fix: add per-channel markdown table conversion (#1495) (thanks @odysseus0)

Tables render poorly in Telegram (pipes stripped, whitespace collapses).
This adds a 'tableMode' option to markdownToIR that converts tables to
nested bullet points, which render cleanly on mobile.

- Add tableMode: 'flat' | 'bullets' to MarkdownParseOptions
- Track table state during token rendering
- Render tables as bullet points with first column as row labels
- Apply bold styling to row labels for visual hierarchy
- Enable tableMode: 'bullets' for Telegram formatter

Closes #TBD

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ Docs: https://docs.clawd.bot
 
 ## 2026.1.23
 
+### Changes
+- CLI: restart the gateway by default after `clawdbot update`; add `--no-restart` to skip it.
+- Markdown: add per-channel table conversion (bullets for Signal/WhatsApp, code blocks elsewhere). (#1495) Thanks @odysseus0.
+
 ### Fixes
 - Media: preserve PNG alpha when possible; fall back to JPEG when still over size cap. (#1491) Thanks @robbyczgw-cla.
 - Agents: treat plugin-only tool allowlists as opt-ins; keep core tools enabled. (#1467)
-- Daemon: prefer symlinked CLI paths to keep service configs stable. (#1505) Thanks @odysseus0.
 
 ## 2026.1.22
 

docs/cli/update.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-summary: "CLI reference for `clawdbot update` (safe-ish source update + optional gateway restart)"
+summary: "CLI reference for `clawdbot update` (safe-ish source update + gateway auto-restart)"
 read_when:
   - You want to update a source checkout safely
   - You need to understand `--update` shorthand behavior
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ clawdbot update wizard
 clawdbot update --channel beta
 clawdbot update --channel dev
 clawdbot update --tag beta
-clawdbot update --restart
+clawdbot update --no-restart
 clawdbot update --json
 clawdbot --update
 ```
 
 ## Options
 
-- `--restart`: restart the Gateway service after a successful update.
+- `--no-restart`: skip restarting the Gateway service after a successful update.
 - `--channel <stable|beta|dev>`: set the update channel (git + npm; persisted in config).
 - `--tag <dist-tag|version>`: override the npm dist-tag or version for this update only.
 - `--json`: print machine-readable `UpdateRunResult` JSON.
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ Options:
 ## `update wizard`
 
 Interactive flow to pick an update channel and confirm whether to restart the Gateway
-after updating. If you select `dev` without a git checkout, it offers to create one.
+after updating (default is to restart). If you select `dev` without a git checkout, it
+offers to create one.
 
 ## What it does
 

docs/concepts/markdown-formatting.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ stay consistent across channels.
 1. **Parse Markdown -> IR**
    - IR is plain text plus style spans (bold/italic/strike/code/spoiler) and link spans.
    - Offsets are UTF-16 code units so Signal style ranges align with its API.
+   - Tables are parsed only when a channel opts into table conversion.
 2. **Chunk IR (format-first)**
    - Chunking happens on the IR text before rendering.
    - Inline formatting does not split across chunks; spans are sliced per chunk.
@@ -59,7 +60,30 @@ IR (schematic):
 
 - Slack, Telegram, and Signal outbound adapters render from the IR.
 - Other channels (WhatsApp, iMessage, MS Teams, Discord) still use plain text or
-  their own formatting rules.
+  their own formatting rules, with Markdown table conversion applied before
+  chunking when enabled.
+
+## Table handling
+
+Markdown tables are not consistently supported across chat clients. Use
+`markdown.tables` to control conversion per channel (and per account).
+
+- `code`: render tables as code blocks (default for most channels).
+- `bullets`: convert each row into bullet points (default for Signal + WhatsApp).
+- `off`: disable table parsing and conversion; raw table text passes through.
+
+Config keys:
+
+```yaml
+channels:
+  discord:
+    markdown:
+      tables: code
+    accounts:
+      work:
+        markdown:
+          tables: off
+```
 
 ## Chunking rules
 

docs/install/updating.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ read_when:
 
 # Updating
 
-Clawdbot is moving fast (pre “1.0”). Treat updates like shipping infra: update → run checks → restart → verify.
+Clawdbot is moving fast (pre “1.0”). Treat updates like shipping infra: update → run checks → restart (or use `clawdbot update`, which restarts) → verify.
 
 ## Recommended: re-run the website installer (upgrade in place)
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Notes:
 For **source installs** (git checkout), prefer:
 
 ```bash
-clawdbot update --restart
+clawdbot update
 ```
 
 It runs a safe-ish update flow:
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ It runs a safe-ish update flow:
 - Switches to the selected channel (tag or branch).
 - Fetches + rebases against the configured upstream (dev channel).
 - Installs deps, builds, builds the Control UI, and runs `clawdbot doctor`.
+- Restarts the gateway by default (use `--no-restart` to skip).
 
 If you installed via **npm/pnpm** (no git metadata), `clawdbot update` will try to update via your package manager. If it can’t detect the install, use “Update (global install)” instead.
 

extensions/bluebubbles/src/config-schema.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { MarkdownConfigSchema } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 const allowFromEntry = z.union([z.string(), z.number()]);
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ const bluebubblesGroupConfigSchema = z.object({
 const bluebubblesAccountSchema = z.object({
   name: z.string().optional(),
   enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+  markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
   serverUrl: z.string().optional(),
   password: z.string().optional(),
   webhookPath: z.string().optional(),

extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor.test.ts

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ function createMockRuntime(): PluginRuntime {
         chunkText: vi.fn() as unknown as PluginRuntime["channel"]["text"]["chunkText"],
         resolveTextChunkLimit: vi.fn(() => 4000) as unknown as PluginRuntime["channel"]["text"]["resolveTextChunkLimit"],
         hasControlCommand: mockHasControlCommand as unknown as PluginRuntime["channel"]["text"]["hasControlCommand"],
+        resolveMarkdownTableMode: vi.fn(() => "code") as unknown as PluginRuntime["channel"]["text"]["resolveMarkdownTableMode"],
+        convertMarkdownTables: vi.fn((text: string) => text) as unknown as PluginRuntime["channel"]["text"]["convertMarkdownTables"],
       },
       reply: {
         dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher: mockDispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher as unknown as PluginRuntime["channel"]["reply"]["dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher"],

extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor.ts

@@ -1662,9 +1662,15 @@ async function processMessage(
               ? [payload.mediaUrl]
               : [];
           if (mediaList.length > 0) {
+            const tableMode = core.channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+              cfg: config,
+              channel: "bluebubbles",
+              accountId: account.accountId,
+            });
+            const text = core.channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(payload.text ?? "", tableMode);
             let first = true;
             for (const mediaUrl of mediaList) {
-              const caption = first ? payload.text : undefined;
+              const caption = first ? text : undefined;
               first = false;
               const result = await sendBlueBubblesMedia({
                 cfg: config,
@@ -1686,8 +1692,14 @@ async function processMessage(
             account.config.textChunkLimit && account.config.textChunkLimit > 0
               ? account.config.textChunkLimit
               : DEFAULT_TEXT_LIMIT;
-          const chunks = core.channel.text.chunkMarkdownText(payload.text ?? "", textLimit);
+          const tableMode = core.channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
-          if (!chunks.length && payload.text) chunks.push(payload.text);
+            cfg: config,
+            channel: "bluebubbles",
+            accountId: account.accountId,
+          });
+          const text = core.channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(payload.text ?? "", tableMode);
+          const chunks = core.channel.text.chunkMarkdownText(text, textLimit);
+          if (!chunks.length && text) chunks.push(text);
           if (!chunks.length) return;
           for (const chunk of chunks) {
             const result = await sendMessageBlueBubbles(outboundTarget, chunk, {

extensions/matrix/src/config-schema.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { MarkdownConfigSchema } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 const allowFromEntry = z.union([z.string(), z.number()]);
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ const matrixRoomSchema = z
 export const MatrixConfigSchema = z.object({
   name: z.string().optional(),
   enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+  markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
   homeserver: z.string().optional(),
   userId: z.string().optional(),
   accessToken: z.string().optional(),

extensions/matrix/src/matrix/monitor/handler.ts

@@ -548,6 +548,11 @@ export function createMatrixRoomMessageHandler(params: MatrixMonitorHandlerParam
       }
 
       let didSendReply = false;
+      const tableMode = core.channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+        cfg,
+        channel: "matrix",
+        accountId: route.accountId,
+      });
       const { dispatcher, replyOptions, markDispatchIdle } =
         core.channel.reply.createReplyDispatcherWithTyping({
           responsePrefix: core.channel.reply.resolveEffectiveMessagesConfig(cfg, route.agentId)
@@ -562,6 +567,8 @@ export function createMatrixRoomMessageHandler(params: MatrixMonitorHandlerParam
               textLimit,
               replyToMode,
               threadId: threadTarget,
+              accountId: route.accountId,
+              tableMode,
             });
             didSendReply = true;
           },

extensions/matrix/src/matrix/monitor/replies.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { MatrixClient } from "matrix-bot-sdk";
 
-import type { ReplyPayload, RuntimeEnv } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
+import type { MarkdownTableMode, ReplyPayload, RuntimeEnv } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 import { sendMessageMatrix } from "../send.js";
 import { getMatrixRuntime } from "../../runtime.js";
 
@@ -12,8 +12,17 @@ export async function deliverMatrixReplies(params: {
   textLimit: number;
   replyToMode: "off" | "first" | "all";
   threadId?: string;
+  accountId?: string;
+  tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode;
 }): Promise<void> {
   const core = getMatrixRuntime();
+  const tableMode =
+    params.tableMode ??
