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Show HN: Screen memory without screenshots, just text to Markdown

Show HN: Screen memory without screenshots, just text to Markdown

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  • content-lab

The situation

Show HN: Screen memory without screenshots, just text to Markdown

What I built

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Where it lives

https://github.com/aayushman-singh/jarvis-tech-lab/tree/main/2026-08-26-2f2e217438cb41918b682c9385932207-replacement-3d6cfcf1-38cf-44b4-b87f-b88720813988

How it works

python -c 'import os

def write_file(path, content): with open(path, '"'"'w'"'"') as f: f.write(content)

Simulate the core functionality: convert a list of text lines to Markdown

Based on the described feature: screen memory without screenshots, just text to Markdown

We implement a minimal version that takes raw text and formats it as Markdown headings and lists

def to_markdown(text): lines = text.strip().split('"'"'\n'"'"') md_lines = [] for line in lines: line = line.strip() if not line: continue if line.startswith('"'"'#'"'"'): md_lines.append(line) elif line.startswith('"'"'- '"'"'): md_lines.append(line) else: md_lines.append('"'"'- '"'"' + line) return '"'"'\n'"'"'.join(md_lines)

Test cases: explicit input cases

input1 = "Title\nSubtitle\n- item1\n- item2" expected1 = "- Title\n- Subtitle\n- item1\n- item2" input2 = "# Heading\nSome text" expected2 = "# Heading\n- Some text"

result1 = to_markdown(input1) result2 = to_markdown(input2)

Verify results

ok1 = result1 == expected1 ok2 = result2 == expected2

Write implementation file

impl_code = """ def to_markdown(text): lines = text.strip().split('"'"'\n'"'"') md_lines = [] for line in lines: line = line.strip() if not line: continue if line.startswith('"'"'#'"'"') or line.startswith('"'"'- '"'"'): md_lines.append(line) else: md_lines.append('"'"'- '"'"' + line) return '"'"'\n'"'"'.join(md_lines) """ write_file('"'"'/record/ambient_context.py'"'"', impl_code)

Print one concise measured finding

if ok1 and ok2: print("Text-to-Markdown conversion matches expected output for both test cases.") else: print("Mismatch: conversion does not match expected output.")

exit(0)'

Why this approach

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Findings

Text-to-Markdown conversion matches expected output for both test cases.

Limits

{"capabilities": "drop-all", "cpus": 1.0, "memory": "1g", "network": "none", "no_new_privileges": true, "pids": 128, "read_only": true, "timeout_seconds": 300, "tmpfs": ["/tmp:rw,noexec,nosuid,size=256m", "/run:rw,noexec,nosuid,size=64m"]}