Writing a document yourself, in the browser

You do not need an assistant for everything. On any site, the Add button (and the + beside any space in the navigation) offers "Write a document". It is a normal rich-text editor, so you never see Markdown syntax. Paste from Word or a web page and supported formatting is kept. You can drop pictures straight in. The document is stored as Markdown, so your assistant can pick it back up later and revise it. Occasionally a document opens as Markdown source instead, with a line explaining why. That happens when it contains something the visual editor can't keep intact, such as a table or a nested list. The toolbar has a Markdown / Rich text switch either way. To edit a document that already exists, open it and use Edit.