+    core.channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+      cfg: core.config.loadConfig(),
+      channel: "matrix",
+      accountId: params.accountId,
+    });
   const logVerbose = (message: string) => {
     if (core.logging.shouldLogVerbose()) {
       params.runtime.log?.(message);
@@ -33,6 +42,8 @@ export async function deliverMatrixReplies(params: {
     }
     const replyToIdRaw = reply.replyToId?.trim();
     const replyToId = params.threadId || params.replyToMode === "off" ? undefined : replyToIdRaw;
+    const rawText = reply.text ?? "";
+    const text = core.channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(rawText, tableMode);
     const mediaList = reply.mediaUrls?.length
       ? reply.mediaUrls
       : reply.mediaUrl
@@ -43,13 +54,14 @@ export async function deliverMatrixReplies(params: {
       Boolean(id) && (params.replyToMode === "all" || !hasReplied);
 
     if (mediaList.length === 0) {
-      for (const chunk of core.channel.text.chunkMarkdownText(reply.text ?? "", chunkLimit)) {
+      for (const chunk of core.channel.text.chunkMarkdownText(text, chunkLimit)) {
         const trimmed = chunk.trim();
         if (!trimmed) continue;
         await sendMessageMatrix(params.roomId, trimmed, {
           client: params.client,
           replyToId: shouldIncludeReply(replyToId) ? replyToId : undefined,
           threadId: params.threadId,
+          accountId: params.accountId,
         });
         if (shouldIncludeReply(replyToId)) {
           hasReplied = true;
@@ -60,13 +72,14 @@ export async function deliverMatrixReplies(params: {
 
     let first = true;
     for (const mediaUrl of mediaList) {
-      const caption = first ? (reply.text ?? "") : "";
+      const caption = first ? text : "";
       await sendMessageMatrix(params.roomId, caption, {
         client: params.client,
         mediaUrl,
         replyToId: shouldIncludeReply(replyToId) ? replyToId : undefined,
         threadId: params.threadId,
         audioAsVoice: reply.audioAsVoice,
+        accountId: params.accountId,
       });
       if (shouldIncludeReply(replyToId)) {
         hasReplied = true;

extensions/matrix/src/matrix/send.test.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ const runtimeStub = {
     text: {
       resolveTextChunkLimit: () => 4000,
       chunkMarkdownText: (text: string) => (text ? [text] : []),
+      resolveMarkdownTableMode: () => "code",
+      convertMarkdownTables: (text: string) => text,
     },
   },
 } as unknown as PluginRuntime;

extensions/matrix/src/matrix/send.ts

@@ -50,9 +50,18 @@ export async function sendMessageMatrix(
   try {
     const roomId = await resolveMatrixRoomId(client, to);
     const cfg = getCore().config.loadConfig();
+    const tableMode = getCore().channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+      cfg,
+      channel: "matrix",
+      accountId: opts.accountId,
+    });
+    const convertedMessage = getCore().channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(
+      trimmedMessage,
+      tableMode,
+    );
     const textLimit = getCore().channel.text.resolveTextChunkLimit(cfg, "matrix");
     const chunkLimit = Math.min(textLimit, MATRIX_TEXT_LIMIT);
-    const chunks = getCore().channel.text.chunkMarkdownText(trimmedMessage, chunkLimit);
+    const chunks = getCore().channel.text.chunkMarkdownText(convertedMessage, chunkLimit);
     const threadId = normalizeThreadId(opts.threadId);
     const relation = threadId
       ? buildThreadRelation(threadId, opts.replyToId)

extensions/matrix/src/matrix/send/types.ts

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export type MatrixSendResult = {
 export type MatrixSendOpts = {
   client?: import("matrix-bot-sdk").MatrixClient;
   mediaUrl?: string;
+  accountId?: string;
   replyToId?: string;
   threadId?: string | number | null;
   timeoutMs?: number;

extensions/mattermost/src/config-schema.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   BlockStreamingCoalesceSchema,
   DmPolicySchema,
   GroupPolicySchema,
+  MarkdownConfigSchema,
   requireOpenAllowFrom,
 } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ const MattermostAccountSchemaBase = z
   .object({
     name: z.string().optional(),
     capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
     enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
     configWrites: z.boolean().optional(),
     botToken: z.string().optional(),

extensions/mattermost/src/mattermost/monitor.ts

@@ -707,6 +707,11 @@ export async function monitorMattermostProvider(opts: MonitorMattermostOpts = {}
     const textLimit = core.channel.text.resolveTextChunkLimit(cfg, "mattermost", account.accountId, {
       fallbackLimit: account.textChunkLimit ?? 4000,
     });
+    const tableMode = core.channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+      cfg,
+      channel: "mattermost",
+      accountId: account.accountId,
+    });
 
     let prefixContext: ResponsePrefixContext = {
       identityName: resolveIdentityName(cfg, route.agentId),
@@ -720,7 +725,7 @@ export async function monitorMattermostProvider(opts: MonitorMattermostOpts = {}
         humanDelay: core.channel.reply.resolveHumanDelayConfig(cfg, route.agentId),
         deliver: async (payload: ReplyPayload) => {
           const mediaUrls = payload.mediaUrls ?? (payload.mediaUrl ? [payload.mediaUrl] : []);
-          const text = payload.text ?? "";
+          const text = core.channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(payload.text ?? "", tableMode);
           if (mediaUrls.length === 0) {
             const chunks = core.channel.text.chunkMarkdownText(text, textLimit);
             for (const chunk of chunks.length > 0 ? chunks : [text]) {

extensions/mattermost/src/mattermost/send.ts

@@ -181,6 +181,15 @@ export async function sendMessageMattermost(
     }
   }
 
+  if (message) {
+    const tableMode = core.channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+      cfg,
+      channel: "mattermost",
+      accountId: account.accountId,
+    });
+    message = core.channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(message, tableMode);
+  }
+
   if (!message && (!fileIds || fileIds.length === 0)) {
     if (uploadError) {
       throw new Error(`Mattermost media upload failed: ${uploadError.message}`);
@@ -205,4 +214,4 @@ export async function sendMessageMattermost(
     messageId: post.id ?? "unknown",
     channelId,
   };
-}
+}

extensions/msteams/src/messenger.test.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ const runtimeStub = {
         }
         return chunks;
       },
+      resolveMarkdownTableMode: () => "code",
+      convertMarkdownTables: (text: string) => text,
     },
   },
 } as unknown as PluginRuntime;
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ describe("msteams messenger", () => {
     it("filters silent replies", () => {
       const messages = renderReplyPayloadsToMessages([{ text: SILENT_REPLY_TOKEN }], {
         textChunkLimit: 4000,
+        tableMode: "code",
       });
       expect(messages).toEqual([]);
     });
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ describe("msteams messenger", () => {
     it("filters silent reply prefixes", () => {
       const messages = renderReplyPayloadsToMessages(
         [{ text: `${SILENT_REPLY_TOKEN} -- ignored` }],
-        { textChunkLimit: 4000 },
+        { textChunkLimit: 4000, tableMode: "code" },
       );
       expect(messages).toEqual([]);
     });
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ describe("msteams messenger", () => {
     it("splits media into separate messages by default", () => {
       const messages = renderReplyPayloadsToMessages(
         [{ text: "hi", mediaUrl: "https://example.com/a.png" }],
-        { textChunkLimit: 4000 },
+        { textChunkLimit: 4000, tableMode: "code" },
       );
       expect(messages).toEqual([{ text: "hi" }, { mediaUrl: "https://example.com/a.png" }]);
     });
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ describe("msteams messenger", () => {
     it("supports inline media mode", () => {
       const messages = renderReplyPayloadsToMessages(
         [{ text: "hi", mediaUrl: "https://example.com/a.png" }],
-        { textChunkLimit: 4000, mediaMode: "inline" },
+        { textChunkLimit: 4000, mediaMode: "inline", tableMode: "code" },
       );
       expect(messages).toEqual([{ text: "hi", mediaUrl: "https://example.com/a.png" }]);
     });
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ describe("msteams messenger", () => {
       const long = "hello ".repeat(200);
       const messages = renderReplyPayloadsToMessages([{ text: long }], {
         textChunkLimit: 50,
+        tableMode: "code",
       });
       expect(messages.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
     });

extensions/msteams/src/messenger.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   isSilentReplyText,
   loadWebMedia,
+  type MarkdownTableMode,
   type MSTeamsReplyStyle,
   type ReplyPayload,
   SILENT_REPLY_TOKEN,
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ export type MSTeamsReplyRenderOptions = {
   textChunkLimit: number;
   chunkText?: boolean;
   mediaMode?: "split" | "inline";
+  tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -196,10 +198,19 @@ export function renderReplyPayloadsToMessages(
   const chunkLimit = Math.min(options.textChunkLimit, 4000);
   const chunkText = options.chunkText !== false;
   const mediaMode = options.mediaMode ?? "split";
+  const tableMode =
+    options.tableMode ??
+    getMSTeamsRuntime().channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+      cfg: getMSTeamsRuntime().config.loadConfig(),
+      channel: "msteams",
+    });
 
   for (const payload of replies) {
     const mediaList = payload.mediaUrls ?? (payload.mediaUrl ? [payload.mediaUrl] : []);
-    const text = payload.text ?? "";
+    const text = getMSTeamsRuntime().channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(
+      payload.text ?? "",
+      tableMode,
+    );
 
     if (!text && mediaList.length === 0) continue;
 

extensions/msteams/src/reply-dispatcher.ts

@@ -53,10 +53,15 @@ export function createMSTeamsReplyDispatcher(params: {
     ).responsePrefix,
     humanDelay: core.channel.reply.resolveHumanDelayConfig(params.cfg, params.agentId),
     deliver: async (payload) => {
+      const tableMode = core.channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+        cfg: params.cfg,
+        channel: "msteams",
+      });
       const messages = renderReplyPayloadsToMessages([payload], {
         textChunkLimit: params.textLimit,
         chunkText: true,
         mediaMode: "split",
+        tableMode,
       });
       const mediaMaxBytes = resolveChannelMediaMaxBytes({
         cfg: params.cfg,

extensions/msteams/src/send.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { extractFilename, extractMessageId } from "./media-helpers.js";
 import { buildConversationReference, sendMSTeamsMessages } from "./messenger.js";
 import { buildMSTeamsPollCard } from "./polls.js";
+import { getMSTeamsRuntime } from "./runtime.js";
 import { resolveMSTeamsSendContext, type MSTeamsProactiveContext } from "./send-context.js";
 
 export type SendMSTeamsMessageParams = {
@@ -93,13 +94,21 @@ export async function sendMessageMSTeams(
   params: SendMSTeamsMessageParams,
 ): Promise<SendMSTeamsMessageResult> {
   const { cfg, to, text, mediaUrl } = params;
+  const tableMode = getMSTeamsRuntime().channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+    cfg,
+    channel: "msteams",
+  });
+  const messageText = getMSTeamsRuntime().channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(
+    text ?? "",
+    tableMode,
+  );
   const ctx = await resolveMSTeamsSendContext({ cfg, to });
   const { adapter, appId, conversationId, ref, log, conversationType, tokenProvider, sharePointSiteId } = ctx;
 
   log.debug("sending proactive message", {
     conversationId,
     conversationType,
-    textLength: text.length,
+    textLength: messageText.length,
     hasMedia: Boolean(mediaUrl),
   });
 
@@ -134,7 +143,7 @@ export async function sendMessageMSTeams(
       const { activity, uploadId } = prepareFileConsentActivity({
         media: { buffer: media.buffer, filename: fileName, contentType: media.contentType },
         conversationId,
-        description: text || undefined,
+        description: messageText || undefined,
       });
 
       log.debug("sending file consent card", { uploadId, fileName, size: media.buffer.length });
@@ -172,14 +181,14 @@ export async function sendMessageMSTeams(
       const base64 = media.buffer.toString("base64");
       const finalMediaUrl = `data:${media.contentType};base64,${base64}`;
 
-      return sendTextWithMedia(ctx, text, finalMediaUrl);
+      return sendTextWithMedia(ctx, messageText, finalMediaUrl);
     }
 
     if (isImage && !sharePointSiteId) {
       // Group chat/channel without SharePoint: send image inline (avoids OneDrive failures)
       const base64 = media.buffer.toString("base64");
       const finalMediaUrl = `data:${media.contentType};base64,${base64}`;
-      return sendTextWithMedia(ctx, text, finalMediaUrl);
+      return sendTextWithMedia(ctx, messageText, finalMediaUrl);
     }
 
     // Group chat or channel: upload to SharePoint (if siteId configured) or OneDrive
@@ -223,7 +232,7 @@ export async function sendMessageMSTeams(
         const fileCardAttachment = buildTeamsFileInfoCard(driveItem);
         const activity = {
           type: "message",
-          text: text || undefined,
+          text: messageText || undefined,
           attachments: [fileCardAttachment],
         };
 
@@ -264,7 +273,7 @@ export async function sendMessageMSTeams(
       const fileLink = `📎 [${uploaded.name}](${uploaded.shareUrl})`;
       const activity = {
         type: "message",
-        text: text ? `${text}\n\n${fileLink}` : fileLink,
+        text: messageText ? `${messageText}\n\n${fileLink}` : fileLink,
       };
 
       const baseRef = buildConversationReference(ref);
@@ -290,7 +299,7 @@ export async function sendMessageMSTeams(
   }
 
   // No media: send text only
-  return sendTextWithMedia(ctx, text, undefined);
+  return sendTextWithMedia(ctx, messageText, undefined);
 }
 
 /**

extensions/nextcloud-talk/src/config-schema.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   DmConfigSchema,
   DmPolicySchema,
   GroupPolicySchema,
+  MarkdownConfigSchema,
   requireOpenAllowFrom,
 } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 import { z } from "zod";
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ export const NextcloudTalkAccountSchemaBase = z
   .object({
     name: z.string().optional(),
     enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+    markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
     baseUrl: z.string().optional(),
     botSecret: z.string().optional(),
     botSecretFile: z.string().optional(),

