Copy Tab Paths for Copilot

A Visual Studio extension that copies open editor tab file paths to the clipboard — ready to paste directly into GitHub Copilot Chat or any AI prompt.

Why?

When working with GitHub Copilot Chat, you often want to reference specific files with #file: tags. Doing this manually is tedious. This extension adds a single menu action (or keyboard shortcut) to grab all the paths you need in one click.

Features

• Copy selected tabs — Interactive dialog to pick exactly which tabs to include
• Copy all tabs — All open documents in one go, no dialog
• Copy pinned tabs — Only pinned tabs (great for "context files" workflows)
• Copy active tab — Just the file you're currently editing
• Append active tab — Adds the current file's path to whatever is already on the clipboard (build up your list incrementally)
• Paths are relative to the solution root — portable and clean for prompts
• Automatically skips Copilot baseline temp files (files starting with ~)

Commands

All commands are available under Edit → Copy Tab Paths in the menu bar.

Usage Example

1. Open the files you want to reference in Visual Studio.
2. Pin the "context files" you always want included (optional).
3. Click Edit → Copy Tab Paths → Copy All Tab Paths.
4. Switch to GitHub Copilot Chat and paste — you get something like:

src/Services/OrderService.cs
src/Models/Order.cs
src/Controllers/OrderController.cs

5. Prepend #file: to each line and you have a ready-to-use Copilot context block.

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2022 (17.0) or later — Community, Professional, or Enterprise