xc - Simple, Convenient, Markdown-based task runner.

xc is a task runner similar to Make or npm run, that aims to be more discoverable and approachable.

The problem xc is intended to solve is scripts maintained separately from their documentation Often a Makefile or a package.json will contain some useful scripts for developing on a project then the README.md will surface and describe these scripts In such a case, since the documentation is separate, it may not be updated when scripts are changed or added. xc aims to solve this by defining the scripts inline with the documentation.

xc is designed to maximise convenience, and minimise complexity Each xc task is defined in simple, human-readable Markdown. This means that even people without the xc tool installed can use the README.md (or whatever Markdown file contains the tasks) as a source of useful…