Turn an XML document into nested Markdown bullets that are easy to read.
How to use the XML → Markdown
- Paste XML.
- Copy the Markdown outline.
Good for
Reading feeds, sitemaps and config files at a glance.
How the outline is built
Every element becomes a bullet with its tag name in bold. Attributes follow in italics inside brackets, such as (tier="pro"). An element with only text gets that text after a colon. Child elements are indented under their parent, so the depth of the outline matches the depth of the document. Namespace prefixes such as content: or xhtml: stay part of the tag name. The XML declaration at the top is skipped, and the word count of the result shows above the output.
Errors and limits
If the XML isn't well formed you see the parser's first error instead of output. The usual causes are a missing closing tag, an unescaped & (write &), or text pasted before the opening <?xml line. Text that sits directly inside an element that also has child elements isn't shown, so documents that mix prose and tags (such as XHTML) read better through HTML to Markdown. Large feeds produce long outlines; paste a single item to see its structure first.