diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b5827976aa..70188931d8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation  group: 'org.apache.ant', name: 'ant', version: '1.10.12'
     implementation  group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-csv', version: '1.9.0'
     implementation  group: 'org.fusesource.jansi', name: 'jansi', version: '2.4.0'
+    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml', version: '2.17.0'
 
     testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-api', version: jUnitVersion
     testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-engine', version: jUnitVersion
diff --git a/config/blurbs.md b/config/blurbs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ccea2c23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/blurbs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master
+Master branch of testrepo-Alpha
diff --git a/docs/ug/blurbs.md b/docs/ug/blurbs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4219a83fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/ug/blurbs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+https://github.com/reposense/RepoSense/tree/cypress
+Cypress branch of RepoSense
+<!--repo-->------------------------------------
+https://github.com/reposense/publish-RepoSense/tree/master
+Publishing branch of RepoSense
diff --git a/docs/ug/cli.md b/docs/ug/cli.md
index 550713969c..02f5cab297 100644
--- a/docs/ug/cli.md
+++ b/docs/ug/cli.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ partial credit.
 <div id="section-config">
 
 **`--config CONFIG_DIRECTORY`**: Specifies that config files located in `CONFIG_DIRECTORY` should be used to customize the report.
-* Parameter: `CONFIG_DIRECTORY` The directory containing the config files. Should contain a `repo-config.csv` file. Optionally, can contain an `author-config.csv` file or/and a `group-config.csv` file or/and a `report-config.json` file.
+* Parameter: `CONFIG_DIRECTORY` The directory containing the config files. Should contain a `repo-config.csv` file. Optionally, can contain an `author-config.csv` file or/and a `group-config.csv` file or/and a `report-config.json` file or/and a `blurbs.md` file.
 * Alias: `-c`
 * Example: `java -jar RepoSense.jar --config  ./config`
 
diff --git a/docs/ug/configFiles.md b/docs/ug/configFiles.md
index 1797f8e4ea..5a9c1745c2 100644
--- a/docs/ug/configFiles.md
+++ b/docs/ug/configFiles.md
@@ -209,3 +209,17 @@ Note: Symbols such as `"`, `!`, `/` etc. in your author name will be omitted, wh
 </box>
 
 </div>
+
+<!-- ==================================================================================================== -->
+
+<div id="section-blurbs">
+
+## `blurbs.md`
+
+You can optionally use `blurbs.md` to add blurbs in Markdown syntax for repository branches. These blurbs will be seen when grouping by `Repo/Branch`. ([example](https://github.com/reposense/RepoSense/blob/master/docs/ug/blurbs.md))
+
+**Format**:
+* First line in section: Link to the repository branch.
+* Second line onwards: Blurb content.
+* Delimiter: `<!--repo-->`. Everything on the line after the delimiter will be ignored.
+</div>
diff --git a/docs/ug/customizingReports.md b/docs/ug/customizingReports.md
index da6ad7f49e..531ae94442 100644
--- a/docs/ug/customizingReports.md
+++ b/docs/ug/customizingReports.md
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ In both instances, it is **necessary to commit any changes** for them to be dete
 
 <!-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -->
 
-### Add a title
+### Personalizing Reports
 
+#### Add a title
 A title component can be added by creating a file titled `title.md` in the assets directory. You can specify the assets directory according to the reference below:
 {{ embed("Appendix: **CLI syntax reference → `assets` flag**", "cli.md#section-assets") }}
 
@@ -73,3 +74,10 @@ The title can render a combination of Markdown/HTML and plaintext ([example](htt
 Do note that the width of the title is bound by the width of the left panel.
 
 For more information on how to use Markdown, see the [Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org/).
+
+#### Add blurbs for branches
+A blurb can be added for a repository branch by creating a file titled `blurbs.md` in the config directory. The blurbs will be visible when grouping by `Repo/Branch`. The format of the file is given below:
+{{ embed("Appendix: **Config files format**", "configFiles.md#section-blurbs") }}
+
+Specifying the config directory can be done as follows:
+{{ embed("Appendix: **CLI syntax reference → `config` flag**", "cli.md#section-config") }}
diff --git a/frontend/cypress/config/blurbs.md b/frontend/cypress/config/blurbs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aec0130427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/cypress/config/blurbs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+https://github.com/reposense/RepoSense/tree/cypress
+first blurb
+<!--repo-->------------------------------------
+https://gitlab.com/reposense/testrepo-gitlab/-/tree/main
+unseen blurb
+<!--repo-->------------------------------------
+https://github.com/reposense/publish-RepoSense/tree/master
+## third blurb in h2 markdown tag
+<!--repo-->------------------------------------
+https://github.com/reposense/RepoSense-auth-helper/tree/master
+<h1>second blurb in h1 tag</h1>
diff --git a/frontend/cypress/tests/chartView/chartView_blurbs.cy.js b/frontend/cypress/tests/chartView/chartView_blurbs.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71c5d62902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/cypress/tests/chartView/chartView_blurbs.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+describe('blurbs', () => {
+  it('shows blurbs', () => {
+    cy.get('.markdown.blurb')
+      .first()
+      .should('contain', 'first blurb');
+
+    cy.get('.markdown.blurb')
+      .eq(1)
+      .should('contain', 'second blurb');
+
+    cy.get('.markdown.blurb')
+      .eq(2)
+      .should('contain', 'third blurb');
+  });
+
+  it('has the correct number of valid blurbs', () => {
+    cy.get('.markdown.blurb')
+      .should('have.length', 3);
+  });
+
+  it('processes markdown in blurbs', () => {
+    cy.get('.markdown.blurb')
+      .eq(1)
+      .find('h1')
+      .contains('second blurb in h1 tag');
+  });
+
+  it('processes html in blurbs', () => {
+    cy.get('.markdown.blurb')
+      .eq(2)
+      .find('h2')
+      .contains('third blurb in h2 markdown tag');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/app.vue b/frontend/src/app.vue
index fa6b442f4a..0c2959d0a6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/app.vue
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ const app = defineComponent({
           reportGenerationTime,
           errorMessages,
           names,
+          blurbMap,
         } = summary;
         this.creationDate = creationDate;
         this.reportGenerationTime = reportGenerationTime;
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ const app = defineComponent({
         this.getUsers();
         this.renderTabHash();
         this.userUpdated = true;
+        this.$store.commit('setBlurbMap', blurbMap);
       } catch (error) {
         window.alert(error);
       } finally {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/c-markdown-chunk.vue b/frontend/src/components/c-markdown-chunk.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47dccb392d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/c-markdown-chunk.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<template lang="pug">
+.markdown(v-html="parsedHtml", v-if="markdownText != ''")
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import { defineComponent } from 'vue';
+import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it';
+
+export default defineComponent({
+  props: {
+    markdownText: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+  },
+  computed: {
+    parsedHtml() {
+      const md = new MarkdownIt({ html: true });
+      return md.render(this.markdownText);
+    },
+  },
+});
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" scoped>
+.markdown {
+  overflow-x: auto;
+  padding: 0 1.5rem;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/c-summary-charts.vue b/frontend/src/components/c-summary-charts.vue
index 437b23e5ea..bb0822eeb6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/c-summary-charts.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/c-summary-charts.vue
@@ -141,9 +141,8 @@
         )
           font-awesome-icon.icon-button(icon="clipboard")
           span.tooltip-text(v-bind:ref="`summary-charts-${i}-copy-iframe`") Click to copy iframe link for group
-
       .tooltip.summary-chart__title--percentile(
-          v-if="sortGroupSelection.includes('totalCommits')"
+        v-if="sortGroupSelection.includes('totalCommits')"
         ) {{ getPercentile(i) }} %&nbsp
         span.tooltip-text.right-aligned {{ getPercentileExplanation(i) }}
       .summary-charts__title--tags(
@@ -158,6 +157,14 @@
         )
           font-awesome-icon(icon="tags")
           span &nbsp;{{ tag }}
+
+    .blurbWrapper(
+      v-if="filterGroupSelection === 'groupByRepos'",
+    )
+      c-markdown-chunk.blurb(
+        v-bind:markdown-text="getBlurb(repo[0])"
+      )
+
     .summary-charts__fileType--breakdown(v-if="filterBreakdown")
       template(v-if="filterGroupSelection !== 'groupByNone'")
         .summary-charts__fileType--breakdown__legend(
@@ -337,6 +344,7 @@ import brokenLinkDisabler from '../mixin/brokenLinkMixin';
 import tooltipPositioner from '../mixin/dynamicTooltipMixin';
 import cRamp from './c-ramp.vue';
 import cStackedBarChart from './c-stacked-bar-chart.vue';
+import cMarkdownChunk from './c-markdown-chunk.vue';
 import { Bar, Repo, User } from '../types/types';
 import { FilterGroupSelection, FilterTimeFrame, SortGroupSelection } from '../types/summary';
 import { StoreState, ZoomInfo } from '../types/vuex.d';
@@ -347,6 +355,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
   components: {
     cRamp,
     cStackedBarChart,
+    cMarkdownChunk,
   },
   mixins: [brokenLinkDisabler, tooltipPositioner],
   props: {
@@ -984,10 +993,41 @@ export default defineComponent({
       return [...new Set(repo.flatMap((r) => r.commits).flatMap((c) => c.commitResults).flatMap((r) => r.tags))]
         .filter(Boolean) as Array<string>;
     },
+
+    getBlurb(repo: User): string {
+      const link = this.getRepoLink(repo);
+      if (!link) {
+        return '';
+      }
+      const blurb: string | undefined = this.$store.state.blurbMap[link];
+      if (!blurb) {
+        return '';
+      }
+      return blurb;
+    },
   },
 });
 </script>
 
