markdown() when you want to send styled text written in standard markdown. Spectrum supports CommonMark plus GFM tables and strikethrough.
Each platform renders markdown to its native format. Telegram uses parse_mode: "HTML". iMessage in remote mode uses UTF-16 styled text formatting ranges. Platforms without native markdown support receive readable plain text through the send pipeline’s automatic fallback.
Streaming markdown
markdown() accepts a stream source, just like text(). Markdown streams render progressively on platforms with native support. Everywhere else, the accumulated text falls back through the markdown pipeline instead of surfacing raw ** markers.
text content regardless of platform formatting.