# IReportingStep.createMarkdownTask

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Defined on: [IReportingStep](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/ireportingstep.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Kind: `method`

Creates a reporting task with Markdown-formatted status text

## Definition

```typescript
interface IReportingStep {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  createMarkdownTask(
      markdownString: string,
      cancellationToken?: cancellationToken): IReportingTask;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
createMarkdownTask(
    markdownString: string,
    cancellationToken?: cancellationToken): IReportingTask
```

## Parameters

- `markdownString` (`string`)
- `cancellationToken` (`cancellationToken`) `optional`

## Returns

[IReportingTask](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/ireportingtask.md)

## Defined on

- [IReportingStep](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/ireportingstep.md) -- `interface`