 <style lang="scss" scoped>
 @import '../styles/tags.scss';
+@import '../styles/_colors.scss';
+
+.blurbWrapper {
+  padding-bottom: 5px;
+
+  .blurb {
+    background-color: #F6F8FA;
+    border-color: #E9EBEF;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-width: 1px;
+    overflow-y: hidden;
+    // This is needed because the inline style of normalize.css adds bottom margins to all p tags, including the
+    // ones in the blurb.
+    padding-top: 10px;
+    // This is needed because the parent summary-wrapper center aligns everything
+    text-align: initial;
+  }
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/store/store.ts b/frontend/src/store/store.ts
index c69d2a4204..2781cf2e8c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/store/store.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/store/store.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export default createStore<StoreState>({
     loadingOverlayCount: 0,
     loadingOverlayMessage: '',
     isTabActive: true,
+    blurbMap: {},
   } as StoreState,
   mutations: {
     updateTabZoomInfo(state: StoreState, info: ZoomInfo) {
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ export default createStore<StoreState>({
         file.wasCodeLoaded = file.wasCodeLoaded || file.active;
       });
     },
+    setBlurbMap(state: StoreState, blurbMap: { [key: string]: string }) {
+      state.blurbMap = blurbMap;
+    },
   },
   actions: {
     // Actions are called with dispatch
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/vuex.d.ts b/frontend/src/types/vuex.d.ts
index cedee8c21d..abf06d15b8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/vuex.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/vuex.d.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ interface StoreState {
   loadingOverlayCount: number;
   loadingOverlayMessage: string;
   isTabActive: boolean;
+  blurbMap: { [key: string]: string };
 }
 
 declare module '@vue/runtime-core' {
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/window.ts b/frontend/src/types/window.ts
index b8a0a60524..dd2f1abd5e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/window.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/window.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ interface Api {
     reportGenerationTime: string;
     errorMessages: { [key: string]: ErrorMessage };
     names: string[];
+    blurbMap: { [key: string]: string };
   } | null>;
   loadCommits: (repoName: string) => Promise<User[]>;
   loadAuthorship: (repoName: string) => Promise<AuthorshipSchema>;
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/zod/summary-type.ts b/frontend/src/types/zod/summary-type.ts
index 4ee1635406..316ce68f1b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/zod/summary-type.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/zod/summary-type.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ export const summarySchema = z.object({
   isUntilDateProvided: z.boolean(),
   isAuthorshipAnalyzed: z.boolean().default(false), // for backwards compatability
   supportedDomainUrlMap: supportedDomainUrlMapSchema,
+  blurbs: z.object({
+    urlBlurbMap: z.record(z.string(), z.string()),
+  }),
 });
 
 // Export typescript types
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/api.ts b/frontend/src/utils/api.ts
index 940dedffa7..573180fc89 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/api.ts
@@ -233,11 +233,14 @@ window.api = {
       window.REPOS[repoName] = repo;
       names.push(repoName);
     });
+
+    const blurbMap: { [key: string]: string } = data.blurbs.urlBlurbMap;
     return {
       creationDate: reportGeneratedTime,
       reportGenerationTime,
       errorMessages,
       names,
+      blurbMap,
     };
   },
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/reposense/RepoSense.java b/src/main/java/reposense/RepoSense.java
index be54dd663b..36daa4d751 100644
--- a/src/main/java/reposense/RepoSense.java
+++ b/src/main/java/reposense/RepoSense.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.helper.HelpScreenException;
 import reposense.git.GitConfig;
+import reposense.model.BlurbMap;
 import reposense.model.CliArguments;
 import reposense.model.RepoConfiguration;
 import reposense.model.ReportConfiguration;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 import reposense.parser.ArgsParser;
 import reposense.parser.exceptions.InvalidCsvException;
 import reposense.parser.exceptions.InvalidHeaderException;
+import reposense.parser.exceptions.InvalidMarkdownException;
 import reposense.parser.exceptions.ParseException;
 import reposense.report.ReportGenerator;
 import reposense.system.LogsManager;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
             CliArguments cliArguments = ArgsParser.parse(args);
             List<RepoConfiguration> configs = null;
             ReportConfiguration reportConfig = new ReportConfiguration();
+            BlurbMap blurbMap = new BlurbMap();
 
             if (cliArguments.isViewModeOnly()) {
                 ReportServer.startServer(SERVER_PORT_NUMBER, cliArguments.getReportDirectoryPath().toAbsolutePath());
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 
             configs = RunConfigurationDecider.getRunConfiguration(cliArguments).getRepoConfigurations();
             reportConfig = cliArguments.getReportConfiguration();
+            blurbMap = cliArguments.getBlurbMap();
 
             RepoConfiguration.setFormatsToRepoConfigs(configs, cliArguments.getFormats());
             RepoConfiguration.setDatesToRepoConfigs(configs, cliArguments.getSinceDate(), cliArguments.getUntilDate());
@@ -80,7 +84,9 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
                     cliArguments.isSinceDateProvided(), cliArguments.isUntilDateProvided(),
                     cliArguments.getNumCloningThreads(), cliArguments.getNumAnalysisThreads(),
                     TimeUtil::getElapsedTime, cliArguments.getZoneId(), cliArguments.isFreshClonePerformed(),
-                    cliArguments.isAuthorshipAnalyzed(), cliArguments.getOriginalityThreshold());
+                    cliArguments.isAuthorshipAnalyzed(), cliArguments.getOriginalityThreshold(),
+                    blurbMap
+            );
 
             FileUtil.zipFoldersAndFiles(reportFoldersAndFiles, cliArguments.getOutputFilePath().toAbsolutePath(),
                     ".json");
@@ -97,6 +103,8 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
             logger.log(Level.WARNING, e.getMessage(), e);
         } catch (HelpScreenException e) {
             // help message was printed by the ArgumentParser; it is safe to exit.
+        } catch (InvalidMarkdownException ex) {
+            logger.log(Level.SEVERE, ex.getMessage(), ex);
         }
 
