Formatting Guide

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Checklists items

You Type	You Get
- item todo + item done ~ item in progress x item cancelled

NOTE: There should NOT be any additional tabs or spaces at the beginning of the row. Otherwise, this block renders incorrectly 🙃

Mandatory items

You Type	You Get
-! Item 1 ~! Item 2 x! Item 3 +! Item 4 -! [PASSED] Item 5 -! [IN QA] Item 6

NOTE: There should NOT be any additional tabs or spaces at the beginning of the row. Otherwise, this block renders incorrectly 🙃

Headers

You Type	You Get
# Biggest heading ## Big heading ### Heading #### Small heading ##### Smaller heading ###### Smallest heading

NOTE: There should NOT be any additional tabs or spaces at the beginning of the row. Otherwise, this block renders incorrectly 🙃

Emphasis

You Type	You Get
**bold text** _italic text_ `emphasize`

Details per item

You Type	You Get
- item todo > piece of information > that is useful for new ppl > on how to complete an item > even `with` **markdown** *support*

NOTE: There should NOT be any additional tabs or spaces at the beginning of the row. Otherwise, this block renders incorrectly 🙃

You can also easily add or remove the details by hovering over issue:

Add details	Delete details

Bullet points and Lists

You can make your checklist item details as a list or add bullet points:

You Type	You Get
- item todo > * bullet point one > * bullet point two > > * bullet point nested > 1. list item one > 2. list item two

NOTE: There should NOT be any additional tabs or spaces at the beginning of the row. Otherwise, this block renders incorrectly 🙃

Highlight date

You Type	You Get
- date in past 10-03-2022 - date in the future 10-12-2025 - today 21-06-2023

Smart Checklist also supports other date formats: 10-03-2025 10/03/2025 2025/10/03 2025-03-10

You can also easily access a calendar by typing “//”:

You Type	You Get
//

Mention or assign items to user

You Type	You Get
*just start typing @ and USER NAME
*you can mention multiple users as well

External links

You Type	You Get
- http://google.com - [link to google](http://google.com)

Links to your Jira tickets

You Type	You Get

Emoji

You Type	You Get
:

Display text in [ ]

You Type	You Get
~ \[Text in brackets\]

Images

You Type	You Get
- 

You are all set! Enjoy using Smart Checklist like a pro 😎