From 7e2d801ffc5071d68b07a30c06d8a3f97ce58e62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Aleksander W. Oleszkiewicz (Alek)"
 <24917047+alekwo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:51:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Implement markdown conversion for Slack messages

Add markdown conversion for Slack messages including italics, bold, and table formatting.
---
 nanobot/channels/slack.py | 114 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 113 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nanobot/channels/slack.py b/nanobot/channels/slack.py
index be95dd2..7298435 100644
--- a/nanobot/channels/slack.py
+++ b/nanobot/channels/slack.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class SlackChannel(BaseChannel):
             use_thread = thread_ts and channel_type != "im"
             await self._web_client.chat_postMessage(
                 channel=msg.chat_id,
-                text=msg.content or "",
+                text=self._convert_markdown(msg.content) or "",
                 thread_ts=thread_ts if use_thread else None,
             )
         except Exception as e:
@@ -203,3 +203,115 @@ class SlackChannel(BaseChannel):
         if not text or not self._bot_user_id:
             return text
         return re.sub(rf"<@{re.escape(self._bot_user_id)}>\s*", "", text).strip()
+
+    def _convert_markdown(self, text: str) -> str:
+        if not text:
+            return text
+        def convert_formatting(input: str) -> str:
+            # Convert italics
+            # Step 1: *text* -> _text_
+            converted_text = re.sub(
+                r"(?m)(^|[^\*])\*([^\*].+?[^\*])\*([^\*]|$)", r"\1_\2_\3", input)
+            # Convert bold
+            # Step 2.a: **text** -> *text*
+            converted_text = re.sub(
+                r"(?m)(^|[^\*])\*\*([^\*].+?[^\*])\*\*([^\*]|$)", r"\1*\2*\3", converted_text)
+            # Step 2.b: __text__ -> *text*
+            converted_text = re.sub(
+                r"(?m)(^|[^_])__([^_].+?[^_])__([^_]|$)", r"\1*\2*\3", converted_text)
+            # convert bold italics
+            # Step 3.a: ***text*** -> *_text_*
+            converted_text = re.sub(
+                r"(?m)(^|[^\*])\*\*\*([^\*].+?[^\*])\*\*\*([^\*]|$)", r"\1*_\2_*\3", converted_text)
+            # Step 3.b - ___text___ to *_text_*
+            converted_text = re.sub(
+                r"(?m)(^|[^_])___([^_].+?[^_])___([^_]|$)", r"\1*_\2_*\3", converted_text)
+            return converted_text
+        def escape_mrkdwn(text: str) -> str:
+            return (text.replace('&', '&amp;')
+                     .replace('<', '&lt;')
+                     .replace('>', '&gt;'))
+        def convert_table(match: re.Match) -> str:
+            # Slack doesn't support Markdown tables
+            # Convert table to bulleted list with sections
+            # -- input_md:
+            # Some text before the table.
+            # | Col1 | Col2 | Col3 |
+            # |-----|----------|------|
+            # | Row1 - A | Row1 - B | Row1 - C |
+            # | Row2 - D | Row2 - E | Row2 - F |
+            #
+            # Some text after the table.
+            # 
+            # -- will be converted to:
+            # Some text before the table.
+            # > *Col1* : Row1 - A
+            #   • *Col2*: Row1 - B
+            #   • *Col3*: Row1 - C
+            # > *Col1* : Row2 - D
+            #   • *Col2*: Row2 - E
+            #   • *Col3*: Row2 - F
+            #
+            # Some text after the table.
+            
+            block = match.group(0).strip()
+            lines = [line.strip()
+                     for line in block.split('\n') if line.strip()]
+
+            if len(lines) < 2:
+                return block
+
+            # 1. Parse Headers from the first line
+            # Split by pipe, filtering out empty start/end strings caused by outer pipes
+            header_line = lines[0].strip('|')
+            headers = [escape_mrkdwn(h.strip())
+                       for h in header_line.split('|')]
+
+            # 2. Identify Data Start (Skip Separator)
+            data_start_idx = 1
+            # If line 2 contains only separator chars (|-: ), skip it
+            if len(lines) > 1 and not re.search(r'[^|\-\s:]', lines[1]):
+                data_start_idx = 2
+
+            # 3. Process Data Rows
+            slack_lines = []
+            for line in lines[data_start_idx:]:
+                # Clean and split cells
+                clean_line = line.strip('|')
+                cells = [escape_mrkdwn(c.strip())
+                         for c in clean_line.split('|')]
+
+                # Normalize cell count to match headers
+                if len(cells) < len(headers):
+                    cells += [''] * (len(headers) - len(cells))
+                cells = cells[:len(headers)]
+
+                # Skip empty rows
+                if not any(cells):
+                    continue
+
+                # Key is the first column
+                key = cells[0]
+                label = headers[0]
+                slack_lines.append(
+                    f"> *{label}* : {key}" if key else "> *{label}* : --")
+
+                # Sub-bullets for remaining columns
+                for i, cell in enumerate(cells[1:], 1):
+                    if cell:
+                        label = headers[i] if i < len(headers) else "Col"
+                        slack_lines.append(f"  • *{label}*: {cell}")
+
+                slack_lines.append("")  # Spacer between items
+
+            return "\n".join(slack_lines).rstrip()
+
+        # (?m) : Multiline mode so ^ matches start of line and $ end of line
+        # ^\| : Start of line and a literal pipe
+        # .*?\|$ : Rest of the line and a pipe at the end
+        # (?:\n(?:\|\:?-{3,}\:?)*?\|$) : A heading line with at least three dashes in each column, pipes, and : e.g. |:---|----|:---:|
+        # (?:\n\|.*?\|$)* : Zero or more subsequent lines that ALSO start and end with a pipe
+        table_pattern = r'(?m)^\|.*?\|$(?:\n(?:\|\:?-{3,}\:?)*?\|$)(?:\n\|.*?\|$)*'
+
+        input_md = convert_formatting(text)
+        return re.sub(table_pattern, convert_table, input_md)