         LogsManager.moveLogFileToOutputFolder();
diff --git a/src/main/java/reposense/model/BlurbMap.java b/src/main/java/reposense/model/BlurbMap.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..478a3d0c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/reposense/model/BlurbMap.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package reposense.model;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the mapping between the repo URL to the associated blurb.
+ */
+public class BlurbMap {
+    @JsonProperty("urlBlurbMap")
+    private final Map<String, String> urlBlurbMap;
+
+    public BlurbMap() {
+        this.urlBlurbMap = new HashMap<>();
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, String> getAllMappings() {
+        return new HashMap<>(this.urlBlurbMap);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a key-value record into the {@code BlurbMap}.
+     *
+     * @param key Key value.
+     * @param value Blurb value.
+     */
+    public void withRecord(String key, String value) {
+        this.urlBlurbMap.put(key, value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj == this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (obj instanceof BlurbMap) {
+            BlurbMap bm = (BlurbMap) obj;
+            return bm.urlBlurbMap.equals(this.urlBlurbMap);
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/reposense/model/CliArguments.java b/src/main/java/reposense/model/CliArguments.java
index d1b3564002..5f50e476de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/reposense/model/CliArguments.java
+++ b/src/main/java/reposense/model/CliArguments.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class CliArguments {
     private Path groupConfigFilePath;
     private Path reportConfigFilePath;
     private ReportConfiguration reportConfiguration;
+    private BlurbMap blurbMap;
 
     /**
      * Constructs a {@code CliArguments} object without any parameters.
@@ -161,6 +162,10 @@ public ReportConfiguration getReportConfiguration() {
         return reportConfiguration;
     }
 
+    public BlurbMap getBlurbMap() {
+        return blurbMap;
+    }
+
     public boolean isViewModeOnly() {
         return isViewModeOnly;
     }
@@ -211,6 +216,7 @@ public boolean equals(Object other) {
                 && Objects.equals(this.authorConfigFilePath, otherCliArguments.authorConfigFilePath)
                 && Objects.equals(this.groupConfigFilePath, otherCliArguments.groupConfigFilePath)
                 && Objects.equals(this.reportConfigFilePath, otherCliArguments.reportConfigFilePath)
+                && Objects.equals(this.blurbMap, otherCliArguments.blurbMap)
                 && this.isAuthorshipAnalyzed == otherCliArguments.isAuthorshipAnalyzed
                 && Objects.equals(this.originalityThreshold, otherCliArguments.originalityThreshold);
     }
@@ -487,6 +493,16 @@ public Builder originalityThreshold(double originalityThreshold) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Adds the {@code blurbMap} to CliArguments.
+         *
+         * @param blurbMap The blurb map.
+         */
+        public Builder blurbMap(BlurbMap blurbMap) {
+            this.cliArguments.blurbMap = blurbMap;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         /**
          * Builds CliArguments.
          *
diff --git a/src/main/java/reposense/parser/ArgsParser.java b/src/main/java/reposense/parser/ArgsParser.java
index 35d6afc3a4..c6c3f34aa7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/reposense/parser/ArgsParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/reposense/parser/ArgsParser.java
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@
 import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.MutuallyExclusiveGroup;
 import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.Namespace;
 import reposense.RepoSense;
+import reposense.model.BlurbMap;
 import reposense.model.CliArguments;
 import reposense.model.FileType;
 import reposense.model.ReportConfiguration;
+import reposense.parser.exceptions.InvalidMarkdownException;
 import reposense.parser.exceptions.ParseException;
 import reposense.parser.types.AlphanumericArgumentType;
 import reposense.parser.types.AnalysisThreadsArgumentType;
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ public class ArgsParser {
             "Config path not provided, using the config folder as default.";
     private static final String MESSAGE_INVALID_CONFIG_PATH = "%s is malformed.";
     private static final String MESSAGE_INVALID_CONFIG_JSON = "%s Ignoring the report config provided.";
+    private static final String MESSAGE_INVALID_MARKDOWN_BLURBS = "%s Ignoring the blurb file provided.";
     private static final String MESSAGE_SINCE_D1_WITH_PERIOD = "You may be using --since d1 with the --period flag. "
             + "This may result in an incorrect date range being analysed.";
     private static final String MESSAGE_SINCE_DATE_LATER_THAN_UNTIL_DATE =
@@ -346,6 +349,7 @@ public static CliArguments parse(String[] args) throws HelpScreenException, Pars
         }
 
         addReportConfigToBuilder(cliArgumentsBuilder, results);
+        addBlurbMapToBuilder(cliArgumentsBuilder, results);
         addAnalysisDatesToBuilder(cliArgumentsBuilder, results);
 