extensions/nextcloud-talk/src/send.ts

@@ -71,8 +71,18 @@ export async function sendMessageNextcloudTalk(
     throw new Error("Message must be non-empty for Nextcloud Talk sends");
   }
 
+  const tableMode = getNextcloudTalkRuntime().channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+    cfg,
+    channel: "nextcloud-talk",
+    accountId: account.accountId,
+  });
+  const message = getNextcloudTalkRuntime().channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(
+    text.trim(),
+    tableMode,
+  );
+
   const body: Record<string, unknown> = {
-    message: text.trim(),
+    message,
   };
   if (opts.replyTo) {
     body.replyTo = opts.replyTo;

extensions/nostr/src/channel.ts

@@ -133,13 +133,20 @@ export const nostrPlugin: ChannelPlugin<ResolvedNostrAccount> = {
     deliveryMode: "direct",
     textChunkLimit: 4000,
     sendText: async ({ to, text, accountId }) => {
+      const core = getNostrRuntime();
       const aid = accountId ?? DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID;
       const bus = activeBuses.get(aid);
       if (!bus) {
         throw new Error(`Nostr bus not running for account ${aid}`);
       }
+      const tableMode = core.channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+        cfg: core.config.loadConfig(),
+        channel: "nostr",
+        accountId: aid,
+      });
+      const message = core.channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(text ?? "", tableMode);
       const normalizedTo = normalizePubkey(to);
-      await bus.sendDm(normalizedTo, text);
+      await bus.sendDm(normalizedTo, message);
       return { channel: "nostr", to: normalizedTo };
     },
   },

extensions/nostr/src/config-schema.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { MarkdownConfigSchema, buildChannelConfigSchema } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 import { z } from "zod";
-import { buildChannelConfigSchema } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 
 const allowFromEntry = z.union([z.string(), z.number()]);
 
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ export const NostrConfigSchema = z.object({
   /** Whether this channel is enabled */
   enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
 
+  /** Markdown formatting overrides (tables). */
+  markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
+
   /** Private key in hex or nsec bech32 format */
   privateKey: z.string().optional(),
 

extensions/zalo/src/config-schema.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { MarkdownConfigSchema } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 const allowFromEntry = z.union([z.string(), z.number()]);
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ const allowFromEntry = z.union([z.string(), z.number()]);
 const zaloAccountSchema = z.object({
   name: z.string().optional(),
   enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+  markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
   botToken: z.string().optional(),
   tokenFile: z.string().optional(),
   webhookUrl: z.string().optional(),

extensions/zalo/src/monitor.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from "node:http";
 
-import type { ClawdbotConfig } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
+import type { ClawdbotConfig, MarkdownTableMode } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 
 import type { ResolvedZaloAccount } from "./accounts.js";
 import {
@@ -578,6 +578,12 @@ async function processMessageWithPipeline(params: {
     runtime.error?.(`zalo: failed updating session meta: ${String(err)}`);
   });
 
+  const tableMode = core.channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+    cfg: config,
+    channel: "zalo",
+    accountId: account.accountId,
+  });
+
   await core.channel.reply.dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher({
     ctx: ctxPayload,
     cfg: config,
@@ -591,6 +597,7 @@ async function processMessageWithPipeline(params: {
           core,
           statusSink,
           fetcher,
+          tableMode,
         });
       },
       onError: (err, info) => {
@@ -608,8 +615,11 @@ async function deliverZaloReply(params: {
   core: ZaloCoreRuntime;
   statusSink?: (patch: { lastInboundAt?: number; lastOutboundAt?: number }) => void;
   fetcher?: ZaloFetch;
+  tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode;
 }): Promise<void> {
   const { payload, token, chatId, runtime, core, statusSink, fetcher } = params;
+  const tableMode = params.tableMode ?? "code";
+  const text = core.channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(payload.text ?? "", tableMode);
 
   const mediaList = payload.mediaUrls?.length
     ? payload.mediaUrls
@@ -620,7 +630,7 @@ async function deliverZaloReply(params: {
   if (mediaList.length > 0) {
     let first = true;
     for (const mediaUrl of mediaList) {
-      const caption = first ? payload.text : undefined;
+      const caption = first ? text : undefined;
       first = false;
       try {
         await sendPhoto(token, { chat_id: chatId, photo: mediaUrl, caption }, fetcher);
@@ -632,8 +642,8 @@ async function deliverZaloReply(params: {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (payload.text) {
+  if (text) {
-    const chunks = core.channel.text.chunkMarkdownText(payload.text, ZALO_TEXT_LIMIT);
+    const chunks = core.channel.text.chunkMarkdownText(text, ZALO_TEXT_LIMIT);
     for (const chunk of chunks) {
       try {
         await sendMessage(token, { chat_id: chatId, text: chunk }, fetcher);

extensions/zalouser/src/config-schema.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { MarkdownConfigSchema } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 const allowFromEntry = z.union([z.string(), z.number()]);
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ const groupConfigSchema = z.object({
 const zalouserAccountSchema = z.object({
   name: z.string().optional(),
   enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+  markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
   profile: z.string().optional(),
   dmPolicy: z.enum(["pairing", "allowlist", "open", "disabled"]).optional(),
   allowFrom: z.array(allowFromEntry).optional(),

extensions/zalouser/src/monitor.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
 
-import type { ClawdbotConfig, RuntimeEnv } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
+import type { ClawdbotConfig, MarkdownTableMode, RuntimeEnv } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 import { mergeAllowlist, summarizeMapping } from "clawdbot/plugin-sdk";
 import { sendMessageZalouser } from "./send.js";
 import type {
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ async function processMessage(
           runtime,
           core,
           statusSink,
+          tableMode: core.channel.text.resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+            cfg: config,
+            channel: "zalouser",
+            accountId: account.accountId,
+          }),
         });
       },
       onError: (err, info) => {
@@ -351,8 +356,11 @@ async function deliverZalouserReply(params: {
   runtime: RuntimeEnv;
   core: ZalouserCoreRuntime;
   statusSink?: (patch: { lastInboundAt?: number; lastOutboundAt?: number }) => void;
+  tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode;
 }): Promise<void> {
   const { payload, profile, chatId, isGroup, runtime, core, statusSink } = params;
+  const tableMode = params.tableMode ?? "code";
+  const text = core.channel.text.convertMarkdownTables(payload.text ?? "", tableMode);
 
   const mediaList = payload.mediaUrls?.length
     ? payload.mediaUrls
@@ -363,7 +371,7 @@ async function deliverZalouserReply(params: {
   if (mediaList.length > 0) {
     let first = true;
     for (const mediaUrl of mediaList) {
-      const caption = first ? payload.text : undefined;
+      const caption = first ? text : undefined;
       first = false;
       try {
         logVerbose(core, runtime, `Sending media to ${chatId}`);
@@ -380,8 +388,8 @@ async function deliverZalouserReply(params: {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (payload.text) {
+  if (text) {
-    const chunks = core.channel.text.chunkMarkdownText(payload.text, ZALOUSER_TEXT_LIMIT);
+    const chunks = core.channel.text.chunkMarkdownText(text, ZALOUSER_TEXT_LIMIT);
     logVerbose(core, runtime, `Sending ${chunks.length} text chunk(s) to ${chatId}`);
     for (const chunk of chunks) {
       try {

src/cli/update-cli.test.ts

@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ describe("update-cli", () => {
     expect(defaultRuntime.exit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
   });
 
-  it("updateCommand restarts daemon when --restart is set", async () => {
+  it("updateCommand restarts daemon by default", async () => {
     const { runGatewayUpdate } = await import("../infra/update-runner.js");
     const { runDaemonRestart } = await import("./daemon-cli.js");
     const { updateCommand } = await import("./update-cli.js");
@@ -430,11 +430,30 @@ describe("update-cli", () => {
     vi.mocked(runGatewayUpdate).mockResolvedValue(mockResult);
     vi.mocked(runDaemonRestart).mockResolvedValue(true);
 
-    await updateCommand({ restart: true });
+    await updateCommand({});
 
     expect(runDaemonRestart).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("updateCommand skips restart when --no-restart is set", async () => {
+    const { runGatewayUpdate } = await import("../infra/update-runner.js");
+    const { runDaemonRestart } = await import("./daemon-cli.js");
+    const { updateCommand } = await import("./update-cli.js");
+
+    const mockResult: UpdateRunResult = {
+      status: "ok",
+      mode: "git",
+      steps: [],
+      durationMs: 100,
+    };
+
+    vi.mocked(runGatewayUpdate).mockResolvedValue(mockResult);
+
+    await updateCommand({ restart: false });
+
+    expect(runDaemonRestart).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("updateCommand skips success message when restart does not run", async () => {
     const { runGatewayUpdate } = await import("../infra/update-runner.js");
     const { runDaemonRestart } = await import("./daemon-cli.js");

src/cli/update-cli.ts

@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ export async function updateCommand(opts: UpdateCommandOptions): Promise<void> {
   process.noDeprecation = true;
   process.env.NODE_NO_WARNINGS = "1";
   const timeoutMs = opts.timeout ? Number.parseInt(opts.timeout, 10) * 1000 : undefined;
+  const shouldRestart = opts.restart !== false;
 
   if (timeoutMs !== undefined && (Number.isNaN(timeoutMs) || timeoutMs <= 0)) {
     defaultRuntime.error("--timeout must be a positive integer (seconds)");
@@ -898,7 +899,7 @@ export async function updateCommand(opts: UpdateCommandOptions): Promise<void> {
   }
 
   // Restart service if requested
-  if (opts.restart) {
+  if (shouldRestart) {
     if (!opts.json) {
       defaultRuntime.log("");
       defaultRuntime.log(theme.heading("Restarting service..."));
@@ -1068,7 +1069,7 @@ export async function updateWizardCommand(opts: UpdateWizardOptions = {}): Promi
 
   const restart = await confirm({
     message: stylePromptMessage("Restart the gateway service after update?"),
-    initialValue: false,
+    initialValue: true,
   });
   if (isCancel(restart)) {
     defaultRuntime.log(theme.muted("Update cancelled."));
@@ -1093,7 +1094,7 @@ export function registerUpdateCli(program: Command) {
     .command("update")
     .description("Update Clawdbot to the latest version")
     .option("--json", "Output result as JSON", false)
-    .option("--restart", "Restart the gateway service after a successful update", false)
+    .option("--no-restart", "Skip restarting the gateway service after a successful update")
     .option("--channel <stable|beta|dev>", "Persist update channel (git + npm)")
     .option("--tag <dist-tag|version>", "Override npm dist-tag or version for this update")
     .option("--timeout <seconds>", "Timeout for each update step in seconds (default: 1200)")
@@ -1104,7 +1105,7 @@ export function registerUpdateCli(program: Command) {
         ["clawdbot update --channel beta", "Switch to beta channel (git + npm)"],
         ["clawdbot update --channel dev", "Switch to dev channel (git + npm)"],
         ["clawdbot update --tag beta", "One-off update to a dist-tag or version"],
-        ["clawdbot update --restart", "Update and restart the service"],
+        ["clawdbot update --no-restart", "Update without restarting the service"],
         ["clawdbot update --json", "Output result as JSON"],
         ["clawdbot update --yes", "Non-interactive (accept downgrade prompts)"],
         ["clawdbot update wizard", "Interactive update wizard"],

src/config/markdown-tables.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { normalizeChannelId } from "../channels/plugins/index.js";
+import { normalizeAccountId } from "../routing/session-key.js";
+import type { ClawdbotConfig } from "./config.js";
+import type { MarkdownTableMode } from "./types.base.js";
+
+type MarkdownConfigEntry = {
+  markdown?: {
+    tables?: MarkdownTableMode;
+  };
+};
+
+type MarkdownConfigSection = MarkdownConfigEntry & {
+  accounts?: Record<string, MarkdownConfigEntry>;
+};
+
+const DEFAULT_TABLE_MODES = new Map<string, MarkdownTableMode>([
+  ["signal", "bullets"],
+  ["whatsapp", "bullets"],
+]);
+
+const isMarkdownTableMode = (value: unknown): value is MarkdownTableMode =>
+  value === "off" || value === "bullets" || value === "code";
+
+function resolveMarkdownModeFromSection(
+  section: MarkdownConfigSection | undefined,
+  accountId?: string | null,
+): MarkdownTableMode | undefined {
+  if (!section) return undefined;
+  const normalizedAccountId = normalizeAccountId(accountId);
+  const accounts = section.accounts;
+  if (accounts && typeof accounts === "object") {
+    const direct = accounts[normalizedAccountId];
+    const directMode = direct?.markdown?.tables;
+    if (isMarkdownTableMode(directMode)) return directMode;
+    const matchKey = Object.keys(accounts).find(
+      (key) => key.toLowerCase() === normalizedAccountId.toLowerCase(),
+    );
+    const match = matchKey ? accounts[matchKey] : undefined;
+    const matchMode = match?.markdown?.tables;
+    if (isMarkdownTableMode(matchMode)) return matchMode;
+  }
+  const sectionMode = section.markdown?.tables;
+  return isMarkdownTableMode(sectionMode) ? sectionMode : undefined;
+}
+
+export function resolveMarkdownTableMode(params: {
+  cfg?: Partial<ClawdbotConfig>;
+  channel?: string | null;
+  accountId?: string | null;
+}): MarkdownTableMode {
+  const channel = normalizeChannelId(params.channel);
+  const defaultMode = channel ? (DEFAULT_TABLE_MODES.get(channel) ?? "code") : "code";
+  if (!channel || !params.cfg) return defaultMode;
+  const channelsConfig = params.cfg.channels as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+  const section = (channelsConfig?.[channel] ??
