Aibolit

Aibolit is a Visual Studio Code extension that helps you copy the content of selected files into a structured format, optimized for use in AI chat interfaces like ChatGPT or Claude.

• Select one or more files in the File Explorer.
• Run a command to copy their contents in a clean, formatted style.
• Ideal for sending code to AI chats for review, refactoring, or debugging.

1. Open the File Explorer in VS Code.
2. Select one or more files.
3. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P on Mac).
4. Run the command: Aibolit: Copy Selected Files for AI.
5. Paste the copied result into your AI chat window.

Each file will be formatted like this:

---- BEGIN FILE: path/to/file.js ---- ---- END FILE: path/to/file.js ----

To build the extension locally: Install vsce if you haven’t already:

npm install -g vsce
Install dependencies:

npm install
Package the extension:

vsce package
This will generate a .vsix file (e.g. aibolit-0.0.1.vsix).

To install the packaged extension manually:

code --install-extension aibolit-0.0.1.vsix
To uninstall it:

code --uninstall-extension your-publisher.aibolit