# Fetch the current briefing as Markdown

getDailyDigestMarkdown · GET /data/digest.md

## Endpoint
`GET /data/digest.md`

The current cross-source synthesis as Markdown, served with Vary: Accept so Accept: text/markdown negotiation is cache-safe. The same document the human reads on the Snapshot page. A client that requests an unsupported representation receives 406.

## Authentication
```json
[]
```
An empty security requirement means this operation does not declare authentication. Read operation notes for entitlement and protocol-method requirements.

## Parameters
No parameters declared by the specification.

## Responses and errors
| HTTP status | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| 200 | The briefing in Markdown. |
| 406 | No supported representation matches the Accept header. Retry with Accept: text/html or Accept: text/markdown. |

## Response examples
No response example is supplied by OpenAPI for this operation. The complete response schemas are preserved below; use an actual response for observed values.

## Retry guidance
See [errors and retries](/docs/api/overview#errors-and-retries). Honor operation-specific response headers. A POST may create state; do not replay it automatically.

## Complete operation contract
The expanded contract below includes all parameter constraints, response headers, schemas and examples from OpenAPI.

```json
{
  "path": "/data/digest.md",
  "method": "GET",
  "parameters": [],
  "operationId": "getDailyDigestMarkdown",
  "summary": "Fetch the current briefing as Markdown",
  "description": "The current cross-source synthesis as Markdown, served with Vary: Accept so Accept: text/markdown negotiation is cache-safe. The same document the human reads on the Snapshot page. A client that requests an unsupported representation receives 406.",
  "tags": [
    "data"
  ],
  "security": [],
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "The briefing in Markdown.",
      "content": {
        "text/markdown": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "406": {
      "description": "No supported representation matches the Accept header. Retry with Accept: text/html or Accept: text/markdown.",
      "content": {
        "application/problem+json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "error"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                  "code",
                  "message"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "code": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "A stable machine-readable code, e.g. unauthorized or not_found."
                  },
                  "message": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "A human-readable explanation."
                  },
                  "hint": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Optional resolution pointer."
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-codeSamples": [
    {
      "lang": "curl",
      "label": "curl",
      "source": "curl -s 'https://china-snapshot.com/data/digest.md'"
    }
  ]
}
```