+    (params.cfg as Record<string, unknown> | undefined)?.[channel]) as
+    | MarkdownConfigSection
+    | undefined;
+  return resolveMarkdownModeFromSection(section, params.accountId) ?? defaultMode;
+}

src/config/types.base.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ export type BlockStreamingChunkConfig = {
   breakPreference?: "paragraph" | "newline" | "sentence";
 };
 
+export type MarkdownTableMode = "off" | "bullets" | "code";
+
+export type MarkdownConfig = {
+  /** Table rendering mode (off|bullets|code). */
+  tables?: MarkdownTableMode;
+};
+
 export type HumanDelayConfig = {
   /** Delay style for block replies (off|natural|custom). */
   mode?: "off" | "natural" | "custom";

src/config/types.discord.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type {
   BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig,
   DmPolicy,
   GroupPolicy,
+  MarkdownConfig,
   OutboundRetryConfig,
   ReplyToMode,
 } from "./types.base.js";
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ export type DiscordAccountConfig = {
   name?: string;
   /** Optional provider capability tags used for agent/runtime guidance. */
   capabilities?: string[];
+  /** Markdown formatting overrides (tables). */
+  markdown?: MarkdownConfig;
   /** Override native command registration for Discord (bool or "auto"). */
   commands?: ProviderCommandsConfig;
   /** Allow channel-initiated config writes (default: true). */

src/config/types.imessage.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import type { BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig, DmPolicy, GroupPolicy } from "./types.base.js";
+import type {
+  BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig,
+  DmPolicy,
+  GroupPolicy,
+  MarkdownConfig,
+} from "./types.base.js";
 import type { DmConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 
 export type IMessageAccountConfig = {
@@ -6,6 +11,8 @@ export type IMessageAccountConfig = {
   name?: string;
   /** Optional provider capability tags used for agent/runtime guidance. */
   capabilities?: string[];
+  /** Markdown formatting overrides (tables). */
+  markdown?: MarkdownConfig;
   /** Allow channel-initiated config writes (default: true). */
   configWrites?: boolean;
   /** If false, do not start this iMessage account. Default: true. */

src/config/types.msteams.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import type { BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig, DmPolicy, GroupPolicy } from "./types.base.js";
+import type {
+  BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig,
+  DmPolicy,
+  GroupPolicy,
+  MarkdownConfig,
+} from "./types.base.js";
 import type { DmConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 
 export type MSTeamsWebhookConfig = {
@@ -34,6 +39,8 @@ export type MSTeamsConfig = {
   enabled?: boolean;
   /** Optional provider capability tags used for agent/runtime guidance. */
   capabilities?: string[];
+  /** Markdown formatting overrides (tables). */
+  markdown?: MarkdownConfig;
   /** Allow channel-initiated config writes (default: true). */
   configWrites?: boolean;
   /** Azure Bot App ID (from Azure Bot registration). */

src/config/types.signal.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import type { BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig, DmPolicy, GroupPolicy } from "./types.base.js";
+import type {
+  BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig,
+  DmPolicy,
+  GroupPolicy,
+  MarkdownConfig,
+} from "./types.base.js";
 import type { DmConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 
 export type SignalReactionNotificationMode = "off" | "own" | "all" | "allowlist";
@@ -8,6 +13,8 @@ export type SignalAccountConfig = {
   name?: string;
   /** Optional provider capability tags used for agent/runtime guidance. */
   capabilities?: string[];
+  /** Markdown formatting overrides (tables). */
+  markdown?: MarkdownConfig;
   /** Allow channel-initiated config writes (default: true). */
   configWrites?: boolean;
   /** If false, do not start this Signal account. Default: true. */

src/config/types.slack.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type {
   BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig,
   DmPolicy,
   GroupPolicy,
+  MarkdownConfig,
   ReplyToMode,
 } from "./types.base.js";
 import type { DmConfig, ProviderCommandsConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ export type SlackAccountConfig = {
   webhookPath?: string;
   /** Optional provider capability tags used for agent/runtime guidance. */
   capabilities?: string[];
+  /** Markdown formatting overrides (tables). */
+  markdown?: MarkdownConfig;
   /** Override native command registration for Slack (bool or "auto"). */
   commands?: ProviderCommandsConfig;
   /** Allow channel-initiated config writes (default: true). */

src/config/types.telegram.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type {
   BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig,
   DmPolicy,
   GroupPolicy,
+  MarkdownConfig,
   OutboundRetryConfig,
   ReplyToMode,
 } from "./types.base.js";
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ export type TelegramAccountConfig = {
   name?: string;
   /** Optional provider capability tags used for agent/runtime guidance. */
   capabilities?: TelegramCapabilitiesConfig;
+  /** Markdown formatting overrides (tables). */
+  markdown?: MarkdownConfig;
   /** Override native command registration for Telegram (bool or "auto"). */
   commands?: ProviderCommandsConfig;
   /** Custom commands to register in Telegram's command menu (merged with native). */

src/config/types.whatsapp.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import type { BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig, DmPolicy, GroupPolicy } from "./types.base.js";
+import type {
+  BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig,
+  DmPolicy,
+  GroupPolicy,
+  MarkdownConfig,
+} from "./types.base.js";
 import type { DmConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 
 export type WhatsAppActionConfig = {
@@ -12,6 +17,8 @@ export type WhatsAppConfig = {
   accounts?: Record<string, WhatsAppAccountConfig>;
   /** Optional provider capability tags used for agent/runtime guidance. */
   capabilities?: string[];
+  /** Markdown formatting overrides (tables). */
+  markdown?: MarkdownConfig;
   /** Allow channel-initiated config writes (default: true). */
   configWrites?: boolean;
   /** Send read receipts for incoming messages (default true). */
@@ -84,6 +91,8 @@ export type WhatsAppAccountConfig = {
   name?: string;
   /** Optional provider capability tags used for agent/runtime guidance. */
   capabilities?: string[];
+  /** Markdown formatting overrides (tables). */
+  markdown?: MarkdownConfig;
   /** Allow channel-initiated config writes (default: true). */
   configWrites?: boolean;
   /** If false, do not start this WhatsApp account provider. Default: true. */

src/config/zod-schema.core.ts

@@ -133,6 +133,15 @@ export const BlockStreamingChunkSchema = z
   })
   .strict();
 
+export const MarkdownTableModeSchema = z.enum(["off", "bullets", "code"]);
+
+export const MarkdownConfigSchema = z
+  .object({
+    tables: MarkdownTableModeSchema.optional(),
+  })
+  .strict()
+  .optional();
+
 export const HumanDelaySchema = z
   .object({
     mode: z.union([z.literal("off"), z.literal("natural"), z.literal("custom")]).optional(),

src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   DmPolicySchema,
   ExecutableTokenSchema,
   GroupPolicySchema,
+  MarkdownConfigSchema,
   MSTeamsReplyStyleSchema,
   ProviderCommandsSchema,
   ReplyToModeSchema,
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ export const TelegramAccountSchemaBase = z
   .object({
     name: z.string().optional(),
     capabilities: TelegramCapabilitiesSchema.optional(),
+    markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
     enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
     commands: ProviderCommandsSchema,
     customCommands: z.array(TelegramCustomCommandSchema).optional(),
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ export const DiscordAccountSchema = z
   .object({
     name: z.string().optional(),
     capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
     enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
     commands: ProviderCommandsSchema,
     configWrites: z.boolean().optional(),
@@ -296,6 +299,7 @@ export const SlackAccountSchema = z
     signingSecret: z.string().optional(),
     webhookPath: z.string().optional(),
     capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
     enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
     commands: ProviderCommandsSchema,
     configWrites: z.boolean().optional(),
@@ -381,6 +385,7 @@ export const SignalAccountSchemaBase = z
   .object({
     name: z.string().optional(),
     capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
     enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
     configWrites: z.boolean().optional(),
     account: z.string().optional(),
@@ -435,6 +440,7 @@ export const IMessageAccountSchemaBase = z
   .object({
     name: z.string().optional(),
     capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
     enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
     configWrites: z.boolean().optional(),
     cliPath: ExecutableTokenSchema.optional(),
@@ -521,6 +527,7 @@ export const BlueBubblesAccountSchemaBase = z
   .object({
     name: z.string().optional(),
     capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
     configWrites: z.boolean().optional(),
     enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
     serverUrl: z.string().optional(),
@@ -585,6 +592,7 @@ export const MSTeamsConfigSchema = z
   .object({
     enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
     capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
     configWrites: z.boolean().optional(),
     appId: z.string().optional(),
     appPassword: z.string().optional(),

src/config/zod-schema.providers-whatsapp.ts

@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ import {
   DmConfigSchema,
   DmPolicySchema,
   GroupPolicySchema,
+  MarkdownConfigSchema,
 } from "./zod-schema.core.js";
 
 export const WhatsAppAccountSchema = z
   .object({
     name: z.string().optional(),
     capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
     configWrites: z.boolean().optional(),
     enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
     sendReadReceipts: z.boolean().optional(),
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ export const WhatsAppConfigSchema = z
   .object({
     accounts: z.record(z.string(), WhatsAppAccountSchema.optional()).optional(),
     capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    markdown: MarkdownConfigSchema,
     configWrites: z.boolean().optional(),
     sendReadReceipts: z.boolean().optional(),
     dmPolicy: DmPolicySchema.optional().default("pairing"),

src/discord/monitor/message-handler.process.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   resolveStorePath,
   updateLastRoute,
 } from "../../config/sessions.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { danger, logVerbose, shouldLogVerbose } from "../../globals.js";
 import { buildAgentSessionKey } from "../../routing/resolve-route.js";
 import { resolveThreadSessionKeys } from "../../routing/session-key.js";
@@ -323,6 +324,11 @@ export async function processDiscordMessage(ctx: DiscordMessagePreflightContext)
   let prefixContext: ResponsePrefixContext = {
     identityName: resolveIdentityName(cfg, route.agentId),
   };
+  const tableMode = resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+    cfg,
+    channel: "discord",
+    accountId,
+  });
 
   const { dispatcher, replyOptions, markDispatchIdle } = createReplyDispatcherWithTyping({
     responsePrefix: resolveEffectiveMessagesConfig(cfg, route.agentId).responsePrefix,
