoZNsCFnck3TaNV63ozriKvT5nM8uTE/edit?tab=t.0) out and copy the template that's there. Then, meet us back in our [bok-collective-doc](/yE6IlrDLSdq29Romr-wcvw) to add your entry.

## Workflow for Reporting Demo
* open mp4 in quicktime > export as audio
* drop audio file into slack > generate transcript
* drop transcript into gpt with prompt > get a paragraph
* paragraph into hackmd > report!