Discord now formats Markdown previews right

First reported by The Verge at · Updated · 2 sources

Discord's latest update released today has a big improvement for Markdown previews: they should now render correctly instead of with "a bunch of symbols," according to the company. LLMs and AI agents often rely on Markdown files for instructions and context, so these improved previews could be helpful for people sharing information about AI projects

Covered by 2 publishers within 2 hours of the first report.

Summary from The Verge.

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The Verge Discord now formats Markdown previews right · Jay Peters
TechSpot Discord improves Markdown previews, server organization, and media sharing · Ivan Franco