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title: Chat Markup
description: Rich text markup reference for Moveworks chat messages
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## Markup Reference

Moveworks provides the following rich text elements for use. These will work on any chat platform your employees use.

| Markup            | Syntax                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Bold**          | `<b>Bold</b>`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| *Italics*         | `<i>Italics</i>`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Links             | `<a href="https://moveworks.com">Links</a>`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Emoji Shortcodes  | `:short_code:` ([See full list](https://www.webfx.com/tools/emoji-cheat-sheet/))                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `Inline Code`     | `<code>Inline code</code>`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Line Break        | `<br />`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Escape Characters | `\` — Add a backslash before special characters to display their literal version. Some chat platforms (such as MS Teams) may apply additional formatting to [special characters](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/a-z-word-list-term-collections/term-collections/special-characters) like `. ^ $ * + - ? ( ) [ ] { } \ \| — /`. Read about character escaping [here](https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/#escaping-characters). |

### Ordered Lists

```html
<ul>
  <li>Bullet point 1</li>
  <li>Bullet point 2</li>
</ul>
```

<Warning>
  Please do not try to send `<button>` or `<img>` tags in the API as they may lead to unexpected behavior.
</Warning>