The details
Markdown is a simple text format that large language models and AI agents often use for instructions and context, so these files are common in AI projects. Until now, Discord showed them with their formatting symbols visible. The same update adds a “Move to…” option, reached by right-clicking a sidebar icon, to help people organise servers and channels. Google has also improved its Markdown support, recently letting users edit Markdown files directly in Docs without converting them first.
Why it matters
Small fixes like this show how AI workflows are reshaping everyday software. As agents rely on plain-text instruction files, chat and document tools are adding proper support for them. That makes Markdown a shared format for people and machines alike, and puts pressure on other platforms to follow so teams can read and review agent files where they already talk.