@@ -340,6 +346,7 @@ export async function processDiscordMessage(ctx: DiscordMessagePreflightContext)
         replyToId,
         textLimit,
         maxLinesPerMessage: discordConfig?.maxLinesPerMessage,
+        tableMode,
       });
       replyReference.markSent();
     },

src/discord/monitor/reply-delivery.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import type { RequestClient } from "@buape/carbon";
 
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../../auto-reply/types.js";
+import type { MarkdownTableMode } from "../../config/types.base.js";
+import { convertMarkdownTables } from "../../markdown/tables.js";
 import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../../runtime.js";
 import { chunkDiscordText } from "../chunk.js";
 import { sendMessageDiscord } from "../send.js";
@@ -15,11 +17,14 @@ export async function deliverDiscordReply(params: {
   textLimit: number;
   maxLinesPerMessage?: number;
   replyToId?: string;
+  tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode;
 }) {
   const chunkLimit = Math.min(params.textLimit, 2000);
   for (const payload of params.replies) {
     const mediaList = payload.mediaUrls ?? (payload.mediaUrl ? [payload.mediaUrl] : []);
-    const text = payload.text ?? "";
+    const rawText = payload.text ?? "";
+    const tableMode = params.tableMode ?? "code";
+    const text = convertMarkdownTables(rawText, tableMode);
     if (!text && mediaList.length === 0) continue;
     const replyTo = params.replyToId?.trim() || undefined;
 

src/discord/send.outbound.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import type { RequestClient } from "@buape/carbon";
 import { Routes } from "discord-api-types/v10";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { recordChannelActivity } from "../infra/channel-activity.js";
+import { convertMarkdownTables } from "../markdown/tables.js";
 import type { RetryConfig } from "../infra/retry.js";
 import type { PollInput } from "../polls.js";
 import { resolveDiscordAccount } from "./accounts.js";
@@ -38,6 +40,12 @@ export async function sendMessageDiscord(
     cfg,
     accountId: opts.accountId,
   });
+  const tableMode = resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+    cfg,
+    channel: "discord",
+    accountId: accountInfo.accountId,
+  });
+  const textWithTables = convertMarkdownTables(text ?? "", tableMode);
   const { token, rest, request } = createDiscordClient(opts, cfg);
   const recipient = parseRecipient(to);
   const { channelId } = await resolveChannelId(rest, recipient, request);
@@ -47,7 +55,7 @@ export async function sendMessageDiscord(
       result = await sendDiscordMedia(
         rest,
         channelId,
-        text,
+        textWithTables,
         opts.mediaUrl,
         opts.replyTo,
         request,
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ export async function sendMessageDiscord(
       result = await sendDiscordText(
         rest,
         channelId,
-        text,
+        textWithTables,
         opts.replyTo,
         request,
         accountInfo.config.maxLinesPerMessage,

src/imessage/monitor/deliver.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import { chunkText } from "../../auto-reply/chunk.js";
+import { loadConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../../config/markdown-tables.js";
+import { convertMarkdownTables } from "../../markdown/tables.js";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../../auto-reply/types.js";
 import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../../runtime.js";
 import type { createIMessageRpcClient } from "../client.js";
@@ -14,9 +17,16 @@ export async function deliverReplies(params: {
   textLimit: number;
 }) {
   const { replies, target, client, runtime, maxBytes, textLimit, accountId } = params;
+  const cfg = loadConfig();
+  const tableMode = resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+    cfg,
+    channel: "imessage",
+    accountId,
+  });
   for (const payload of replies) {
     const mediaList = payload.mediaUrls ?? (payload.mediaUrl ? [payload.mediaUrl] : []);
-    const text = payload.text ?? "";
+    const rawText = payload.text ?? "";
+    const text = convertMarkdownTables(rawText, tableMode);
     if (!text && mediaList.length === 0) continue;
     if (mediaList.length === 0) {
       for (const chunk of chunkText(text, textLimit)) {

src/imessage/send.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { mediaKindFromMime } from "../media/constants.js";
 import { saveMediaBuffer } from "../media/store.js";
 import { loadWebMedia } from "../web/media.js";
+import { convertMarkdownTables } from "../markdown/tables.js";
 import { resolveIMessageAccount } from "./accounts.js";
 import { createIMessageRpcClient, type IMessageRpcClient } from "./client.js";
 import { formatIMessageChatTarget, type IMessageService, parseIMessageTarget } from "./targets.js";
@@ -88,6 +90,14 @@ export async function sendMessageIMessage(
   if (!message.trim() && !filePath) {
     throw new Error("iMessage send requires text or media");
   }
+  if (message.trim()) {
+    const tableMode = resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+      cfg,
+      channel: "imessage",
+      accountId: account.accountId,
+    });
+    message = convertMarkdownTables(message, tableMode);
+  }
 
   const params: Record<string, unknown> = {
     text: message,

src/infra/outbound/deliver.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { resolveChannelMediaMaxBytes } from "../../channels/plugins/media-limits
 import { loadChannelOutboundAdapter } from "../../channels/plugins/outbound/load.js";
 import type { ChannelOutboundAdapter } from "../../channels/plugins/types.js";
 import type { ClawdbotConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import type { sendMessageDiscord } from "../../discord/send.js";
 import type { sendMessageIMessage } from "../../imessage/send.js";
 import { markdownToSignalTextChunks, type SignalTextStyleRange } from "../../signal/format.js";
@@ -192,6 +193,9 @@ export async function deliverOutboundPayloads(params: {
       })
     : undefined;
   const isSignalChannel = channel === "signal";
+  const signalTableMode = isSignalChannel
+    ? resolveMarkdownTableMode({ cfg, channel: "signal", accountId })
+    : "code";
   const signalMaxBytes = isSignalChannel
     ? resolveChannelMediaMaxBytes({
         cfg,
@@ -231,8 +235,10 @@ export async function deliverOutboundPayloads(params: {
     throwIfAborted(abortSignal);
     let signalChunks =
       textLimit === undefined
-        ? markdownToSignalTextChunks(text, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY)
+        ? markdownToSignalTextChunks(text, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY, {
-        : markdownToSignalTextChunks(text, textLimit);
+            tableMode: signalTableMode,
+          })
+        : markdownToSignalTextChunks(text, textLimit, { tableMode: signalTableMode });
     if (signalChunks.length === 0 && text) {
       signalChunks = [{ text, styles: [] }];
     }
@@ -244,7 +250,9 @@ export async function deliverOutboundPayloads(params: {
 
   const sendSignalMedia = async (caption: string, mediaUrl: string) => {
     throwIfAborted(abortSignal);
-    const formatted = markdownToSignalTextChunks(caption, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY)[0] ?? {
+    const formatted = markdownToSignalTextChunks(caption, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY, {
+      tableMode: signalTableMode,
+    })[0] ?? {
       text: caption,
       styles: [],
     };

src/markdown/ir.table-bullets.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { markdownToIR } from "./ir.js";
+
+describe("markdownToIR tableMode bullets", () => {
+  it("converts simple table to bullets", () => {
+    const md = `
+| Name | Value |
+|------|-------|
+| A    | 1     |
+| B    | 2     |
+`.trim();
+
+    const ir = markdownToIR(md, { tableMode: "bullets" });
+
+    // Should contain bullet points with header:value format
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("• Value: 1");
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("• Value: 2");
+    // Should use first column as labels
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("A");
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("B");
+  });
+
+  it("handles table with multiple columns", () => {
+    const md = `
+| Feature | SQLite | Postgres |
+|---------|--------|----------|
+| Speed   | Fast   | Medium   |
+| Scale   | Small  | Large    |
+`.trim();
+
+    const ir = markdownToIR(md, { tableMode: "bullets" });
+
+    // First column becomes row label
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("Speed");
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("Scale");
+    // Other columns become bullet points
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("• SQLite: Fast");
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("• Postgres: Medium");
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("• SQLite: Small");
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("• Postgres: Large");
+  });
+
+  it("leaves table syntax untouched by default", () => {
+    const md = `
+| A | B |
+|---|---|
+| 1 | 2 |
+`.trim();
+
+    const ir = markdownToIR(md);
+
+    // No table conversion by default
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("| A | B |");
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("| 1 | 2 |");
+    expect(ir.text).not.toContain("•");
+    expect(ir.styles.some((style) => style.style === "code_block")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("handles empty cells gracefully", () => {
+    const md = `
+| Name | Value |
+|------|-------|
+| A    |       |
+| B    | 2     |
+`.trim();
+
+    const ir = markdownToIR(md, { tableMode: "bullets" });
+
+    // Should handle empty cell without crashing
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("B");
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("• Value: 2");
+  });
+
+  it("bolds row labels in bullets mode", () => {
+    const md = `
+| Name | Value |
+|------|-------|
+| Row1 | Data1 |
+`.trim();
+
+    const ir = markdownToIR(md, { tableMode: "bullets" });
+
+    // Should have bold style for row label
+    const hasRowLabelBold = ir.styles.some(
+      (s) => s.style === "bold" && ir.text.slice(s.start, s.end) === "Row1",
+    );
+    expect(hasRowLabelBold).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("renders tables as code blocks in code mode", () => {
+    const md = `
+| A | B |
+|---|---|
+| 1 | 2 |
+`.trim();
+
+    const ir = markdownToIR(md, { tableMode: "code" });
+
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("| A | B |");
+    expect(ir.text).toContain("| 1 | 2 |");
+    expect(ir.styles.some((style) => style.style === "code_block")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves inline styles and links in bullets mode", () => {
+    const md = `
+| Name | Value |
+|------|-------|
+| _Row_ | [Link](https://example.com) |
+`.trim();
+
+    const ir = markdownToIR(md, { tableMode: "bullets" });
+
+    const hasItalic = ir.styles.some(
+      (s) => s.style === "italic" && ir.text.slice(s.start, s.end) === "Row",
+    );
+    expect(hasItalic).toBe(true);
+    expect(ir.links.some((link) => link.href === "https://example.com")).toBe(true);
+  });
+});

src/markdown/ir.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import MarkdownIt from "markdown-it";
 
 import { chunkText } from "../auto-reply/chunk.js";
+import type { MarkdownTableMode } from "../config/types.base.js";
 
 type ListState = {
   type: "bullet" | "ordered";
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ type LinkState = {
 
 type RenderEnv = {
   listStack: ListState[];
-  linkStack: LinkState[];
 };
 
 type MarkdownToken = {
@@ -50,15 +50,36 @@ type OpenStyle = {
   start: number;
 };
 
-type RenderState = {
+type RenderTarget = {
   text: string;
   styles: MarkdownStyleSpan[];
   openStyles: OpenStyle[];
   links: MarkdownLinkSpan[];
+  linkStack: LinkState[];
