[Maid] Write Tasks in Markdown with Maid

Maid enables you to write your tasks in Markdown. Create a maidfile.md or a README.mdthen add Headers to list out your tasks with codeblocks including the tasks to run. This lesson walks you through creating a few tasks in either a maidfile.md or a README.md and how to execute the tasks from the command line.

Install:

npm install maid --save-dev

Create a maidfile.md

## hello

```bash
echo "hi"
```

Then run:

npx maid hello

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A more realworld example can be that we can use maid to run build process

Install:

npm i -D parcel

## build

```bash
npx parcel build index.html
```

## dev

```bash
npx parcel index.html
```

npx maid build

npx maid dev

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We can also run another task before or after the build task:

## build

Run task `start`.

Run task `end` after.

```bash
npx parcel build index.html
```

## dev

```bash
npx parcel index.html
```

## start

```js
console.log("task start")
```

## end

```js
console.log("task end")
```

---

Add description for the tasks:

## build

This build the project

Run task `start`.

Run task `end` after.

```bash
npx parcel build index.html
```

## dev

This is for development

```bash
npx parcel index.html
```

## start

This run before the build

```js
console.log("task start")
```

## end

This run after the build

```js
console.log("task end")
```

Run:

npx maid help

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Using README.md:

in README file, we just need to add

<!-- maid-tasks -->

Before the tasks we want to run, and all those tasks should have "###".

# DEMOs

    * mdx-deck
    *react-live
    *maid

## Tasks
<!-- maid-tasks -->

### build

This build the project

Run task `start`.

Run task `end` after.

```bash
npx parcel build index.html
```

### dev

This is for development

```bash
npx parcel index.html
```

### start

This run before the build

```js
console.log("task start")
```

### end

This run after the build

```js
console.log("task end")
```

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