         boolean isViewModeOnly = reportFolderPath != null
@@ -397,6 +401,31 @@ private static void addReportConfigToBuilder(CliArguments.Builder builder, Names
         builder.reportConfiguration(reportConfig);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds the blurbMap field to the given {@code builder}.
+     *
+     * @param builder Builder to be supplied with the reportConfig field.
+     * @param results Parsed results of the user-supplied CLI arguments.
+     */
+    private static void addBlurbMapToBuilder(CliArguments.Builder builder, Namespace results) {
+        BlurbMap blurbMap = new BlurbMap();
+        Path configFolderPath = results.get(CONFIG_FLAGS[0]);
+
+        // Blurbs are parsed regardless
+        Path blurbConfigPath = configFolderPath.resolve(BlurbMarkdownParser.DEFAULT_BLURB_FILENAME);
+
+        try {
+            blurbMap = new BlurbMarkdownParser(blurbConfigPath).parse();
+        } catch (InvalidMarkdownException ex) {
+            logger.warning(String.format(MESSAGE_INVALID_MARKDOWN_BLURBS, ex.getMessage()));
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            // IOException thrown as blurbs.md is not found.
+            // Ignore exception as the file is optional.
+        }
+
+        builder.blurbMap(blurbMap);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adds the sinceDate and untilDate fields for analysis to the given {@code builder}.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/reposense/parser/BlurbMarkdownParser.java b/src/main/java/reposense/parser/BlurbMarkdownParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c3e5a0f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/reposense/parser/BlurbMarkdownParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+package reposense.parser;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import reposense.model.BlurbMap;
+import reposense.parser.exceptions.InvalidMarkdownException;
+
+/**
+ * Parses the Markdown file and retrieves the mappings from URLs to blurbs from the blurbs
+ * configuration file.
+ */
+public class BlurbMarkdownParser extends MarkdownParser<BlurbMap> {
+    public static final Pattern DELIMITER = Pattern.compile("<!--repo-->(.*)");
+    public static final String DEFAULT_BLURB_FILENAME = "blurbs.md";
+
+    private static final class UrlRecord {
+        private final String url;
+        private final int nextPosition;
+
+        public UrlRecord(String url, int nextPosition) {
+            this.url = url;
+            this.nextPosition = nextPosition;
+        }
+
+        public String getUrl() {
+            return url;
+        }
+
+        public int getNextPosition() {
+            return nextPosition;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final class BlurbRecord {
+        private final List<String> blurb;
+        private final int nextPosition;
+
+        public BlurbRecord(List<String> blurb, int nextPosition) {
+            this.blurb = blurb;
+            this.nextPosition = nextPosition;
+        }
+
+        public List<String> getBlurb() {
+            return blurb;
+        }
+
+        public int getNextPosition() {
+            return nextPosition;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public BlurbMarkdownParser(Path markdownPath) throws FileNotFoundException {
+        super(markdownPath);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses the markdown file containing the url to blurb mapping and returns a
+     * {@code BlurbMap} containing the mappings between the url and blurbs.
+     *
+     * @return {@code BlurbMap} object.
+     * @throws IOException if there are any issues opening or parsing the {@code blurbs.md} file.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public BlurbMap parse() throws IOException, InvalidMarkdownException {
+        logger.log(Level.INFO, "Parsing Blurbs...");
+        // read all the lines first
+        List<String> mdLines = Files.readAllLines(this.markdownPath);
+
+        // if the file is empty, then we throw the exception and let the adder handle
+        if (mdLines.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new InvalidMarkdownException("Empty blurbs.md file");
+        }
+
+        // prepare the blurb map
+        BlurbMap blurbMap = new BlurbMap();
+
+        // define temporary local variables to track blurbs
+        String url = "";
+        StringBuilder blurb = new StringBuilder();
+        int counter = 0;
+
+        while (counter < mdLines.size()) {
+            // extract the url record first
+            // this is guaranteed to be in the first line or else we fail
+            UrlRecord urlRecord = this.getUrlRecord(mdLines, counter);
+            url = urlRecord.getUrl();
+            counter = urlRecord.getNextPosition();
+
+            // then extract the blurb record next
+            // we extract until the delimiter is found and then we will stop
+            BlurbRecord blurbRecord = this.getBlurbRecord(mdLines, counter);
+            List<String> blurbExtracted = blurbRecord.getBlurb();
+            for (String string : blurbExtracted) {
+                blurb.append(string);
+            }
+            counter = blurbRecord.getNextPosition();
+
+            // add the recorded entry into the BlurbMap
+            // strip the trailing /n
+            blurbMap.withRecord(url, blurb.toString().stripTrailing());
+            blurb.setLength(0);
+        }
+
+        // return the built BlurbMap instance
+        logger.log(Level.INFO, "Blurbs parsed successfully!");
+        return blurbMap;
+    }
+
+    private UrlRecord getUrlRecord(List<String> lines, int position) throws InvalidMarkdownException {
+        // checks if url is valid
+        // adapted from https://www.baeldung.com/java-validate-url
+        try {
+            String url = lines.get(position).strip();
+            new URL(url).toURI();
+            return new UrlRecord(lines.get(position), position + 1);
+        } catch (MalformedURLException | URISyntaxException ex) {
+            throw new InvalidMarkdownException("URL provided is not valid!");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private BlurbRecord getBlurbRecord(List<String> lines, int position) {
+        int lineSize = lines.size();
+        int posCounter = position;
+        List<String> blurbs = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        while (posCounter < lineSize) {
+            String currLine = lines.get(posCounter);
+
+            if (BlurbMarkdownParser.DELIMITER.matcher(currLine).matches()) {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                currLine += "\n";
+                blurbs.add(currLine);
+            }
+
+            posCounter++;
+        }
+
+        return new BlurbRecord(blurbs, posCounter + 1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/reposense/parser/MarkdownParser.java b/src/main/java/reposense/parser/MarkdownParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93ca3cb95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/reposense/parser/MarkdownParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package reposense.parser;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import reposense.parser.exceptions.InvalidMarkdownException;
+import reposense.system.LogsManager;
+
+/**
+ * Parses Markdown file according to the "<!--repo-->" tag.
+ *
+ * @param <T> Generic Type {@code T}.
+ */
+public abstract class MarkdownParser<T> {
+    protected static final Logger logger = LogsManager.getLogger(MarkdownParser.class);
+
+    protected Path markdownPath;
+
+    public MarkdownParser(Path markdownPath) throws FileNotFoundException {
+        if (markdownPath == null || !Files.exists(markdownPath)) {
+            throw new FileNotFoundException("Markdown file does not exist at the given path.\n"
+                    + "Use '-help' to list all the available subcommands and some concept guides.");
+        }
+
+        this.markdownPath = markdownPath;
+    }
+
+    public abstract T parse() throws IOException, InvalidMarkdownException;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/reposense/parser/exceptions/InvalidMarkdownException.java b/src/main/java/reposense/parser/exceptions/InvalidMarkdownException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc6b2fd71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/reposense/parser/exceptions/InvalidMarkdownException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package reposense.parser.exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the error thrown when Markdown files cannot be parsed.
+ */
+public class InvalidMarkdownException extends Exception {
+    public InvalidMarkdownException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/reposense/report/ReportGenerator.java b/src/main/java/reposense/report/ReportGenerator.java
index fd1f9744bd..ab0b19ec6e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/reposense/report/ReportGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/reposense/report/ReportGenerator.java
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@
 import reposense.git.exception.GitBranchException;
 import reposense.git.exception.GitCloneException;
 import reposense.model.Author;
+import reposense.model.BlurbMap;
 import reposense.model.CommitHash;
 import reposense.model.RepoConfiguration;
 import reposense.model.RepoLocation;
 import reposense.model.ReportConfiguration;
 import reposense.model.StandaloneConfig;
 import reposense.parser.StandaloneConfigJsonParser;
+import reposense.parser.exceptions.InvalidMarkdownException;
 import reposense.report.exception.NoAuthorsWithCommitsFoundException;
 import reposense.system.LogsManager;
 import reposense.util.FileUtil;
@@ -112,14 +114,17 @@ public class ReportGenerator {
      * @param shouldFreshClone The boolean variable for whether to clone a repo again during tests.
      * @param shouldAnalyzeAuthorship The boolean variable for whether to further analyze authorship.
      * @param originalityThreshold The double variable for originality threshold in analyze authorship.
+     * @param blurbMap The {@code BlurbMap}.
      * @return the list of file paths that were generated.
      * @throws IOException if templateZip.zip does not exist in jar file.
+     * @throws InvalidMarkdownException if the blurb markdown file cannot be parsed properly.
      */
     public List<Path> generateReposReport(List<RepoConfiguration> configs, String outputPath, String assetsPath,
             ReportConfiguration reportConfig, String generationDate, LocalDateTime cliSinceDate,
             LocalDateTime untilDate, boolean isSinceDateProvided, boolean isUntilDateProvided, int numCloningThreads,
             int numAnalysisThreads, Supplier<String> reportGenerationTimeProvider, ZoneId zoneId,
-            boolean shouldFreshClone, boolean shouldAnalyzeAuthorship, double originalityThreshold) throws IOException {
+            boolean shouldFreshClone, boolean shouldAnalyzeAuthorship, double originalityThreshold, BlurbMap blurbMap)
+            throws IOException, InvalidMarkdownException {
         prepareTemplateFile(outputPath);
         if (Files.exists(Paths.get(assetsPath))) {
             FileUtil.copyDirectoryContents(assetsPath, outputPath, assetsFilesWhiteList);
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ public List<Path> generateReposReport(List<RepoConfiguration> configs, String ou
                 new SummaryJson(configs, reportConfig, generationDate,
                         reportSinceDate, untilDate, isSinceDateProvided,
                         isUntilDateProvided, RepoSense.getVersion(), ErrorSummary.getInstance().getErrorSet(),
-                        reportGenerationTimeProvider.get(), zoneId, shouldAnalyzeAuthorship),
+                        reportGenerationTimeProvider.get(), zoneId, shouldAnalyzeAuthorship, blurbMap),
                 getSummaryResultPath(outputPath));
         summaryPath.ifPresent(reportFoldersAndFiles::add);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/reposense/report/SummaryJson.java b/src/main/java/reposense/report/SummaryJson.java
index f709fb0998..1e65acad2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/reposense/report/SummaryJson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/reposense/report/SummaryJson.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import reposense.model.BlurbMap;
 import reposense.model.RepoConfiguration;
 import reposense.model.ReportConfiguration;
 import reposense.model.SupportedDomainUrlMap;
@@ -29,11 +30,13 @@ public class SummaryJson {
     private final boolean isUntilDateProvided;
     private final Map<String, Map<String, String>> supportedDomainUrlMap;
     private final boolean isAuthorshipAnalyzed;
+    private final BlurbMap blurbs;
 
