diff --git a/markdone-python/.gitignore b/markdone-python/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/markdone-python/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+.cache/
+.coverage
+.eggs/
+.idea/
+.pytest_cache/
+.tox/
+env/
+*.egg-info/
+tags
diff --git a/markdone-python/Makefile b/markdone-python/Makefile
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+++ b/markdone-python/Makefile
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+DOCKER_TAG := markdone-dev
+OPEN_CMD := $(shell type xdg-open &> /dev/null && echo 'xdg-open' || echo 'open')
+
+.PHONY: default
+default: test
+
+# Builds the python3 venv with all dev requirements
+env:
+	python3 -m venv env
+	./env/bin/pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+
+
+# Generates a smaller env for running tox, which builds it's own env
+.PHONY: test-env
+test-env:
+	python3 -m venv env
+	./env/bin/pip install tox
+
+# Runs tests with tox
+.PHONY: test
+test: env
+	./env/bin/tox
+
+# Generates a small build env for building and uploading dists
+.PHONY: build-env
+build-env:
+	python3 -m venv env
+	./env/bin/pip install twine wheel
+
+# Builds wheel for package to upload
+.PHONY: build
+build: env
+	./env/bin/python setup.py sdist
+	./env/bin/python setup.py bdist_wheel
+
+# Verify that the python version matches the git tag so we don't push bad shas
+.PHONY: verify-tag-version
+verify-tag-version:
+	$(eval TAG_NAME = $(shell [ -n "$(DRONE_TAG)" ] && echo $(DRONE_TAG) || git describe --tags --exact-match))
+	test "v$(shell python setup.py -V)" = "$(TAG_NAME)"
+
+# Uses twine to upload to pypi
+.PHONY: upload
+upload: verify-tag-version build
+	./env/bin/twine upload dist/*
+
+# Uses twine to upload to test pypi
+.PHONY: upload-test
+upload-test: verify-tag-version build
+	./env/bin/twine upload --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ dist/*
+
+# Cleans all build, runtime, and test artifacts
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -fr ./build ./markdone_python.egg-info ./htmlcov ./.coverage ./.pytest_cache ./.tox
+	find . -name '*.pyc' -delete
+	find . -name '__pycache__' -delete
+
+# Cleans dist and env
+.PHONY: dist-clean
+dist-clean: clean
+	rm -fr ./dist ./env
+
+# Install pre-commit hooks
+.PHONY: install-hooks
+install-hooks: env
+	./env/bin/tox -e pre-commit -- install -f --install-hooks
+
+# Generates test coverage
+.coverage:
+	./env/bin/tox
+
+# Builds coverage html
+htmlcov/index.html: .coverage
+	./env/bin/coverage html
+
+# Opens coverage html in browser (on macOS and some Linux systems)
+.PHONY: open-coverage
+open-coverage: htmlcov/index.html
+	$(OPEN_CMD) htmlcov/index.html
+
+.PHONY: docker-build
+docker-build:
+	docker build . -t $(DOCKER_TAG)
diff --git a/markdone-python/markdone_python/__init__.py b/markdone-python/markdone_python/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/markdone-python/markdone_python/common.py b/markdone-python/markdone_python/common.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5337ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/markdone-python/markdone_python/common.py
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+import re
+
+
+section_pattern = re.compile(r'^#')
+tag_pattern = re.compile(r'(\![\w]+\b)')
+task_pattern = re.compile(r'^[\s]*[*]?[\s]*\[[ xX]?\]')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(tag_pattern.findall('Got some !tags !here'))
+    for m in tag_pattern.finditer('Got some !tags !here'):
+        import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()  # XXX BREAKPOINT
+        print(m)
diff --git a/markdone-python/markdone_python/note.py b/markdone-python/markdone_python/note.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cac0bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/markdone-python/markdone_python/note.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import markdown
+
+from markdone_python.common import section_pattern
+from markdone_python.common import tag_pattern
+from markdone_python.common import task_pattern
+from markdone_python.rendering_extensions import MarkdoneExtension
+
+
+class Note(object):
+    def __init__(self, text: str):
+        self.text = text
+        self.tasks = []
+        self.sections = []
+        self.tags = set()
+        self.parse(text)
+
+    def parse(self, text: str):
+        for line in text.splitlines():
+            if section_pattern.match(line):
+                self.sections.append(line)
+            elif task_pattern.match(line):
+                self.tasks.append(line)
+
+            tags = tag_pattern.findall(line)