+};
+
+type TableCell = {
+  text: string;
+  styles: MarkdownStyleSpan[];
+  links: MarkdownLinkSpan[];
+};
+
+type TableState = {
+  headers: TableCell[];
+  rows: TableCell[][];
+  currentRow: TableCell[];
+  currentCell: RenderTarget | null;
+  inHeader: boolean;
+};
+
+type RenderState = RenderTarget & {
   env: RenderEnv;
   headingStyle: "none" | "bold";
   blockquotePrefix: string;
   enableSpoilers: boolean;
+  tableMode: MarkdownTableMode;
+  table: TableState | null;
+  hasTables: boolean;
 };
 
 export type MarkdownParseOptions = {
@@ -67,6 +88,8 @@ export type MarkdownParseOptions = {
   headingStyle?: "none" | "bold";
   blockquotePrefix?: string;
   autolink?: boolean;
+  /** How to render tables (off|bullets|code). Default: off. */
+  tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode;
 };
 
 function createMarkdownIt(options: MarkdownParseOptions): MarkdownIt {
@@ -77,6 +100,11 @@ function createMarkdownIt(options: MarkdownParseOptions): MarkdownIt {
     typographer: false,
   });
   md.enable("strikethrough");
+  if (options.tableMode && options.tableMode !== "off") {
+    md.enable("table");
+  } else {
+    md.disable("table");
+  }
   if (options.autolink === false) {
     md.disable("autolink");
   }
@@ -144,23 +172,40 @@ function injectSpoilersIntoInline(tokens: MarkdownToken[]): MarkdownToken[] {
   return result;
 }
 
+function initRenderTarget(): RenderTarget {
+  return {
+    text: "",
+    styles: [],
+    openStyles: [],
+    links: [],
+    linkStack: [],
+  };
+}
+
+function resolveRenderTarget(state: RenderState): RenderTarget {
+  return state.table?.currentCell ?? state;
+}
+
 function appendText(state: RenderState, value: string) {
   if (!value) return;
-  state.text += value;
+  const target = resolveRenderTarget(state);
+  target.text += value;
 }
 
 function openStyle(state: RenderState, style: MarkdownStyle) {
-  state.openStyles.push({ style, start: state.text.length });
+  const target = resolveRenderTarget(state);
+  target.openStyles.push({ style, start: target.text.length });
 }
 
 function closeStyle(state: RenderState, style: MarkdownStyle) {
-  for (let i = state.openStyles.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
+  const target = resolveRenderTarget(state);
-    if (state.openStyles[i]?.style === style) {
+  for (let i = target.openStyles.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
-      const start = state.openStyles[i].start;
+    if (target.openStyles[i]?.style === style) {
-      state.openStyles.splice(i, 1);
+      const start = target.openStyles[i].start;
-      const end = state.text.length;
+      target.openStyles.splice(i, 1);
+      const end = target.text.length;
       if (end > start) {
-        state.styles.push({ start, end, style });
+        target.styles.push({ start, end, style });
       }
       return;
     }
@@ -169,7 +214,8 @@ function closeStyle(state: RenderState, style: MarkdownStyle) {
 
 function appendParagraphSeparator(state: RenderState) {
   if (state.env.listStack.length > 0) return;
-  appendText(state, "\n\n");
+  if (state.table) return; // Don't add paragraph separators inside tables
+  state.text += "\n\n";
 }
 
 function appendListPrefix(state: RenderState) {
@@ -179,39 +225,232 @@ function appendListPrefix(state: RenderState) {
   top.index += 1;
   const indent = "  ".repeat(Math.max(0, stack.length - 1));
   const prefix = top.type === "ordered" ? `${top.index}. ` : "• ";
-  appendText(state, `${indent}${prefix}`);
+  state.text += `${indent}${prefix}`;
 }
 
 function renderInlineCode(state: RenderState, content: string) {
   if (!content) return;
-  const start = state.text.length;
+  const target = resolveRenderTarget(state);
-  appendText(state, content);
+  const start = target.text.length;
-  state.styles.push({ start, end: start + content.length, style: "code" });
+  target.text += content;
+  target.styles.push({ start, end: start + content.length, style: "code" });
 }
 
 function renderCodeBlock(state: RenderState, content: string) {
   let code = content ?? "";
   if (!code.endsWith("\n")) code = `${code}\n`;
-  const start = state.text.length;
+  const target = resolveRenderTarget(state);
-  appendText(state, code);
+  const start = target.text.length;
-  state.styles.push({ start, end: start + code.length, style: "code_block" });
+  target.text += code;
+  target.styles.push({ start, end: start + code.length, style: "code_block" });
   if (state.env.listStack.length === 0) {
-    appendText(state, "\n");
+    target.text += "\n";
   }
 }
 
 function handleLinkClose(state: RenderState) {
-  const link = state.env.linkStack.pop();
+  const target = resolveRenderTarget(state);
+  const link = target.linkStack.pop();
   if (!link?.href) return;
   const href = link.href.trim();
   if (!href) return;
   const start = link.labelStart;
-  const end = state.text.length;
+  const end = target.text.length;
   if (end <= start) {
-    state.links.push({ start, end, href });
+    target.links.push({ start, end, href });
     return;
   }
-  state.links.push({ start, end, href });
+  target.links.push({ start, end, href });
+}
+
+function initTableState(): TableState {
+  return {
+    headers: [],
+    rows: [],
+    currentRow: [],
+    currentCell: null,
+    inHeader: false,
+  };
+}
+
+function finishTableCell(cell: RenderTarget): TableCell {
+  closeRemainingStyles(cell);
+  return {
+    text: cell.text,
+    styles: cell.styles,
+    links: cell.links,
+  };
+}
+
+function trimCell(cell: TableCell): TableCell {
+  const text = cell.text;
+  let start = 0;
+  let end = text.length;
+  while (start < end && /\s/.test(text[start] ?? "")) start += 1;
+  while (end > start && /\s/.test(text[end - 1] ?? "")) end -= 1;
+  if (start === 0 && end === text.length) return cell;
+  const trimmedText = text.slice(start, end);
+  const trimmedLength = trimmedText.length;
+  const trimmedStyles: MarkdownStyleSpan[] = [];
+  for (const span of cell.styles) {
+    const sliceStart = Math.max(0, span.start - start);
+    const sliceEnd = Math.min(trimmedLength, span.end - start);
+    if (sliceEnd > sliceStart) {
+      trimmedStyles.push({ start: sliceStart, end: sliceEnd, style: span.style });
+    }
+  }
+  const trimmedLinks: MarkdownLinkSpan[] = [];
+  for (const span of cell.links) {
+    const sliceStart = Math.max(0, span.start - start);
+    const sliceEnd = Math.min(trimmedLength, span.end - start);
+    if (sliceEnd > sliceStart) {
+      trimmedLinks.push({ start: sliceStart, end: sliceEnd, href: span.href });
+    }
+  }
+  return { text: trimmedText, styles: trimmedStyles, links: trimmedLinks };
+}
+
+function appendCell(state: RenderState, cell: TableCell) {
+  if (!cell.text) return;
+  const start = state.text.length;
+  state.text += cell.text;
+  for (const span of cell.styles) {
+    state.styles.push({
+      start: start + span.start,
+      end: start + span.end,
+      style: span.style,
+    });
+  }
+  for (const link of cell.links) {
+    state.links.push({
+      start: start + link.start,
+      end: start + link.end,
+      href: link.href,
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+function renderTableAsBullets(state: RenderState) {
+  if (!state.table) return;
+  const headers = state.table.headers.map(trimCell);
+  const rows = state.table.rows.map((row) => row.map(trimCell));
+
+  // If no headers or rows, skip
+  if (headers.length === 0 && rows.length === 0) return;
+
+  // Determine if first column should be used as row labels
+  // (common pattern: first column is category/feature name)
+  const useFirstColAsLabel = headers.length > 1 && rows.length > 0;
+
+  if (useFirstColAsLabel) {
+    // Format: each row becomes a section with header as row[0], then key:value pairs
+    for (const row of rows) {
+      if (row.length === 0) continue;
+
+      const rowLabel = row[0];
+      if (rowLabel?.text) {
+        const labelStart = state.text.length;
+        appendCell(state, rowLabel);
+        const labelEnd = state.text.length;
+        if (labelEnd > labelStart) {
+          state.styles.push({ start: labelStart, end: labelEnd, style: "bold" });
+        }
+        state.text += "\n";
+      }
+
+      // Add each column as a bullet point
+      for (let i = 1; i < row.length; i++) {
+        const header = headers[i];
+        const value = row[i];
+        if (!value?.text) continue;
+        state.text += "• ";
+        if (header?.text) {
+          appendCell(state, header);
+          state.text += ": ";
+        } else {
+          state.text += `Column ${i}: `;
+        }
+        appendCell(state, value);
+        state.text += "\n";
+      }
+      state.text += "\n";
+    }
+  } else {
+    // Simple table: just list headers and values
+    for (const row of rows) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < row.length; i++) {
+        const header = headers[i];
+        const value = row[i];
+        if (!value?.text) continue;
+        state.text += "• ";
+        if (header?.text) {
+          appendCell(state, header);
+          state.text += ": ";
+        }
+        appendCell(state, value);
+        state.text += "\n";
+      }
+      state.text += "\n";
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function renderTableAsCode(state: RenderState) {
+  if (!state.table) return;
+  const headers = state.table.headers.map(trimCell);
+  const rows = state.table.rows.map((row) => row.map(trimCell));
+
+  const columnCount = Math.max(headers.length, ...rows.map((row) => row.length));
+  if (columnCount === 0) return;
+
+  const widths = Array.from({ length: columnCount }, () => 0);
+  const updateWidths = (cells: TableCell[]) => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < columnCount; i += 1) {
+      const cell = cells[i];
+      const width = cell?.text.length ?? 0;
+      if (widths[i] < width) widths[i] = width;
+    }
+  };
+  updateWidths(headers);
+  for (const row of rows) updateWidths(row);
+
+  const codeStart = state.text.length;
+
+  const appendRow = (cells: TableCell[]) => {
+    state.text += "|";
+    for (let i = 0; i < columnCount; i += 1) {
+      state.text += " ";
+      const cell = cells[i];
+      if (cell) appendCell(state, cell);
+      const pad = widths[i] - (cell?.text.length ?? 0);
+      if (pad > 0) state.text += " ".repeat(pad);
+      state.text += " |";
+    }
+    state.text += "\n";
+  };
+
+  const appendDivider = () => {
+    state.text += "|";
+    for (let i = 0; i < columnCount; i += 1) {
+      const dashCount = Math.max(3, widths[i]);
+      state.text += ` ${"-".repeat(dashCount)} |`;
+    }
+    state.text += "\n";
+  };
+
+  appendRow(headers);
+  appendDivider();
+  for (const row of rows) {
+    appendRow(row);
+  }
+
+  const codeEnd = state.text.length;
+  if (codeEnd > codeStart) {
+    state.styles.push({ start: codeStart, end: codeEnd, style: "code_block" });
+  }
+  if (state.env.listStack.length === 0) {
+    state.text += "\n";
+  }
 }
 
 function renderTokens(tokens: MarkdownToken[], state: RenderState): void {
@@ -252,7 +491,8 @@ function renderTokens(tokens: MarkdownToken[], state: RenderState): void {
         break;
       case "link_open": {
         const href = getAttr(token, "href") ?? "";
-        state.env.linkStack.push({ href, labelStart: state.text.length });
+        const target = resolveRenderTarget(state);
+        target.linkStack.push({ href, labelStart: target.text.length });
         break;
       }
       case "link_close":
@@ -276,10 +516,10 @@ function renderTokens(tokens: MarkdownToken[], state: RenderState): void {
         appendParagraphSeparator(state);
         break;
       case "blockquote_open":
-        if (state.blockquotePrefix) appendText(state, state.blockquotePrefix);
+        if (state.blockquotePrefix) state.text += state.blockquotePrefix;
         break;
       case "blockquote_close":
-        appendText(state, "\n");
+        state.text += "\n";
         break;
       case "bullet_list_open":
         state.env.listStack.push({ type: "bullet", index: 0 });