     public SummaryJson(List<RepoConfiguration> repos, ReportConfiguration reportConfig, String reportGeneratedTime,
-            LocalDateTime sinceDate, LocalDateTime untilDate, boolean isSinceDateProvided, boolean isUntilDateProvided,
-            String repoSenseVersion, Set<Map<String, String>> errorSet, String reportGenerationTime, ZoneId zoneId,
-            boolean isAuthorshipAnalyzed) {
+                       LocalDateTime sinceDate, LocalDateTime untilDate, boolean isSinceDateProvided,
+                       boolean isUntilDateProvided, String repoSenseVersion, Set<Map<String, String>> errorSet,
+                       String reportGenerationTime, ZoneId zoneId,
+                       boolean isAuthorshipAnalyzed, BlurbMap blurbs) {
         this.repos = repos;
         this.reportGeneratedTime = reportGeneratedTime;
         this.reportGenerationTime = reportGenerationTime;
@@ -47,5 +50,6 @@ public SummaryJson(List<RepoConfiguration> repos, ReportConfiguration reportConf
         this.zoneId = zoneId;
         this.supportedDomainUrlMap = SupportedDomainUrlMap.getDefaultDomainUrlMap();
         this.isAuthorshipAnalyzed = isAuthorshipAnalyzed;
+        this.blurbs = blurbs;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDate/expected/summary.json b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDate/expected/summary.json
index c809a19ae0..f17b82ee29 100644
--- a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDate/expected/summary.json
+++ b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDate/expected/summary.json
@@ -1 +1,91 @@
-{"reportGeneratedTime":"Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018","reportGenerationTime":"15 second(s)","zoneId":"Asia/Singapore","reportTitle":"RepoSense Report Test Title","repos":[{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git","repoName":"testrepo-Alpha","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Beta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git","repoName":"testrepo-Charlie","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Delta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"}],"errorSet":[{"repoName":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","errorMessage":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."},{"repoName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]","errorMessage":"Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."}],"sinceDate":"2017-10-01","untilDate":"2017-11-01","isSinceDateProvided":false,"isUntilDateProvided":true,"supportedDomainUrlMap":{"NOT_RECOGNIZED":{"BRANCH":"","REPO_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","BASE_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","HISTORY_PATH":"","COMMIT_PATH":"","BLAME_PATH":""},"github":{"BRANCH":"tree/$BRANCH","REPO_URL":"https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/","BASE_URL":"https://github.com/","HISTORY_PATH":"commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH","COMMIT_PATH":"commit/$COMMIT_HASH","BLAME_PATH":"blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"}}}
+{
+  "reportGeneratedTime": "Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018",
+  "reportGenerationTime": "15 second(s)",
+  "zoneId": "Asia/Singapore",
+  "reportTitle": "RepoSense Report Test Title",
+  "repos": [
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Alpha",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Beta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Charlie",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Delta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"
+    }
+  ],
+  "errorSet": [
+    {
+      "repoName": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+      "errorMessage": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."
+    },
+    {
+      "repoName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]",
+      "errorMessage": "Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."
+    }
+  ],
+  "sinceDate": "2017-10-01",
+  "untilDate": "2017-11-01",
+  "isSinceDateProvided": false,
+  "isUntilDateProvided": true,
+  "supportedDomainUrlMap": {
+    "NOT_RECOGNIZED": {
+      "BRANCH": "",
+      "REPO_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "BASE_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "",
+      "BLAME_PATH": ""
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "BRANCH": "tree/$BRANCH",
+      "REPO_URL": "https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/",
+      "BASE_URL": "https://github.com/",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "commit/$COMMIT_HASH",
+      "BLAME_PATH": "blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"
+    }
+  },
+  "blurbs": {
+    "urlBlurbMap": {
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch": "first blurb",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch2": "## **second** blurb\n\n![link](link) to repository\n\nthis is what i have done for my cs2103t project",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch3": "*third blurb*\n\n<strong>third</strong> blurb with HTML content"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDateFindPreviousAuthors/expected/summary.json b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDateFindPreviousAuthors/expected/summary.json
index c809a19ae0..f17b82ee29 100644
--- a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDateFindPreviousAuthors/expected/summary.json
+++ b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDateFindPreviousAuthors/expected/summary.json
@@ -1 +1,91 @@
-{"reportGeneratedTime":"Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018","reportGenerationTime":"15 second(s)","zoneId":"Asia/Singapore","reportTitle":"RepoSense Report Test Title","repos":[{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git","repoName":"testrepo-Alpha","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Beta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git","repoName":"testrepo-Charlie","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Delta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"}],"errorSet":[{"repoName":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","errorMessage":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."},{"repoName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]","errorMessage":"Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."}],"sinceDate":"2017-10-01","untilDate":"2017-11-01","isSinceDateProvided":false,"isUntilDateProvided":true,"supportedDomainUrlMap":{"NOT_RECOGNIZED":{"BRANCH":"","REPO_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","BASE_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","HISTORY_PATH":"","COMMIT_PATH":"","BLAME_PATH":""},"github":{"BRANCH":"tree/$BRANCH","REPO_URL":"https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/","BASE_URL":"https://github.com/","HISTORY_PATH":"commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH","COMMIT_PATH":"commit/$COMMIT_HASH","BLAME_PATH":"blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"}}}
+{
+  "reportGeneratedTime": "Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018",
+  "reportGenerationTime": "15 second(s)",
+  "zoneId": "Asia/Singapore",
+  "reportTitle": "RepoSense Report Test Title",
+  "repos": [
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Alpha",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Beta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Charlie",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Delta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"
+    }
+  ],
+  "errorSet": [
+    {
+      "repoName": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+      "errorMessage": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."
+    },
+    {
+      "repoName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]",
+      "errorMessage": "Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."
+    }
+  ],
+  "sinceDate": "2017-10-01",
+  "untilDate": "2017-11-01",
+  "isSinceDateProvided": false,
+  "isUntilDateProvided": true,
+  "supportedDomainUrlMap": {
+    "NOT_RECOGNIZED": {
+      "BRANCH": "",
+      "REPO_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "BASE_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "",
+      "BLAME_PATH": ""
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "BRANCH": "tree/$BRANCH",
+      "REPO_URL": "https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/",
+      "BASE_URL": "https://github.com/",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "commit/$COMMIT_HASH",
+      "BLAME_PATH": "blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"
+    }
+  },
+  "blurbs": {
+    "urlBlurbMap": {
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch": "first blurb",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch2": "## **second** blurb\n\n![link](link) to repository\n\nthis is what i have done for my cs2103t project",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch3": "*third blurb*\n\n<strong>third</strong> blurb with HTML content"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDateWithShallowCloning/expected/summary.json b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDateWithShallowCloning/expected/summary.json
index c809a19ae0..f17b82ee29 100644
--- a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDateWithShallowCloning/expected/summary.json
+++ b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/30daysFromUntilDateWithShallowCloning/expected/summary.json
@@ -1 +1,91 @@
-{"reportGeneratedTime":"Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018","reportGenerationTime":"15 second(s)","zoneId":"Asia/Singapore","reportTitle":"RepoSense Report Test Title","repos":[{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git","repoName":"testrepo-Alpha","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Beta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git","repoName":"testrepo-Charlie","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Delta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"}],"errorSet":[{"repoName":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","errorMessage":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."},{"repoName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]","errorMessage":"Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."}],"sinceDate":"2017-10-01","untilDate":"2017-11-01","isSinceDateProvided":false,"isUntilDateProvided":true,"supportedDomainUrlMap":{"NOT_RECOGNIZED":{"BRANCH":"","REPO_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","BASE_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","HISTORY_PATH":"","COMMIT_PATH":"","BLAME_PATH":""},"github":{"BRANCH":"tree/$BRANCH","REPO_URL":"https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/","BASE_URL":"https://github.com/","HISTORY_PATH":"commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH","COMMIT_PATH":"commit/$COMMIT_HASH","BLAME_PATH":"blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"}}}
