LLM Code Bundler

Smart code bundling for efficient LLM analysis

✨ Features

🎯 Intelligent Workflow for LLM Analysis

• 📁 Generate Project Trees → Get a clear overview of your entire codebase
• 🤖 LLM-Guided Selection → Let AI choose which files to analyze
• 📦 Selective Bundling → Bundle only the files your LLM requested
• ⚡ Full Project Bundling → Bundle all eligible files at once

🚀 Key Capabilities

• Smart directory tree generation with file sizes and LLM instructions
• Selective file bundling based on LLM recommendations
• Advanced file filtering with configurable patterns and size limits
• Support for all major programming languages with syntax highlighting
• Clean, LLM-friendly markdown output format
• Streamlined webview interface for quick partial bundling

🔄 Recommended Workflow

This extension is designed around an efficient 3-step workflow:

1. 📁 Generate Project Tree

Ctrl+Shift+P → "LLM: Generate Project Tree"

Creates llm_tree.md with:

• Visual directory structure with file sizes
• Built-in instructions for LLMs
• Formatted guidelines for file selection

2. 🤖 Get LLM Analysis

• Share llm_tree.md with your LLM
• LLM analyzes structure and selects important files
• Copy the LLM's file list response

3. 📦 Generate Partial Bundle

• Open LLM Code Bundler panel in Explorer sidebar
• Paste the LLM's file list
• Click "Generate Partial Bundle"
• Share llm_partial_bundle.md with LLM for focused analysis

📋 Commands

🎛️ Quick Access

Explorer Sidebar Panel

The LLM Code Bundler panel provides:

• Simple interface for partial bundling
• Clear workflow instructions
• Paste area for LLM file lists
• One-click bundle generation

Context Menus

Right-click any folder in Explorer for quick access to both commands.

⚙️ Configuration

Configure the extension via VS Code settings (Ctrl+, → search "llm-code-bundler"):

🚫 Default Exclude Patterns

node_modules/**
.git/**
dist/**
build/**
*.min.*
*.bundle.*
*.log
*.lock
.env*

📂 Output Files

• llm_tree.md - Project structure with LLM instructions
• llm_bundle.md - Complete code bundle (all files)
• llm_partial_bundle.md - Selective bundle (LLM-chosen files)

🎯 Usage Examples

Basic Full Bundle

1. Ctrl+Shift+P → "LLM: Bundle Code to Markdown"
2. Share llm_bundle.md with your LLM

Smart Selective Workflow ⭐

1. Ctrl+Shift+P → "LLM: Generate Project Tree"
2. Share llm_tree.md with LLM: "Analyze this project structure and list the key files you'd like to see"
3. Copy LLM's response (file paths)
4. Open LLM Code Bundler panel in Explorer
5. Paste file list and click "Generate Partial Bundle"
6. Share llm_partial_bundle.md for focused analysis

Context Menu Shortcuts

• Right-click folder → "LLM: Generate Project Tree"
• Right-click folder → "LLM: Bundle Code to Markdown"

🏗️ Supported File Types

JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, C#, PHP, HTML, CSS, JSON, YAML, XML, Markdown, and more.

🔧 Advanced Features

• Wildcard Pattern Matching: Use ** for deep directory exclusion
• File Size Filtering: Automatically skip oversized files
• Hidden File Control: Toggle inclusion of dotfiles
• Depth Limiting: Control directory traversal depth
• Error Handling: Graceful handling of missing or inaccessible files
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Ctrl+Enter in webview to generate bundles

💡 Why This Workflow?

Traditional code analysis tools dump everything at once, overwhelming LLMs and wasting tokens. This extension:

✅ Reduces noise - Only relevant files get analyzed
✅ Saves tokens - Smaller, focused bundles
✅ Improves accuracy - LLMs can focus on what matters
✅ Speeds up analysis - Less context switching
✅ Enhances collaboration - Clear, structured workflow

🤝 Contributing

Feel free to submit issues and enhancement requests!

📄 License

MIT

👨‍💻 Author

TheBitBrine