opensafely-core / opensafely-core/opencodelists
Markdown not supported in codelist descriptions
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Description
I noticed some codelists with markdown descriptions but this doesn't look to be supported. E.g. this codelist.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting the linked Pharmacy First codelist and tracing how its descriptions are displayed. Confirm the desired Markdown behavior from the existing description output, then verify that Markdown-formatted codelist descriptions render correctly without breaking plain text.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- content
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100