MineDown Formatting

Every SlateChat config file — channel formats, /chatcolor messages, all of it — accepts MineDown syntax alongside plain MiniMessage tags. Players can also type MineDown directly in chat.

Basic format

[Display Text](arguments)

• Display Text — what shows up in chat
• arguments — colors, formatting, links, hover text, space separated

Automatic hover

Using a link or command always shows a hover — by default it's just the link/command itself, so players know what they're about to click before they click it.

Examples

Clickable link

[Visit our website](https://example.com)

Shows "Visit our website", opens the site on click, hovers the URL automatically.

Clickable command

[Click here](/help)

Shows "Click here", runs /help on click, hovers /help automatically.

Command with custom hover (needs chat.hover.bypass)

[View rules](/rules Click to see server rules)

With the permission, hovering shows "Click to see server rules." Without it, the automatic /rules hover is shown instead — the custom text is dropped silently, not an error.

Hover only, no link

[Information](Hover for more details)

Any argument that isn't a link or command just becomes hover text. No permission needed if there's no link attached.

Colors

[Colored text](red)
[Hex color text](#FF5733)

Formatting

[Bold text](bold)
[Italic text](italic)
[Underlined text](underline)
[Strikethrough text](strikethrough)
[Obfuscated text](obfuscated)

Combinations

Arguments stack, space separated:

[Admin](red bold)
[Click here](green underline /warp spawn Teleport to spawn)
[Website](aqua https://example.com Visit our website!)

Gradients

[Colored text](#FF0000-#0000FF)

Rainbow

[Rainbow](rainbow)
[Slow rainbow](rainbow:50)

Escaping

Prefix the [ with a backslash to show the raw syntax instead of triggering it — handy when explaining the format to someone instead of using it:

\[Click here](/kill)

This prints [Click here](/kill) as literal, non-clickable text.

Processing order

1. The first argument starting with / or http(s):// becomes the link or command
2. Anything after that becomes hover text
3. Colors and formatting apply to the display text
4. With no link at all, every unrecognized argument becomes hover text

Hover text is resolved outside of the click action, which is resolved outside of formatting, which is outside of color — in that order.

Common mistake

[/kill](Click here)

This is backwards — it displays the literal text "/kill" and "Click here" never becomes clickable. The link/command always goes in the parentheses:

[Click here](/kill)

In chat

Players can type MineDown directly:

Hello [everyone](yellow bold)! [Click here](/warp spawn Go to spawn)

"Hello" renders as normal text, "everyone" comes out yellow and bold, and "Click here" becomes clickable — running /warp spawn with a "Go to spawn" hover.

Permissions