@@ -299,7 +539,7 @@ function renderTokens(tokens: MarkdownToken[], state: RenderState): void {
         appendListPrefix(state);
         break;
       case "list_item_close":
-        appendText(state, "\n");
+        state.text += "\n";
         break;
       case "code_block":
       case "fence":
@@ -309,22 +549,68 @@ function renderTokens(tokens: MarkdownToken[], state: RenderState): void {
       case "html_inline":
         appendText(state, token.content ?? "");
         break;
+
+      // Table handling
       case "table_open":
+        if (state.tableMode !== "off") {
+          state.table = initTableState();
+          state.hasTables = true;
+        }
+        break;
       case "table_close":
+        if (state.table) {
+          if (state.tableMode === "bullets") {
+            renderTableAsBullets(state);
+          } else if (state.tableMode === "code") {
+            renderTableAsCode(state);
+          }
+        }
+        state.table = null;
+        break;
       case "thead_open":
+        if (state.table) {
+          state.table.inHeader = true;
+        }
+        break;
       case "thead_close":
+        if (state.table) {
+          state.table.inHeader = false;
+        }
+        break;
       case "tbody_open":
       case "tbody_close":
         break;
+      case "tr_open":
+        if (state.table) {
+          state.table.currentRow = [];
+        }
+        break;
       case "tr_close":
-        appendText(state, "\n");
+        if (state.table) {
+          if (state.table.inHeader) {
+            state.table.headers = state.table.currentRow;
+          } else {
+            state.table.rows.push(state.table.currentRow);
+          }
+          state.table.currentRow = [];
+        }
+        break;
+      case "th_open":
+      case "td_open":
+        if (state.table) {
+          state.table.currentCell = initRenderTarget();
+        }
         break;
       case "th_close":
       case "td_close":
-        appendText(state, "\t");
+        if (state.table?.currentCell) {
+          state.table.currentRow.push(finishTableCell(state.table.currentCell));
+          state.table.currentCell = null;
+        }
         break;
+
       case "hr":
-        appendText(state, "\n");
+        state.text += "\n";
         break;
       default:
         if (token.children) renderTokens(token.children, state);
@@ -333,19 +619,19 @@ function renderTokens(tokens: MarkdownToken[], state: RenderState): void {
   }
 }
 
-function closeRemainingStyles(state: RenderState) {
+function closeRemainingStyles(target: RenderTarget) {
-  for (let i = state.openStyles.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
+  for (let i = target.openStyles.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
-    const open = state.openStyles[i];
+    const open = target.openStyles[i];
-    const end = state.text.length;
+    const end = target.text.length;
     if (end > open.start) {
-      state.styles.push({
+      target.styles.push({
         start: open.start,
         end,
         style: open.style,
       });
     }
   }
-  state.openStyles = [];
+  target.openStyles = [];
 }
 
 function clampStyleSpans(spans: MarkdownStyleSpan[], maxLength: number): MarkdownStyleSpan[] {
@@ -426,22 +712,35 @@ function sliceLinkSpans(spans: MarkdownLinkSpan[], start: number, end: number):
 }
 
 export function markdownToIR(markdown: string, options: MarkdownParseOptions = {}): MarkdownIR {
-  const env: RenderEnv = { listStack: [], linkStack: [] };
+  return markdownToIRWithMeta(markdown, options).ir;
+}
+
+export function markdownToIRWithMeta(
+  markdown: string,
+  options: MarkdownParseOptions = {},
+): { ir: MarkdownIR; hasTables: boolean } {
+  const env: RenderEnv = { listStack: [] };
   const md = createMarkdownIt(options);
   const tokens = md.parse(markdown ?? "", env as unknown as object);
   if (options.enableSpoilers) {
     applySpoilerTokens(tokens as MarkdownToken[]);
   }
 
+  const tableMode = options.tableMode ?? "off";
+
   const state: RenderState = {
     text: "",
     styles: [],
     openStyles: [],
     links: [],
+    linkStack: [],
     env,
     headingStyle: options.headingStyle ?? "none",
     blockquotePrefix: options.blockquotePrefix ?? "",
     enableSpoilers: options.enableSpoilers ?? false,
+    tableMode,
+    table: null,
+    hasTables: false,
   };
 
   renderTokens(tokens as MarkdownToken[], state);
@@ -459,9 +758,12 @@ export function markdownToIR(markdown: string, options: MarkdownParseOptions = {
     finalLength === state.text.length ? state.text : state.text.slice(0, finalLength);
 
   return {
-    text: finalText,
+    ir: {
-    styles: mergeStyleSpans(clampStyleSpans(state.styles, finalLength)),
+      text: finalText,
-    links: clampLinkSpans(state.links, finalLength),
+      styles: mergeStyleSpans(clampStyleSpans(state.styles, finalLength)),
+      links: clampLinkSpans(state.links, finalLength),
+    },
+    hasTables: state.hasTables,
   };
 }
 

src/markdown/tables.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import type { MarkdownTableMode } from "../config/types.base.js";
+import { markdownToIRWithMeta } from "./ir.js";
+import { renderMarkdownWithMarkers } from "./render.js";
+
+const MARKDOWN_STYLE_MARKERS = {
+  bold: { open: "**", close: "**" },
+  italic: { open: "_", close: "_" },
+  strikethrough: { open: "~~", close: "~~" },
+  code: { open: "`", close: "`" },
+  code_block: { open: "```\n", close: "```" },
+} as const;
+
+export function convertMarkdownTables(markdown: string, mode: MarkdownTableMode): string {
+  if (!markdown || mode === "off") return markdown;
+  const { ir, hasTables } = markdownToIRWithMeta(markdown, {
+    linkify: false,
+    autolink: false,
+    headingStyle: "none",
+    blockquotePrefix: "",
+    tableMode: mode,
+  });
+  if (!hasTables) return markdown;
+  return renderMarkdownWithMarkers(ir, {
+    styleMarkers: MARKDOWN_STYLE_MARKERS,
+    escapeText: (text) => text,
+    buildLink: (link, text) => {
+      const href = link.href.trim();
+      if (!href) return null;
+      const label = text.slice(link.start, link.end);
+      if (!label) return null;
+      return { start: link.start, end: link.end, open: "[", close: `](${href})` };
+    },
+  });
+}

src/plugin-sdk/index.ts

@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ export type {
   DmPolicy,
   DmConfig,
   GroupPolicy,
+  MarkdownConfig,
+  MarkdownTableMode,
   MSTeamsChannelConfig,
   MSTeamsConfig,
   MSTeamsReplyStyle,
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@ export {
   DmConfigSchema,
   DmPolicySchema,
   GroupPolicySchema,
+  MarkdownConfigSchema,
+  MarkdownTableModeSchema,
   normalizeAllowFrom,
   requireOpenAllowFrom,
 } from "../config/zod-schema.core.js";

src/plugins/runtime/index.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   resolveChannelGroupPolicy,
   resolveChannelGroupRequireMention,
 } from "../../config/group-policy.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { resolveStateDir } from "../../config/paths.js";
 import { loadConfig, writeConfigFile } from "../../config/config.js";
 import {
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ import { monitorIMessageProvider } from "../../imessage/monitor.js";
 import { probeIMessage } from "../../imessage/probe.js";
 import { sendMessageIMessage } from "../../imessage/send.js";
 import { shouldLogVerbose } from "../../globals.js";
+import { convertMarkdownTables } from "../../markdown/tables.js";
 import { getChildLogger } from "../../logging.js";
 import { normalizeLogLevel } from "../../logging/levels.js";
 import { isVoiceCompatibleAudio } from "../../media/audio.js";
@@ -156,6 +158,8 @@ export function createPluginRuntime(): PluginRuntime {
         chunkText,
         resolveTextChunkLimit,
         hasControlCommand,
+        resolveMarkdownTableMode,
+        convertMarkdownTables,
       },
       reply: {
         dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher,

src/plugins/runtime/types.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ type ResolveCommandAuthorizedFromAuthorizers =
 type ResolveTextChunkLimit = typeof import("../../auto-reply/chunk.js").resolveTextChunkLimit;
 type ChunkMarkdownText = typeof import("../../auto-reply/chunk.js").chunkMarkdownText;
 type ChunkText = typeof import("../../auto-reply/chunk.js").chunkText;
+type ResolveMarkdownTableMode =
+  typeof import("../../config/markdown-tables.js").resolveMarkdownTableMode;
+type ConvertMarkdownTables = typeof import("../../markdown/tables.js").convertMarkdownTables;
 type HasControlCommand = typeof import("../../auto-reply/command-detection.js").hasControlCommand;
 type IsControlCommandMessage =
   typeof import("../../auto-reply/command-detection.js").isControlCommandMessage;
@@ -168,6 +171,8 @@ export type PluginRuntime = {
       chunkText: ChunkText;
       resolveTextChunkLimit: ResolveTextChunkLimit;
       hasControlCommand: HasControlCommand;
+      resolveMarkdownTableMode: ResolveMarkdownTableMode;
+      convertMarkdownTables: ConvertMarkdownTables;
     };
     reply: {
       dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher: DispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher;

src/signal/format.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   type MarkdownIR,
   type MarkdownStyle,
 } from "../markdown/ir.js";
+import type { MarkdownTableMode } from "../config/types.base.js";
 
 type SignalTextStyle = "BOLD" | "ITALIC" | "STRIKETHROUGH" | "MONOSPACE" | "SPOILER";
 
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ export type SignalFormattedText = {
   styles: SignalTextStyleRange[];
 };
 
+type SignalMarkdownOptions = {
+  tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode;
+};
+
 type SignalStyleSpan = {
   start: number;
   end: number;
@@ -188,22 +193,31 @@ function renderSignalText(ir: MarkdownIR): SignalFormattedText {
   };
 }
 
-export function markdownToSignalText(markdown: string): SignalFormattedText {
+export function markdownToSignalText(
+  markdown: string,
+  options: SignalMarkdownOptions = {},
+): SignalFormattedText {
   const ir = markdownToIR(markdown ?? "", {
     linkify: true,
     enableSpoilers: true,
     headingStyle: "none",
     blockquotePrefix: "",
+    tableMode: options.tableMode,
   });
   return renderSignalText(ir);
 }
 
-export function markdownToSignalTextChunks(markdown: string, limit: number): SignalFormattedText[] {
+export function markdownToSignalTextChunks(
+  markdown: string,
+  limit: number,
+  options: SignalMarkdownOptions = {},
+): SignalFormattedText[] {
   const ir = markdownToIR(markdown ?? "", {
     linkify: true,
     enableSpoilers: true,
     headingStyle: "none",
     blockquotePrefix: "",
+    tableMode: options.tableMode,
   });
   const chunks = chunkMarkdownIR(ir, limit);
   return chunks.map((chunk) => renderSignalText(chunk));

src/signal/send.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { mediaKindFromMime } from "../media/constants.js";
 import { saveMediaBuffer } from "../media/store.js";
 import { loadWebMedia } from "../web/media.js";
@@ -164,7 +165,12 @@ export async function sendMessageSignal(
     if (textMode === "plain") {
       textStyles = opts.textStyles ?? [];
     } else {
-      const formatted = markdownToSignalText(message);
+      const tableMode = resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+        cfg,
+        channel: "signal",
+        accountId: accountInfo.accountId,
+      });
+      const formatted = markdownToSignalText(message, { tableMode });
       message = formatted.text;
       textStyles = formatted.styles;
     }

src/slack/format.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { chunkMarkdownIR, markdownToIR, type MarkdownLinkSpan } from "../markdown/ir.js";
+import type { MarkdownTableMode } from "../config/types.base.js";
 import { renderMarkdownWithMarkers } from "../markdown/render.js";
 
 // Escape special characters for Slack mrkdwn format.
