Format Conversion

Markdown TOC Generator

Generate a table of contents from Markdown headings with GitHub-style anchor links

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/markdown-toc-generator' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"markdownInput":"Paste your Markdown here. TOC is generated from # headings...","minLevel":"1","maxLevel":"6","listStyle":"unordered","indent":"2spaces","includeAnchor":true,"outputFormat":"markdown","wrapCodeBlock":true}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/markdown-toc-generator

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
markdownInput	textarea	Yes	—
minLevel	select	No	—
maxLevel	select	No	—
listStyle	select	No	—
indent	select	No	—
includeAnchor

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-markdown-toc-generator": {
      "name": "markdown-toc-generator",
      "description": "Generate a table of contents from Markdown headings with GitHub-style anchor links",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=markdown-toc-generator",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "markdown-toc-generator",
    "arguments": {
  "markdownInput": "Paste your Markdown here. TOC is generated from # headings...",
  "minLevel": "1",
  "maxLevel": "6",
  "listStyle": "unordered",
  "indent": "2spaces",
  "includeAnchor": true,
  "outputFormat": "markdown",
  "wrapCodeBlock": true
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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