+{
+  "reportGeneratedTime": "Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018",
+  "reportGenerationTime": "15 second(s)",
+  "zoneId": "Asia/Singapore",
+  "reportTitle": "RepoSense Report Test Title",
+  "repos": [
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Alpha",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Beta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Charlie",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Delta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"
+    }
+  ],
+  "errorSet": [
+    {
+      "repoName": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+      "errorMessage": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."
+    },
+    {
+      "repoName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]",
+      "errorMessage": "Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."
+    }
+  ],
+  "sinceDate": "2017-10-01",
+  "untilDate": "2017-11-01",
+  "isSinceDateProvided": false,
+  "isUntilDateProvided": true,
+  "supportedDomainUrlMap": {
+    "NOT_RECOGNIZED": {
+      "BRANCH": "",
+      "REPO_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "BASE_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "",
+      "BLAME_PATH": ""
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "BRANCH": "tree/$BRANCH",
+      "REPO_URL": "https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/",
+      "BASE_URL": "https://github.com/",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "commit/$COMMIT_HASH",
+      "BLAME_PATH": "blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"
+    }
+  },
+  "blurbs": {
+    "urlBlurbMap": {
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch": "first blurb",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch2": "## **second** blurb\n\n![link](link) to repository\n\nthis is what i have done for my cs2103t project",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch3": "*third blurb*\n\n<strong>third</strong> blurb with HTML content"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/blurbs.md b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/blurbs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8a130cc46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/blurbs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch
+first blurb
+<!--repo-->
+https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch2
+## **second** blurb
+
+![link](link) to repository
+
+this is what i have done for my cs2103t project
+<!--repo-->
+https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch3
+*third blurb*
+
+<strong>third</strong> blurb with HTML content
diff --git a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRange/expected/summary.json b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRange/expected/summary.json
index f0d69e7d5b..f274f98e7d 100644
--- a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRange/expected/summary.json
+++ b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRange/expected/summary.json
@@ -1 +1,91 @@
-{"reportGeneratedTime":"Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018","reportGenerationTime":"15 second(s)","zoneId":"Asia/Singapore","reportTitle":"RepoSense Report Test Title","repos":[{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git","repoName":"testrepo-Alpha","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Beta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git","repoName":"testrepo-Charlie","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Delta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"}],"errorSet":[{"repoName":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","errorMessage":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."},{"repoName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]","errorMessage":"Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."}],"sinceDate":"2017-09-30","untilDate":"2019-03-02","isSinceDateProvided":true,"isUntilDateProvided":true,"supportedDomainUrlMap":{"NOT_RECOGNIZED":{"BRANCH":"","REPO_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","BASE_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","HISTORY_PATH":"","COMMIT_PATH":"","BLAME_PATH":""},"github":{"BRANCH":"tree/$BRANCH","REPO_URL":"https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/","BASE_URL":"https://github.com/","HISTORY_PATH":"commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH","COMMIT_PATH":"commit/$COMMIT_HASH","BLAME_PATH":"blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"}}}
+{
+  "reportGeneratedTime": "Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018",
+  "reportGenerationTime": "15 second(s)",
+  "zoneId": "Asia/Singapore",
+  "reportTitle": "RepoSense Report Test Title",
+  "repos": [
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Alpha",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Beta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Charlie",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Delta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"
+    }
+  ],
+  "errorSet": [
+    {
+      "repoName": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+      "errorMessage": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."
+    },
+    {
+      "repoName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]",
+      "errorMessage": "Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."
+    }
+  ],
+  "sinceDate": "2017-09-30",
+  "untilDate": "2019-03-02",
+  "isSinceDateProvided": true,
+  "isUntilDateProvided": true,
+  "supportedDomainUrlMap": {
+    "NOT_RECOGNIZED": {
+      "BRANCH": "",
+      "REPO_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "BASE_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "",
+      "BLAME_PATH": ""
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "BRANCH": "tree/$BRANCH",
+      "REPO_URL": "https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/",
+      "BASE_URL": "https://github.com/",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "commit/$COMMIT_HASH",
+      "BLAME_PATH": "blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"
+    }
+  },
+  "blurbs": {
+    "urlBlurbMap": {
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch": "first blurb",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch2": "## **second** blurb\n\n![link](link) to repository\n\nthis is what i have done for my cs2103t project",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch3": "*third blurb*\n\n<strong>third</strong> blurb with HTML content"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRangeFindPreviousAuthors/expected/summary.json b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRangeFindPreviousAuthors/expected/summary.json
index f0d69e7d5b..f274f98e7d 100644
--- a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRangeFindPreviousAuthors/expected/summary.json
+++ b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRangeFindPreviousAuthors/expected/summary.json
@@ -1 +1,91 @@
-{"reportGeneratedTime":"Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018","reportGenerationTime":"15 second(s)","zoneId":"Asia/Singapore","reportTitle":"RepoSense Report Test Title","repos":[{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git","repoName":"testrepo-Alpha","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Beta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git","repoName":"testrepo-Charlie","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Delta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"}],"errorSet":[{"repoName":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","errorMessage":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."},{"repoName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]","errorMessage":"Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."}],"sinceDate":"2017-09-30","untilDate":"2019-03-02","isSinceDateProvided":true,"isUntilDateProvided":true,"supportedDomainUrlMap":{"NOT_RECOGNIZED":{"BRANCH":"","REPO_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","BASE_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","HISTORY_PATH":"","COMMIT_PATH":"","BLAME_PATH":""},"github":{"BRANCH":"tree/$BRANCH","REPO_URL":"https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/","BASE_URL":"https://github.com/","HISTORY_PATH":"commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH","COMMIT_PATH":"commit/$COMMIT_HASH","BLAME_PATH":"blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"}}}
+{
+  "reportGeneratedTime": "Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018",
+  "reportGenerationTime": "15 second(s)",
+  "zoneId": "Asia/Singapore",
+  "reportTitle": "RepoSense Report Test Title",
+  "repos": [
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Alpha",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Beta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Charlie",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Delta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"
+    }
+  ],
+  "errorSet": [
+    {
+      "repoName": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+      "errorMessage": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."
+    },
+    {
+      "repoName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]",
+      "errorMessage": "Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."
+    }
+  ],
+  "sinceDate": "2017-09-30",
+  "untilDate": "2019-03-02",
+  "isSinceDateProvided": true,
+  "isUntilDateProvided": true,
+  "supportedDomainUrlMap": {
+    "NOT_RECOGNIZED": {
+      "BRANCH": "",
