@ngrok/remark-mdx-github-alerts

Remark plugin that transforms GitHub-style alert blockquotes into MDX JSX elements, allowing consumers to render them with any component via the MDX provider.

Why

GitHub Flavored Markdown supports alert blockquotes for highlighting important information. This plugin lets you use the same syntax in MDX and render alerts with your own React components.

What

Transforms:

> [!NOTE]
> Some informational text

Into the equivalent of:

<GithubAlert type="note">Some informational text</GithubAlert>

Supported alert types: NOTE, TIP, IMPORTANT, WARNING, CAUTION (case-insensitive).

Installation

package manager	command
npm	npm install -DE @ngrok/remark-mdx-github-alerts
pnpm	pnpm add -DE @ngrok/remark-mdx-github-alerts
bun	bun add -DE @ngrok/remark-mdx-github-alerts
yarn	yarn add -DE @ngrok/remark-mdx-github-alerts

Configuration

With @mdx-js/rollup (Vite, Rollup)

import mdx from "@mdx-js/rollup";
import { remarkGithubAlerts } from "@ngrok/remark-mdx-github-alerts";

export default {
	plugins: [
		mdx({
			remarkPlugins: [remarkGithubAlerts],
		}),
	],
};

With @mdx-js/mdx (compile API)

import { compile } from "@mdx-js/mdx";
import { remarkGithubAlerts } from "@ngrok/remark-mdx-github-alerts";

const result = await compile(mdxSource, {
	remarkPlugins: [remarkGithubAlerts],
});

How it works

The plugin operates at the mdast (Markdown AST) level, running as a remark transform before MDX converts to HTML (hast).

1. Walk the tree — uses unist-util-visit to traverse all blockquote nodes.
2. Detect alert markers — checks if the first text node matches [!NOTE], [!TIP], [!IMPORTANT], [!WARNING], or [!CAUTION].
3. Transform to JSX — replaces the blockquote with an mdxJsxFlowElement node (<GithubAlert type="...">) containing the remaining content.

The marker text is stripped and any content following it (on the same line or subsequent lines) is preserved as children of the JSX element.

API

remarkGithubAlerts()

Returns a remark transformer function. No options are needed — all alert blockquotes are processed automatically.

Provide a GithubAlert component via your MDX provider to control rendering.

License

MIT