@@ -83,12 +84,20 @@ function buildSlackLink(link: MarkdownLinkSpan, text: string) {
   };
 }
 
-export function markdownToSlackMrkdwn(markdown: string): string {
+type SlackMarkdownOptions = {
+  tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode;
+};
+
+export function markdownToSlackMrkdwn(
+  markdown: string,
+  options: SlackMarkdownOptions = {},
+): string {
   const ir = markdownToIR(markdown ?? "", {
     linkify: false,
     autolink: false,
     headingStyle: "bold",
     blockquotePrefix: "> ",
+    tableMode: options.tableMode,
   });
   return renderMarkdownWithMarkers(ir, {
     styleMarkers: {
@@ -103,12 +112,17 @@ export function markdownToSlackMrkdwn(markdown: string): string {
   });
 }
 
-export function markdownToSlackMrkdwnChunks(markdown: string, limit: number): string[] {
+export function markdownToSlackMrkdwnChunks(
+  markdown: string,
+  limit: number,
+  options: SlackMarkdownOptions = {},
+): string[] {
   const ir = markdownToIR(markdown ?? "", {
     linkify: false,
     autolink: false,
     headingStyle: "bold",
     blockquotePrefix: "> ",
+    tableMode: options.tableMode,
   });
   const chunks = chunkMarkdownIR(ir, limit);
   return chunks.map((chunk) =>

src/slack/monitor/replies.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { createReplyReferencePlanner } from "../../auto-reply/reply/reply-reference.js";
 import { isSilentReplyText, SILENT_REPLY_TOKEN } from "../../auto-reply/tokens.js";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../../auto-reply/types.js";
+import type { MarkdownTableMode } from "../../config/types.base.js";
 import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../../runtime.js";
 import { markdownToSlackMrkdwnChunks } from "../format.js";
 import { sendMessageSlack } from "../send.js";
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ export async function deliverSlackSlashReplies(params: {
   respond: SlackRespondFn;
   ephemeral: boolean;
   textLimit: number;
+  tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode;
 }) {
   const messages: string[] = [];
   const chunkLimit = Math.min(params.textLimit, 4000);
@@ -127,7 +129,9 @@ export async function deliverSlackSlashReplies(params: {
       .filter(Boolean)
       .join("\n");
     if (!combined) continue;
-    for (const chunk of markdownToSlackMrkdwnChunks(combined, chunkLimit)) {
+    for (const chunk of markdownToSlackMrkdwnChunks(combined, chunkLimit, {
+      tableMode: params.tableMode,
+    })) {
       messages.push(chunk);
     }
   }

src/slack/monitor/slash.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { listSkillCommandsForAgents } from "../../auto-reply/skill-commands.js";
 import { dispatchReplyWithDispatcher } from "../../auto-reply/reply/provider-dispatcher.js";
 import { finalizeInboundContext } from "../../auto-reply/reply/inbound-context.js";
 import { resolveNativeCommandsEnabled, resolveNativeSkillsEnabled } from "../../config/commands.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { danger, logVerbose } from "../../globals.js";
 import { buildPairingReply } from "../../pairing/pairing-messages.js";
 import {
@@ -424,6 +425,11 @@ export function registerSlackMonitorSlashCommands(params: {
               respond,
               ephemeral: slashCommand.ephemeral,
               textLimit: ctx.textLimit,
+              tableMode: resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+                cfg,
+                channel: "slack",
+                accountId: route.accountId,
+              }),
             });
           },
           onError: (err, info) => {
@@ -438,6 +444,11 @@ export function registerSlackMonitorSlashCommands(params: {
           respond,
           ephemeral: slashCommand.ephemeral,
           textLimit: ctx.textLimit,
+          tableMode: resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+            cfg,
+            channel: "slack",
+            accountId: route.accountId,
+          }),
         });
       }
     } catch (err) {

src/slack/send.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { SlackTokenSource } from "./accounts.js";
 import { resolveSlackAccount } from "./accounts.js";
 import { createSlackWebClient } from "./client.js";
 import { markdownToSlackMrkdwnChunks } from "./format.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { parseSlackTarget } from "./targets.js";
 import { resolveSlackBotToken } from "./token.js";
 
@@ -143,7 +144,12 @@ export async function sendMessageSlack(
   const { channelId } = await resolveChannelId(client, recipient);
   const textLimit = resolveTextChunkLimit(cfg, "slack", account.accountId);
   const chunkLimit = Math.min(textLimit, SLACK_TEXT_LIMIT);
-  const chunks = markdownToSlackMrkdwnChunks(trimmedMessage, chunkLimit);
+  const tableMode = resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+    cfg,
+    channel: "slack",
+    accountId: account.accountId,
+  });
+  const chunks = markdownToSlackMrkdwnChunks(trimmedMessage, chunkLimit, { tableMode });
   const mediaMaxBytes =
     typeof account.config.mediaMaxMb === "number"
       ? account.config.mediaMaxMb * 1024 * 1024

src/telegram/bot-message-dispatch.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { EmbeddedBlockChunker } from "../agents/pi-embedded-block-chunker.js";
 import { clearHistoryEntries } from "../auto-reply/reply/history.js";
 import { dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher } from "../auto-reply/reply/provider-dispatcher.js";
 import { danger, logVerbose } from "../globals.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { deliverReplies } from "./bot/delivery.js";
 import { resolveTelegramDraftStreamingChunking } from "./draft-chunking.js";
 import { createTelegramDraftStream } from "./draft-stream.js";
@@ -123,6 +124,11 @@ export const dispatchTelegramMessage = async ({
   let prefixContext: ResponsePrefixContext = {
     identityName: resolveIdentityName(cfg, route.agentId),
   };
+  const tableMode = resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+    cfg,
+    channel: "telegram",
+    accountId: route.accountId,
+  });
 
   const { queuedFinal } = await dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher({
     ctx: ctxPayload,
@@ -144,6 +150,7 @@ export const dispatchTelegramMessage = async ({
           replyToMode,
           textLimit,
           messageThreadId: resolvedThreadId,
+          tableMode,
           onVoiceRecording: sendRecordVoice,
         });
       },

src/telegram/bot-native-commands.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { resolveTelegramCustomCommands } from "../config/telegram-custom-command
 import { dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher } from "../auto-reply/reply/provider-dispatcher.js";
 import { finalizeInboundContext } from "../auto-reply/reply/inbound-context.js";
 import { danger, logVerbose } from "../globals.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { resolveAgentRoute } from "../routing/resolve-route.js";
 import { resolveCommandAuthorizedFromAuthorizers } from "../channels/command-gating.js";
 import type { ChannelGroupPolicy } from "../config/group-policy.js";
@@ -269,6 +270,11 @@ export const registerTelegramNativeCommands = ({
               id: isGroup ? buildTelegramGroupPeerId(chatId, resolvedThreadId) : String(chatId),
             },
           });
+          const tableMode = resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+            cfg,
+            channel: "telegram",
+            accountId: route.accountId,
+          });
           const skillFilter = firstDefined(topicConfig?.skills, groupConfig?.skills);
           const systemPromptParts = [
             groupConfig?.systemPrompt?.trim() || null,
@@ -327,6 +333,7 @@ export const registerTelegramNativeCommands = ({
                   replyToMode,
                   textLimit,
                   messageThreadId: resolvedThreadId,
+                  tableMode,
                 });
               },
               onError: (err, info) => {

src/telegram/bot/delivery.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { markdownToTelegramChunks, markdownToTelegramHtml } from "../format.js";
 import { splitTelegramCaption } from "../caption.js";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../../auto-reply/types.js";
 import type { ReplyToMode } from "../../config/config.js";
+import type { MarkdownTableMode } from "../../config/types.base.js";
 import { danger, logVerbose } from "../../globals.js";
 import { formatErrorMessage } from "../../infra/errors.js";
 import { mediaKindFromMime } from "../../media/constants.js";
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export async function deliverReplies(params: {
   replyToMode: ReplyToMode;
   textLimit: number;
   messageThreadId?: number;
+  tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode;
   /** Callback invoked before sending a voice message to switch typing indicator. */
   onVoiceRecording?: () => Promise<void> | void;
 }) {
@@ -49,7 +51,9 @@ export async function deliverReplies(params: {
         ? [reply.mediaUrl]
         : [];
     if (mediaList.length === 0) {
-      const chunks = markdownToTelegramChunks(reply.text || "", textLimit);
+      const chunks = markdownToTelegramChunks(reply.text || "", textLimit, {
+        tableMode: params.tableMode,
+      });
       for (const chunk of chunks) {
         await sendTelegramText(bot, chatId, chunk.html, runtime, {
           replyToMessageId:
@@ -139,7 +143,9 @@ export async function deliverReplies(params: {
       // Send deferred follow-up text right after the first media item.
       // Chunk it in case it's extremely long (same logic as text-only replies).
       if (pendingFollowUpText && isFirstMedia) {
-        const chunks = markdownToTelegramChunks(pendingFollowUpText, textLimit);
+        const chunks = markdownToTelegramChunks(pendingFollowUpText, textLimit, {
+          tableMode: params.tableMode,
+        });
         for (const chunk of chunks) {
           const replyToMessageIdFollowup =
             replyToId && (replyToMode === "all" || !hasReplied) ? replyToId : undefined;

src/telegram/format.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type MarkdownIR,
 } from "../markdown/ir.js";
 import { renderMarkdownWithMarkers } from "../markdown/render.js";
+import type { MarkdownTableMode } from "../config/types.base.js";
 
 export type TelegramFormattedChunk = {
   html: string;
@@ -46,11 +47,15 @@ function renderTelegramHtml(ir: MarkdownIR): string {
   });
 }
 
-export function markdownToTelegramHtml(markdown: string): string {
+export function markdownToTelegramHtml(
+  markdown: string,
+  options: { tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode } = {},
+): string {
   const ir = markdownToIR(markdown ?? "", {
     linkify: true,
     headingStyle: "none",
     blockquotePrefix: "",
+    tableMode: options.tableMode,
   });
   return renderTelegramHtml(ir);
 }
@@ -58,11 +63,13 @@ export function markdownToTelegramHtml(markdown: string): string {
 export function markdownToTelegramChunks(
   markdown: string,
   limit: number,
+  options: { tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode } = {},
 ): TelegramFormattedChunk[] {
   const ir = markdownToIR(markdown ?? "", {
     linkify: true,
     headingStyle: "none",
     blockquotePrefix: "",
+    tableMode: options.tableMode,
   });
   const chunks = chunkMarkdownIR(ir, limit);
   return chunks.map((chunk) => ({

src/telegram/send.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { loadWebMedia } from "../web/media.js";
 import { resolveTelegramAccount } from "./accounts.js";
 import { resolveTelegramFetch } from "./fetch.js";
 import { markdownToTelegramHtml } from "./format.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { splitTelegramCaption } from "./caption.js";
 import { recordSentMessage } from "./sent-message-cache.js";
 import { parseTelegramTarget, stripTelegramInternalPrefixes } from "./targets.js";
@@ -310,7 +311,12 @@ export async function sendMessageTelegram(
     throw new Error("Message must be non-empty for Telegram sends");
   }
   const textMode = opts.textMode ?? "markdown";
-  const htmlText = textMode === "html" ? text : markdownToTelegramHtml(text);
+  const tableMode = resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+    cfg,
+    channel: "telegram",
+    accountId: account.accountId,
+  });
+  const htmlText = textMode === "html" ? text : markdownToTelegramHtml(text, { tableMode });
   const textParams = hasThreadParams
     ? {
         parse_mode: "HTML" as const,

src/web/auto-reply/deliver-reply.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { chunkMarkdownText } from "../../auto-reply/chunk.js";
+import type { MarkdownTableMode } from "../../config/types.base.js";
+import { convertMarkdownTables } from "../../markdown/tables.js";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../../auto-reply/types.js";
 import { logVerbose, shouldLogVerbose } from "../../globals.js";
 import { loadWebMedia } from "../media.js";
@@ -19,10 +21,13 @@ export async function deliverWebReply(params: {
   };
   connectionId?: string;
   skipLog?: boolean;
+  tableMode?: MarkdownTableMode;
 }) {
   const { replyResult, msg, maxMediaBytes, textLimit, replyLogger, connectionId, skipLog } = params;
   const replyStarted = Date.now();
-  const textChunks = chunkMarkdownText(replyResult.text || "", textLimit);
+  const tableMode = params.tableMode ?? "code";
+  const convertedText = convertMarkdownTables(replyResult.text || "", tableMode);
+  const textChunks = chunkMarkdownText(convertedText, textLimit);
   const mediaList = replyResult.mediaUrls?.length
     ? replyResult.mediaUrls
     : replyResult.mediaUrl

src/web/auto-reply/monitor/process-message.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   recordSessionMetaFromInbound,
   resolveStorePath,
 } from "../../../config/sessions.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../../../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { logVerbose, shouldLogVerbose } from "../../../globals.js";
 import type { getChildLogger } from "../../../logging.js";
 import { readChannelAllowFromStore } from "../../../pairing/pairing-store.js";
@@ -235,6 +236,11 @@ export async function processMessage(params: {
       : undefined;
 
   const textLimit = params.maxMediaTextChunkLimit ?? resolveTextChunkLimit(params.cfg, "whatsapp");
+  const tableMode = resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+    cfg: params.cfg,
+    channel: "whatsapp",
+    accountId: params.route.accountId,
+  });
   let didLogHeartbeatStrip = false;
   let didSendReply = false;
   const commandAuthorized = shouldComputeCommandAuthorized(params.msg.body, params.cfg)
@@ -345,6 +351,7 @@ export async function processMessage(params: {
           connectionId: params.connectionId,
           // Tool + block updates are noisy; skip their log lines.
           skipLog: info.kind !== "final",
+          tableMode,
         });
         didSendReply = true;
         if (info.kind === "tool") {

src/web/outbound.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import { getChildLogger } from "../logging/logger.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
 import { normalizePollInput, type PollInput } from "../polls.js";
 import { toWhatsappJid } from "../utils.js";
+import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../config/markdown-tables.js";
+import { convertMarkdownTables } from "../markdown/tables.js";
 import { type ActiveWebSendOptions, requireActiveWebListener } from "./active-listener.js";
 import { loadWebMedia } from "./media.js";
 
@@ -25,6 +28,13 @@ export async function sendMessageWhatsApp(
   const { listener: active, accountId: resolvedAccountId } = requireActiveWebListener(
     options.accountId,
   );
+  const cfg = loadConfig();
+  const tableMode = resolveMarkdownTableMode({
+    cfg,
+    channel: "whatsapp",
+    accountId: resolvedAccountId ?? options.accountId,
+  });
+  text = convertMarkdownTables(text ?? "", tableMode);
   const logger = getChildLogger({
     module: "web-outbound",
     correlationId,