The action reads the first line of the markdown file and uses it as the filename, removing the markdown heading characters. It adds the current date to the beginning of the filename and preserves the .md extension. For example:

# Brain Fart
			

becomes:

2026-09-12_Brain Fart.md
			

The file is then moved automatically to my iCloud Drive/Writing/Published folder. The action also checks for an existing file with the same name so it won't accidentally overwrite something already published. I created the action using Dropzone's Develop Action and a Python script.

Now I can drag a finished markdown file onto Published in Dropzone, and it is renamed and moved to the proper folder automatically.