Format cornell notes

Arrange supplied study material into a cue column, note column, and separate summary in Markdown.

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How it works

The topic becomes a heading, cue and note lines become two table cells with HTML line breaks, and the summary follows beneath them. This mirrors the Cornell page layout but does not perform its record, question, recite, reflect, and review activities.

  • Every section comes from the learner; no question or summary is generated.
  • Multiple cue lines and note lines remain grouped in their respective cells rather than being paired by row.

Worked example

Format cornell notes
Input
											Topic: Photosynthesis
Cues: Where?
Inputs?
Notes: Occurs in chloroplasts.
Uses light, water and CO2.
Summary: Plants turn light energy into stored chemical energy.
Output
												# Photosynthesis

| Cues | Notes |
|---|---|
| Where?<br>Inputs? | Occurs in chloroplasts.<br>Uses light, water and CO2. |

## Summary
Plants turn light energy into stored chemical energy.

When to use this

Lectures put questions beside recorded ideas, exam review covers the note column while recalling from cues, and after-class review condenses the page into a summary.

Edge cases

  • Several cues and notes remain in one cell each, so line two on the left is not structurally tied to line two on the right.
  • A literal pipe can divide the Markdown table because this formatter does not escape supplied delimiters.
  • An empty summary is rejected because the generated structure always includes the bottom summary section.

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