diff --git a/detail.vim/ftdetect/detail.vim b/detail.vim/ftdetect/detail.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5012d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detail.vim/ftdetect/detail.vim
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.detail set filetype=detail
diff --git a/detail.vim/syntax/detail.vim b/detail.vim/syntax/detail.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5df605a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detail.vim/syntax/detail.vim
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+syntax clear
+
+syn include @Markdown syntax/markdown.vim
+
+syn match detailTitle "\~title.*$"
+syn match detailPassage "\~detail.*$"
+syn match detailLink "#[^#]*#"
+syn match detailText "^[^~]" contains=@Markdown,detailLink
+
+hi link detailTitle Title
+hi link detailPassage Identifier
+hi link detailLink Statement
+
+let b:current_syntax = "detail"