Context Craft

Cherry‑pick files in VS Code and copy them to your clipboard as a clean XML payload—perfect for LLM prompts.

Why?

Stop wasting tokens on boilerplate. Context Craft lets you send only the code that matters.

Key Features

• Checkbox File/Folder Picker in a dedicated sidebar view
• Live Token Estimate in both the view header and status bar
• One‑Click "Copy as XML"—straight to your clipboard
• .gitignore‑Aware; binary files flagged, files > 200 kB truncated
• Selection Persists across reloads
• Unselect All and Auto‑Reveal Active File commands

Installation

VS Code Marketplace

1. Press F1 → Extensions: Install Extensions
2. Search Context Craft → Install

From Source

git clone https://github.com/Airizom/context-craft.git
cd context-craft
npm install
npm run compile
code --install-extension context-craft-*.vsix

Usage

1. Click the Context Craft icon in the activity bar.
2. Tick the files or folders to include.
3. Hit Copy Selected (toolbar or Ctrl+Shift+P).
4. Paste the XML wherever you need it.

Example output:

<code_files>
  <file name="app.ts" path="src/app.ts"><![CDATA[
    console.log("hello");
  ]]></file>
  <file name="logo.png" path="assets/logo.png" binary="true"/>
  <file name="big.sql" path="db/big.sql" truncated="true"/>
</code_files>

Commands

Add your own keybindings in keybindings.json:

{
  "key": "ctrl+shift+c",
  "command": "contextCraft.copySelected",
  "when": "view == contextCraftFileBrowser"
}

Limitations

• Only the first workspace folder is processed in multi‑root workspaces.
• Nested .gitignore files are ignored (top‑level only).

Contributing

Pull requests welcome—use explicit variable names and wrap every control‑flow block in braces.

npm install
npm run watch   # incremental TypeScript build
# Press F5 in VS Code to launch the Extension Host

License

MIT

Support

Open issues or feature requests on the GitHub tracker.