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.

The UI: An example output: Project structure .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 AGENTS.md Do not make mistakes. Prompt <- 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 https://github.com/effessdev/reptclip , so I named it ReptClip for VS Code https://github.com/effessdev/reptclip-vscode . 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.