diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e88391a..406f3e6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "author": "Jamie Mason <jamie@foldleft.io> (https://github.com/JamieMason)",
   "bin": {
-    "self-help-interactive": "./bin-interactive.js",
-    "self-help": "./bin.js"
+    "self-help-interactive": "./dist/bin-interactive.js",
+    "self-help-markdown": "./dist/bin-markdown.js",
+    "self-help": "./dist/bin.js"
   },
   "bugs": "https://github.com/JamieMason/self-help/issues",
   "contributors": [],
diff --git a/src/bin-interactive.ts b/src/bin-interactive.ts
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e37d5b4..fd60b45
--- a/src/bin-interactive.ts
+++ b/src/bin-interactive.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
 import * as program from 'commander';
 import { isString } from 'lodash';
 import { run } from './interactive';
diff --git a/src/bin-markdown.ts b/src/bin-markdown.ts
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aa9e160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin-markdown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import * as program from 'commander';
+import { isString } from 'lodash';
+import { run } from './markdown';
+
+program
+  .description('generate markdown from a self-help document')
+  .option('-s, --source <path>', 'path to self-help document')
+  .parse(process.argv);
+
+if (program.source && isString(program.source)) {
+  run({ sourcePath: program.source });
+} else {
+  program.outputHelp();
+  process.exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/src/bin.ts b/src/bin.ts
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6e7b442..ef3f8fc
--- a/src/bin.ts
+++ b/src/bin.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ import * as program from 'commander';
 program
   .version(require('../package.json').version)
   .command('interactive', 'navigate a self-help document from the command line')
+  .command('markdown', 'generate markdown from a self-help document')
   .parse(process.argv);
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 1bebc62..3da316a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { prompt } from 'inquirer';
 import { WriteStream } from 'tty';
+import { renderToCli } from './lib/markdown';
 import { TreeInterpreter } from './machine/tree';
 import { Branch, isBranch, isLeaf, Leaf, Node } from './machine/tree/nodes';
-import { renderMarkdown } from './markdown';
 
 interface Answer {
   name: string;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const selfHelp = async (interpreter: TreeInterpreter): Promise<void> => {
 
   const renderValue = async (leaf: Leaf) => {
     console.log('');
-    console.log(renderMarkdown(leaf.value));
+    console.log(renderToCli(leaf.value));
   };
 
   interpreter.onTransition(async ({ context: { currentNode }, event, matches }) => {
diff --git a/src/lib/markdown.ts b/src/lib/markdown.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74cfcef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/markdown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import * as marked from 'marked';
+import * as TerminalRenderer from 'marked-terminal';
+import * as prettier from 'prettier';
+import { isBranch, isLeaf, isUnresolvedBranch, Node } from '../machine/tree/nodes';
+
+marked.setOptions({
+  renderer: new TerminalRenderer({
+    reflowText: false,
+    tab: 2,
+  }),
+});
+
+const prettierrc: prettier.Options = {
+  parser: 'markdown',
+  printWidth: 120,
+  proseWrap: 'always',
+  tabWidth: 2,
+  useTabs: false,
+};
+
+const getNestedMarkdown = (children: Node[]): Promise<string> =>
+  Promise.all(children.map(toMarkdownFile)).then((x) => x.join(''));
+
+const ul = (html: string) => `<ul>${html}</ul>`;
+const li = (html: string) => `<li>${html}</li>`;
+const summary = (html: string) => `<summary>${html}</summary>`;
+const details = (title: string, html: string) => `<details>${summary(title)}${ul(html)}</details>`;
+
+export const toMarkdownFile = async (node: Node): Promise<string> => {
+  if (isUnresolvedBranch(node)) {
+    const children = await node.children();
+    const contents = await getNestedMarkdown(children);
+    return li(details(node.label, ul(contents)));
+  } else if (isBranch(node)) {
+    const children = node.children;
+    const contents = await getNestedMarkdown(children);
+    return li(details(node.label, ul(contents)));
+  } else if (isLeaf(node)) {
+    return li(details(node.label, ul(`\n\n${node.value}\n\n`)));
+  }
+  return '';
+};
+
+export const renderToCli = (markdown: string) =>
+  marked(prettier.format(markdown, prettierrc)).trim();
diff --git a/src/markdown.ts b/src/markdown.ts
index 701650a..7777e99 100644
--- a/src/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/markdown.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,10 @@
-import * as marked from 'marked';
-import * as TerminalRenderer from 'marked-terminal';
-import * as prettier from 'prettier';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { toMarkdownFile } from './lib/markdown';
 
-marked.setOptions({
-  renderer: new TerminalRenderer({
-    reflowText: false,
-    tab: 2,
-  }),
-});
-
-const prettierrc: prettier.Options = {
-  parser: 'markdown',
-  printWidth: 120,
-  proseWrap: 'always',
-  tabWidth: 2,
-  useTabs: false,
+export const run = async ({ sourcePath }: { sourcePath: string }) => {
+  const dataPath = resolve(process.cwd(), sourcePath);
+  const source = require(dataPath);
+  const tree = await source.getData();
+  const markdown = await toMarkdownFile(tree);
+  console.log(markdown);
 };
-
-export const renderMarkdown = (markdown: string) =>
-  marked(prettier.format(markdown, prettierrc)).trim();