+      "REPO_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "BASE_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "",
+      "BLAME_PATH": ""
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "BRANCH": "tree/$BRANCH",
+      "REPO_URL": "https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/",
+      "BASE_URL": "https://github.com/",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "commit/$COMMIT_HASH",
+      "BLAME_PATH": "blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"
+    }
+  },
+  "blurbs": {
+    "urlBlurbMap": {
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch": "first blurb",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch2": "## **second** blurb\n\n![link](link) to repository\n\nthis is what i have done for my cs2103t project",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch3": "*third blurb*\n\n<strong>third</strong> blurb with HTML content"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRangeWithShallowCloning/expected/summary.json b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRangeWithShallowCloning/expected/summary.json
index f0d69e7d5b..f274f98e7d 100644
--- a/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRangeWithShallowCloning/expected/summary.json
+++ b/src/systemtest/resources/ConfigSystemTest/sinceBeginningDateRangeWithShallowCloning/expected/summary.json
@@ -1 +1,91 @@
-{"reportGeneratedTime":"Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018","reportGenerationTime":"15 second(s)","zoneId":"Asia/Singapore","reportTitle":"RepoSense Report Test Title","repos":[{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git","repoName":"testrepo-Alpha","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Beta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git","repoName":"testrepo-Charlie","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"},{"location":{"location":"https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git","repoName":"testrepo-Delta","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]","outputFolderName":"reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"}],"errorSet":[{"repoName":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git","errorMessage":"ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."},{"repoName":"reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]","errorMessage":"Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."}],"sinceDate":"2017-09-30","untilDate":"2019-03-02","isSinceDateProvided":true,"isUntilDateProvided":true,"supportedDomainUrlMap":{"NOT_RECOGNIZED":{"BRANCH":"","REPO_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","BASE_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","HISTORY_PATH":"","COMMIT_PATH":"","BLAME_PATH":""},"github":{"BRANCH":"tree/$BRANCH","REPO_URL":"https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/","BASE_URL":"https://github.com/","HISTORY_PATH":"commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH","COMMIT_PATH":"commit/$COMMIT_HASH","BLAME_PATH":"blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"}}}
+{
+  "reportGeneratedTime": "Tue Jul 24 17:45:15 SGT 2018",
+  "reportGenerationTime": "15 second(s)",
+  "zoneId": "Asia/Singapore",
+  "reportTitle": "RepoSense Report Test Title",
+  "repos": [
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Alpha",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Alpha[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Alpha_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Beta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Beta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Beta_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Charlie.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Charlie",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Charlie[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Charlie_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Delta.git",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Delta",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "reposense_testrepo-Delta_master"
+    }
+  ],
+  "errorSet": [
+    {
+      "repoName": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git",
+      "errorMessage": "ttps://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta.git is an invalid remote URL."
+    },
+    {
+      "repoName": "reposense/testrepo-Delta[nonExistentBranch]",
+      "errorMessage": "Branch \"nonExistentBranch\" does not exist."
+    }
+  ],
+  "sinceDate": "2017-09-30",
+  "untilDate": "2019-03-02",
+  "isSinceDateProvided": true,
+  "isUntilDateProvided": true,
+  "supportedDomainUrlMap": {
+    "NOT_RECOGNIZED": {
+      "BRANCH": "",
+      "REPO_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "BASE_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "",
+      "BLAME_PATH": ""
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "BRANCH": "tree/$BRANCH",
+      "REPO_URL": "https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/",
+      "BASE_URL": "https://github.com/",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "commit/$COMMIT_HASH",
+      "BLAME_PATH": "blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"
+    }
+  },
+  "blurbs": {
+    "urlBlurbMap": {
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch": "first blurb",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch2": "## **second** blurb\n\n![link](link) to repository\n\nthis is what i have done for my cs2103t project",
+      "https://www.github.com/user/repo/branch3": "*third blurb*\n\n<strong>third</strong> blurb with HTML content"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/systemtest/resources/LocalRepoSystemTest/testRelativePathing/summary.json b/src/systemtest/resources/LocalRepoSystemTest/testRelativePathing/summary.json
index 73eb7dd989..33db57133d 100644
--- a/src/systemtest/resources/LocalRepoSystemTest/testRelativePathing/summary.json
+++ b/src/systemtest/resources/LocalRepoSystemTest/testRelativePathing/summary.json
@@ -1 +1,47 @@
-{"reportGeneratedTime":"Tue Jan 31 23:48:33 2023 UTC+08:00","reportGenerationTime":" 0.71 second(s)","zoneId":"UTC+08:00","reportTitle":"RepoSense Report","repos":[{"location":{"location":"parent1/../parent1/./test-repo","repoName":"testrepo-Alpha","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"parent1/test-repo[master]","outputFolderName":"parent1_test-repo_master"}],"errorSet":[],"sinceDate":"2018-02-05","untilDate":"2023-01-31","isSinceDateProvided":true,"isUntilDateProvided":true,"supportedDomainUrlMap":{"NOT_RECOGNIZED":{"BRANCH":"","REPO_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","BASE_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","HISTORY_PATH":"","COMMIT_PATH":"","BLAME_PATH":""},"github":{"BRANCH":"tree/$BRANCH","REPO_URL":"https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/","BASE_URL":"https://github.com/","HISTORY_PATH":"commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH","COMMIT_PATH":"commit/$COMMIT_HASH","BLAME_PATH":"blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"}}}
+{
+  "reportGeneratedTime": "Tue Jan 31 23:48:33 2023 UTC+08:00",
+  "reportGenerationTime": " 0.71 second(s)",
+  "zoneId": "UTC+08:00",
+  "reportTitle": "RepoSense Report",
+  "repos": [
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "parent1/../parent1/./test-repo",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Alpha",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "parent1/test-repo[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "parent1_test-repo_master"
+    }
+  ],
+  "errorSet": [],
+  "sinceDate": "2018-02-05",
+  "untilDate": "2023-01-31",
+  "isSinceDateProvided": true,
+  "isUntilDateProvided": true,
+  "supportedDomainUrlMap": {
+    "NOT_RECOGNIZED": {
+      "BRANCH": "",
+      "REPO_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "BASE_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "",
+      "BLAME_PATH": ""
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "BRANCH": "tree/$BRANCH",
+      "REPO_URL": "https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/",
+      "BASE_URL": "https://github.com/",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "commit/$COMMIT_HASH",
+      "BLAME_PATH": "blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"
+    }
+  },
+  "blurbs": {
+    "urlBlurbMap": {
+      "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master": "Master branch of testrepo-Alpha"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/systemtest/resources/LocalRepoSystemTest/testSameFinalDirectory/summary.json b/src/systemtest/resources/LocalRepoSystemTest/testSameFinalDirectory/summary.json
index fffce375ea..a5662f38b5 100644
--- a/src/systemtest/resources/LocalRepoSystemTest/testSameFinalDirectory/summary.json
+++ b/src/systemtest/resources/LocalRepoSystemTest/testSameFinalDirectory/summary.json
@@ -1 +1,58 @@
-{"reportGeneratedTime":"Tue Jan 31 23:34:35 2023 UTC+08:00","reportGenerationTime":" 0.74 second(s)","zoneId":"UTC+08:00","reportTitle":"RepoSense Report","repos":[{"location":{"location":"parent1/test-repo","repoName":"testrepo-Alpha","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"parent1/test-repo[master]","outputFolderName":"parent1_test-repo_master"},{"location":{"location":"parent2/test-repo","repoName":"testrepo-Alpha","organization":"reposense","domainName":"github"},"branch":"master","displayName":"parent2/test-repo[master]","outputFolderName":"parent2_test-repo_master"}],"errorSet":[],"sinceDate":"2018-02-05","untilDate":"2023-01-31","isSinceDateProvided":true,"isUntilDateProvided":true,"supportedDomainUrlMap":{"NOT_RECOGNIZED":{"BRANCH":"","REPO_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","BASE_URL":"UNSUPPORTED","HISTORY_PATH":"","COMMIT_PATH":"","BLAME_PATH":""},"github":{"BRANCH":"tree/$BRANCH","REPO_URL":"https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/","BASE_URL":"https://github.com/","HISTORY_PATH":"commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH","COMMIT_PATH":"commit/$COMMIT_HASH","BLAME_PATH":"blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"}}}
+{
+  "reportGeneratedTime": "Tue Jan 31 23:34:35 2023 UTC+08:00",
+  "reportGenerationTime": " 0.74 second(s)",
+  "zoneId": "UTC+08:00",
+  "reportTitle": "RepoSense Report",
+  "repos": [
