This Visual Studio Code extension helps you create a single text file containing your project's folder structure and the content of all relevant files. It's designed to make it easy to copy-paste your entire project's context into large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4, Claude, or Gemini.
Features
Sidebar UI: An easy-to-use interface right in the VS Code activity bar.
.gitignore Integration: Automatically loads rules from your project's .gitignore file and your global VS Code settings to provide a smart starting point for exclusions.
Template Loading: Choose from standard .gitignore templates (e.g., Node, Python, Go) to quickly add common ignore patterns for your project type.
Dynamic Filtering: Easily review, modify, and add custom rules to fine-tune which files and folders are included in the final context file.
State Persistence: Your list of ignore rules is saved per workspace, so you don't have to reconfigure it every time you open VS Code.
How to Use
Click on the Code Context Extractor icon in the activity bar to open the sidebar.
Click "Load / Refresh Ignore Rules". This will populate a list of files and folders to exclude based on your project's .gitignore and settings. You can also select a standard template to add more rules.
In "Step 2", review the list of rules. Uncheck any files or folders you want to include. Add any custom rules you need.
Click "Generate Context File".
A ProjectContext.txt file will be created in the root of your workspace and automatically opened for you.
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
code-context-extractor.excludeDirs: A list of directory names to always exclude (e.g., "node_modules", ".git").
code-context-extractor.excludeFiles: A list of file names to always exclude (e.g., "package-lock.json").
