Markdown Templates
Copy-ready starting points for documentation, work, learning, content, planning, travel, and professional use.
How to use a Markdown template
- 1. Choose a structure. Pick the template that matches the document you need, not just its industry.
- 2. Copy and customize. Replace placeholders, remove irrelevant sections, and add the facts your reader needs.
- 3. Preview or export. Open it in the Markdown editor, then convert it to HTML or PDF if needed.
Original mdkit templates may be adapted for personal or commercial projects under the template terms.
Software Development Markdown templates
Markdown templates for project READMEs, API documentation, changelogs, and evidence-based project post-mortems.
Project README
Document a software project with prerequisites, installation, usage, configuration, testing, support, contribution, and license sections.
API Documentation
Describe API authentication, endpoints, requests, responses, errors, pagination, and rate limits with copyable Markdown examples.
Changelog
Maintain an Unreleased section and versioned Added, Changed, Deprecated, Removed, Fixed, and Security entries with migration notes.
Project Post-Mortem
Review a completed project against its plan using evidence, impact, contributing factors, lessons, and owned follow-up actions.
Work & Productivity Markdown templates
Markdown templates for weekly status reports and meeting minutes with decisions, owners, deadlines, and follow-up.
Business & Strategy Markdown templates
Markdown templates for SWOT analysis, product requirements documents, and research-based user personas.
SWOT Analysis
Assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats with evidence and priority, then turn findings into testable strategic actions.
Product Requirements Document (PRD)
Define a product problem, users, goals, scope, requirements, acceptance criteria, metrics, dependencies, risks, rollout, and open questions.
Research-Based User Persona
Synthesize user research into behaviors, context, jobs to be done, needs, barriers, evidence, and confidence without demographic stereotypes.
Education & Learning Markdown templates
Markdown templates for Cornell notes, research paper abstracts, and multi-source literature reviews.
Cornell Notes
Take Cornell-style notes in Markdown with a learning objective, cue questions, detailed notes, a summary, and prompts for active review.
Research Paper Abstract
Draft a structured research abstract with background, objective, methods, results, conclusion, keywords, and journal-specific checks.
Literature Review
Plan and write a true literature review with scope, search method, synthesis matrix, themes, debates, methods, gaps, conclusion, and bibliography.
Content Creation Markdown templates
Markdown templates for blog briefs and drafts, scene-level video scripts, and maintainable FAQ pages.
Blog Post Brief and Draft
Create a blog content brief and draft with audience, search intent, thesis, sources, outline, media, internal links, editing checks, and CTA.
Video Script
Plan a video by audience and outcome with timed scenes, visuals, voiceover, on-screen text, B-roll, sound, and platform variants.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Build an accurate FAQ with categories, H2 questions, concise answers, documentation links, ownership, and a scheduled review date.
Personal Management Markdown templates
Markdown templates for daily planning, genuine monthly habit tracking, and gift ideas, status, and budgets.
Daily Planner
Plan priorities, a full-day schedule, appointments, flexible backlog tasks, notes, and an end-of-day review in one Markdown page.
Monthly Habit Tracker
Track habits across every date in a month with goals, frequency, a readable daily log, weekly checks, totals, and a monthly review.
Gift List
Track gift ideas by recipient, occasion, deadline, URL, cost, and ordered, received, wrapped, and given status with a budget summary.
Lifestyle & Health Markdown templates
Markdown templates for seven-day meal planning, detailed travel itineraries, and repeatable recipe records.
Weekly Meal Plan
Plan all seven days with meals, servings, prep, leftovers, a pantry check, grouped grocery list, and household allergen notes.
Travel Itinerary
Organize a trip with timed daily plans, transport, addresses, confirmations, budget, packing, time-zone, and emergency information.
Recipe
Record a repeatable recipe with total time, yield, cuisine, allergens, equipment, grouped ingredients, doneness, substitutions, storage, and sources.
Career & Professional Markdown templates
A plain, ATS-oriented Markdown resume template for verified experience, projects, skills, education, and certifications.