+            if tags:
+                print('tags: ', tags)
+                self.tags.update(tags)
+
+        print('All tags: ', self.tags)
+
+    def render(self):
+
+        print(markdown.markdown(
+            self.text,
+            extensions=[MarkdoneExtension()]
+        ))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    Note("""
+# My header
+
+## Subheader
+Got some !tags !here
+
+* [] task1 !tag
+* [ ] task2
+* [x] task3
+* [X] task4
+   * [X] task4
+* [ ] task5
+    * [ ] task6
+* [ ] task7
+""").render()
diff --git a/markdone-python/markdone_python/rendering_extensions.py b/markdone-python/markdone_python/rendering_extensions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16afb31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/markdone-python/markdone_python/rendering_extensions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from markdown.extensions import Extension
+from markdown.inlinepatterns import SimpleTagPattern
+from markdown.inlinepatterns import SimpleTextPattern
+from markdown.util import etree
+
+from markdone_python.common import tag_pattern
+
+
+class SimpleTagPattern(Pattern):  # pragma: no cover
+    """
+    Return element of type `tag` with a text attribute of group(3)
+    of a Pattern.
+
+    """
+    def __init__(self, pattern, tag):
+        Pattern.__init__(self, pattern)
+        self.tag = tag
+
+    def handleMatch(self, m):
+        el = util.etree.Element(self.tag)
+        el.text = m.group(3)
+        return el
+
+
+class MarkdoneExtension(Extension):
+    def extendMarkdown(self, md, md_globals):
+        md.inlinePatterns.add(
+            'markdone_tag',
+            SimpleTagPattern(tag_pattern.pattern, 'em'),
+            '_begin',
+        )
+
diff --git a/markdone-python/markdone_python/task.py b/markdone-python/markdone_python/task.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/markdone-python/requirements-dev.txt b/markdone-python/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd7e1b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/markdone-python/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-r requirements.txt
+ipython
+pytest
+tox
+twine
+wheel
diff --git a/markdone-python/requirements.txt b/markdone-python/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6e1198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/markdone-python/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-e .
diff --git a/markdone-python/setup.py b/markdone-python/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c02aa38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/markdone-python/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from codecs import open
+from os import path
+
+from setuptools import find_packages
+from setuptools import setup
+
+here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+
+# Get the long description from the README file
+# with open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+#     long_description = f.read()
+long_description="A module for parsing and rendering Markdone files"
+
+setup(
+    name='markdone',
+    version='0.0.0',
+    description='A module for handling Markdone files',
+    long_description=long_description,
+    url='https://git.iamthefij.com/iamthefij/markdone',
+    author='Ian Fijolek',
+    author_email='ian@iamthefij.com',
+    classifiers=[
+        # How mature is this project? Common values are
+        #   4 - Beta
+        #   5 - Production/Stable
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+    ],
+    keywords='minitor monitoring alerting',
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests']),
+    install_requires=[
+        'markdown',
+    ],
+    # entry_points={
+    #     'console_scripts': [
+    #         'minitor=minitor.main:main',
+    #     ],
+    # },
+)
diff --git a/markdone-python/tox.ini b/markdone-python/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c18bb96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/markdone-python/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py3
+
+[testenv]
+deps =
+    -rrequirements-dev.txt
+commands =
+    coverage erase
+    coverage run --source=markdone_python/ -m pytest --capture=no -vv {posargs:tests}
+    coverage report -m --fail-under 70
+    pre-commit run --all-files
+
+[testenv:pre-commit]
+deps =
+    pre-commit
+commands =
+    pre-commit {posargs}
+
+[flake8]
+exclude = .svn,CVS,.bzr,.hg,.git,__pycache__,.ropeproject,.tox,docs,virtualenv_run
+filename = *.py,*.wsgi
+max-line-length = 80
+ignore = F403
+
+[pytest]
+norecursedirs = .* _darcs CVS docs virtualenv_run