Overview
Panorama Markdown is a lightweight dialect for writing academic papers and representing parsed PDF papers in Markdown. It is designed to be friendly to LLMs while staying simple and comfortable for people to write.
Markdown defines the content, while layout and styling stay separate. Each paper lives in a flat directory with content.md, optional BibTeX references, and figure or table assets. The current tooling can export APA-style PDFs, with support for additional styles planned.
Capabilities
Built on Standard Markdown
Headings, paragraphs, lists, links, footnotes, and emphasis stay familiar so writing and collaboration remain straightforward.
YAML Front Matter
Capture titles, authors, abstracts, and keywords as structured metadata without repeating them in the body.
Citations and BibTeX
Insert citations with :cite and render a bibliography from references.bib via a ::references block.
Figures and Tables
Import figures and tables with directive syntax instead of embedding layout noise directly in the manuscript.
Cross-References
Link labeled sections, figures, and tables with :ref so the source stays readable and portable.
PDF Typesetting
Export APA-style PDFs from the same Markdown source, keeping content separate from layout and styling.
Agent Collaboration
Use the editor Agent button to copy prompts for Codex or Claude and work on the paper with your AI assistant.
Local First
Open a paper directory on your machine, edit locally, and export without accounts or cloud lock-in.