Exporting ChatGPT Responses to Markdown

Sometimes, I want to save a ChatGPT response in Joplin, my preferred note-taking application. The format used by Joplin is Markdown.

I searched the internet in vain for a way to get Markdown from a ChatGPT conversation. Then I realized the solution was actually very simple: just ask ChatGPT directly to export the response in Markdown:

User: How to export the above answer in markdown? ChatGPT: You can copy and paste the following Markdown-formatted version of my answer into a Markdown-supported editor or document. …

You can even customize the output to match a specific Markdown style. For example, in Joplin, LaTeX formulas can be added to Markdown by enclosing them in $$.

User: Can you export it to markdown format that can be used in Joplin? ChatGPT: Sure! Below is the Markdown version formatted specifically for Joplin, which supports standard Markdown and LaTeX for equations. …

If the answer contains code blocks, you have to explicitely ask ChatGPT to escape them:

User: Please add appropriate escapes to prevent rendering the markdown answer in the ChatGPT window. ChatGPT: Below is the Markdown version of the answer with escaped triple backticks. By replacing the escaped versions with the triple backticks, you get the original markdown.