This package provides the functionality to automatically export with org-pandoc-export-* modes. Add this hook if you want to execute it on save: (add-hook 'after-save-hook 'org-auto-export-pandoc) It adds a hook to exute it when you save the file. It will look for the following tag: #+auto-export-pandoc: to-markdown You can add the tag muliple times to export to multiple formats: #+auto-export-pandoc: to-markdown #+auto-export-pandoc: to-latex-pdf #+auto-export-pandoc: to-html5