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "parent1/test-repo",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Alpha",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "parent1/test-repo[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "parent1_test-repo_master"
+    },
+    {
+      "location": {
+        "location": "parent2/test-repo",
+        "repoName": "testrepo-Alpha",
+        "organization": "reposense",
+        "domainName": "github"
+      },
+      "branch": "master",
+      "displayName": "parent2/test-repo[master]",
+      "outputFolderName": "parent2_test-repo_master"
+    }
+  ],
+  "errorSet": [],
+  "sinceDate": "2018-02-05",
+  "untilDate": "2023-01-31",
+  "isSinceDateProvided": true,
+  "isUntilDateProvided": true,
+  "supportedDomainUrlMap": {
+    "NOT_RECOGNIZED": {
+      "BRANCH": "",
+      "REPO_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "BASE_URL": "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "",
+      "BLAME_PATH": ""
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "BRANCH": "tree/$BRANCH",
+      "REPO_URL": "https://github.com/$ORGANIZATION/$REPO_NAME/",
+      "BASE_URL": "https://github.com/",
+      "HISTORY_PATH": "commits/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH",
+      "COMMIT_PATH": "commit/$COMMIT_HASH",
+      "BLAME_PATH": "blame/$BRANCH/$FILE_PATH"
+    }
+  },
+  "blurbs": {
+    "urlBlurbMap": {
+      "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master": "Master branch of testrepo-Alpha"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/reposense/model/BlurbMapTest.java b/src/test/java/reposense/model/BlurbMapTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..463d0611aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/reposense/model/BlurbMapTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package reposense.model;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class BlurbMapTest {
+    @Test
+    public void blurbBuilder_testIfBuildsSuccessfully_success() {
+        BlurbMap builder = new BlurbMap();
+        builder.withRecord("hello", "world");
+        BlurbMap newBuilder = new BlurbMap();
+        newBuilder.withRecord("hello", "world");
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals(builder, newBuilder);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void blurbBuilder_testIfBuildsEmpty_success() {
+        BlurbMap map1 = new BlurbMap();
+        BlurbMap map2 = new BlurbMap();
+        Assertions.assertEquals(map1, map2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void blurbBuilder_testIfUnequal_success() {
+        BlurbMap builder1 = new BlurbMap();
+        BlurbMap builder2 = new BlurbMap();
+
+        builder1.withRecord("this", "builder");
+        builder2.withRecord("other", "builder");
+        Assertions.assertNotEquals(builder1, builder2);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/reposense/parser/BlurbMarkdownParserTest.java b/src/test/java/reposense/parser/BlurbMarkdownParserTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43531b7b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/reposense/parser/BlurbMarkdownParserTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package reposense.parser;
+
+import static reposense.util.TestUtil.loadResource;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import reposense.parser.exceptions.InvalidMarkdownException;
+
+public class BlurbMarkdownParserTest {
+    private static final Path EMPTY_BLURB_TESTER = loadResource(BlurbMarkdownParserTest.class,
+            "BlurbMarkdownParserTest/empty_blurbs.md");
+    private static final Path MALFORMED_URL_TESTER = loadResource(BlurbMarkdownParserTest.class,
+            "BlurbMarkdownParserTest/malformed_url_blurb.md");
+    private static final Path MALFORMED_DELIMITER_TESTER = loadResource(BlurbMarkdownParserTest.class,
+            "BlurbMarkdownParserTest/malformed_delimiter_blurb.md");
+    private static final Path MULTILINE_BLURB_TESTER = loadResource(BlurbMarkdownParserTest.class,
+            "BlurbMarkdownParserTest/multiline_blurb.md");
+    private static final Path MULTIPLE_BLURB_TESTER = loadResource(BlurbMarkdownParser.class,
+            "BlurbMarkdownParserTest/multiple_blurbs.md");
+
+    @Test
+    public void parse_emptyBlurbTest_throwsException() {
+        Assertions.assertThrows(
+                InvalidMarkdownException.class, () -> new BlurbMarkdownParser(EMPTY_BLURB_TESTER).parse()
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parse_malformedUrlBlurbTest_throwsException() {
+        Assertions.assertThrows(
+                InvalidMarkdownException.class, () -> new BlurbMarkdownParser(MALFORMED_URL_TESTER).parse()
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parse_malformedDelimiterBlurbTest_success() throws Exception {
+        BlurbMarkdownParser bmp = new BlurbMarkdownParser(MALFORMED_DELIMITER_TESTER);
+        Map<String, String> bm = bmp.parse().getAllMappings();
+        Assertions.assertTrue(bm.containsKey("https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master"));
+        Assertions.assertEquals(
+                bm.get("https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master"),
+                "Master branch of testrepo-Alpha\n"
+                        + "<!--repo--bunchofcharacters that don't count>\n"
+                        + "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master\n"
+                        + "Master branch of testrepo-Alpha\n"
+                        + "<!--repo - this is not legal and will be captured as part of the text -->"
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parse_multilineBlurbTest_success() throws Exception {
+        BlurbMarkdownParser bmp = new BlurbMarkdownParser(MULTILINE_BLURB_TESTER);
+        Map<String, String> bm = bmp.parse().getAllMappings();
+        Assertions.assertTrue(bm.containsKey("https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master"));
+        Assertions.assertEquals(
+                bm.get("https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master"),
+                "Master branch of testrepo-Alpha\n"
+                        + "A\n"
+                        + "long\n"
+                        + "line\n"
+                        + "of\n"
+                        + "description\n"
+                        + "of\n"
+                        + "testrepo\n"
+                        + "Alpha"
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parse_multipleBlurbTest_success() throws Exception {
+        BlurbMarkdownParser bmp = new BlurbMarkdownParser(MULTIPLE_BLURB_TESTER);
+        Map<String, String> bm = bmp.parse().getAllMappings();
+        Assertions.assertTrue(bm.keySet().containsAll(
+                List.of("https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master",
+                        "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta/tree/master",
+                        "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Gamma/tree/master",
+                        "https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Sigma/tree/master")
+        ));
+        Assertions.assertEquals(
+                bm.get("https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master"),
+                "Master branch of testrepo-Alpha"
+        );
+        Assertions.assertEquals(
+                bm.get("https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta/tree/master"),
+                "Master branch of testrepo-Beta"
+        );
+        Assertions.assertEquals(
+                bm.get("https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Gamma/tree/master"),
+                "Master branch of testrepo-Gamma"
+        );
+        Assertions.assertEquals(
+                bm.get("https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Sigma/tree/master"),
+                "Master branch of testrepo-Sigma"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/empty_blurbs.md b/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/empty_blurbs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/malformed_delimiter_blurb.md b/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/malformed_delimiter_blurb.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95f0ba1c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/malformed_delimiter_blurb.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master
+Master branch of testrepo-Alpha
+<!--repo--bunchofcharacters that don't count>
+https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master
+Master branch of testrepo-Alpha
+<!--repo - this is not legal and will be captured as part of the text -->
+<!--repo-->but this is legal and will be ignored
diff --git a/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/malformed_url_blurb.md b/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/malformed_url_blurb.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b68b169c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/malformed_url_blurb.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+://github/reposense/testrepo-Alp
+Malformed URL Test
diff --git a/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/multiline_blurb.md b/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/multiline_blurb.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2a4711e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/multiline_blurb.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master
+Master branch of testrepo-Alpha
+A
+long
+line
+of
+description
+of
+testrepo
+Alpha
diff --git a/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/multiple_blurbs.md b/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/multiple_blurbs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b49af3b1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/BlurbMarkdownParserTest/multiple_blurbs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Alpha/tree/master
+Master branch of testrepo-Alpha
+<!--repo-->
+https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Beta/tree/master
+Master branch of testrepo-Beta
+<!--repo-->
+https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Gamma/tree/master
+Master branch of testrepo-Gamma
+<!--repo-->
+https://github.com/reposense/testrepo-Sigma/tree/master
+Master branch of testrepo-Sigma
+<!--repo-->