Medium Article Converter

Convert blog posts to Medium-ready format with proper HTML structure and image handling.

Usage: $ARGUMENTS Examples:

/publisher:medium my-post           # Default English
/publisher:medium my-post ja        # Japanese
/publisher:medium article.md        # From file path
/publisher:medium https://blog.com/post  # From URL

Process:

• Parse Input & Detect Source

- File path, URL, or blog post slug

- Optional language parameter (en/ja)

• Universal Input Detection

- File: Read markdown, PDF, HTML, or text

- URL: WebFetch to retrieve content

- Slug: Search codebase for blog post

• Convert to Medium Format

- Parse markdown and extract frontmatter

- Convert to clean HTML suitable for Medium

- Preserve headers, lists, code blocks, quotes

- Add image upload markers for diagrams

- Include image paths for easy upload reference

• Create HTML Preview File

- Generate medium-article-[LANG].html preview

- Include one-click copy button

- Add image upload instructions with file paths

- Use Medium-style formatting and colors

• Open in Browser

- Open HTML preview file

- Open Medium editor (https://medium.com/new-story)

- User can copy HTML and paste into Medium

- Follow image markers to upload diagrams

Output:

• HTML preview file with copy button
• Clear image upload markers
• File paths shown for each image
• Ready to paste into Medium editor

Note: Works universally - no dependencies required, just Read, Write, and Bash tools.