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SUB-OBS-01

Obsidian syntax is flattened to ordinary rich content. This applies to Substack, where the result is manual step.

Affects Substack. Matches obsidian_wikilink, obsidian_embed, obsidian_callout, obsidian_blockref. Fixture markdown-portability-test-v1.

What happens, per destination

Every destination that applies SUB-OBS-01, with the live test behind it.
DestinationTested surfaceResultSeverityConfidenceLast tested
SubstackSubstack web post editorManual stepActionVerifiedTested 2026-08-24.

Why, and what to do

Wiki links and transclusions stayed literal and the callout degraded to a quote.

Do this: Check each flattened target still makes sense to a reader.

Limits of this rule

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