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I Made a VS Code Extension to Copy Your Repo to Your Clipboard as Clean Markdown Context for Your Chatbot

A developer built ReptClip for VS Code, an extension that copies a repository's files into the clipboard as clean Markdown context for pasting into chatbots such as GitHub Copilot. The tool, inspired by the author's earlier ReptClip CLI app, offers type-ahead suggestions and stores configuration on a per-project basis.

by read1 min views1 publishedSep 24, 2026

The UI:

An example output:


.gitattributes .gitignore AGENTS.md CONTRIBUTING.md LICENSE README.md assets/preview.webp docs/me/prompt.md docs/me/publishing.md pyproject.toml reptclip-config.toml src/reptclip/init.py src/reptclip/cli.py src/reptclip/cli_parser.py src/reptclip/clipboard.py src/reptclip/config.py src/reptclip/file_reader.py src/reptclip/filters.py src/reptclip/git_files.py src/reptclip/markdown_builder.py tests/test_cli.py tests/test_config.py tests/test_file_reader.py tests/test_filters.py tests/test_git_files.py tests/test_markdown_builder.py



Do not make mistakes.



<- Cursor lands here; you can quickly start typing!

Basically, type whatever you want to copy, then press Enter. Context will be copied straight to your clipboard!

Also, you'll get suggestions as you type:

State is stored on a per-project basis. When you come back, your configuration will too!

It's inspired by my CLI app ReptClip, so I named it ReptClip for VS Code.

Here are the key improvements from the CLI version:

It's really useful for me because this is my workflow when I finish my GitHub Copilot free credits:

And repeat:

If you also found this helpful, please consider giving a ⭐ on GitHub! It really helps A LOT!

Thank you for reading till the end! Please let me know what you think. I am really curious!

Issues and PRs are welcome too!

By the way, can someone guess what ReptClip means? Gemini couldn't guess it correctly.

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