AI Project Brief: Codebase Consolidator for AI Assistants

Quickly combine and export your project files for easy sharing with AI assistants like ChatGPT.

Features

• Combine Files: Merge multiple project files into a single document for easy sharing.
• Copy to Clipboard: Consolidate your project files and copy the result directly to your clipboard.
• Customizable File Handling: Configure how different file types are processed using glob patterns.
• Gitignore Support: Optionally respect your project's .gitignore file when combining files.
• Custom Prompts: Add custom prompts before and after the combined content to guide AI assistants.

Usage

1. Open your project in VSCode.
2. Use one of the following commands:
   • AI Project Brief: Combine Files: Creates a new document with the combined project files.
   • AI Project Brief: Combine Files to Clipboard: Copies the combined project files to your clipboard.
   • AI Project Brief: Edit Custom Prefix/Suffix Texts: Set up custom prompts for AI assistants.

Configuration

Customize the extension's behavior in your VSCode settings:

• aiProjectBrief.filePatterns: An array of objects specifying how to handle different file patterns:

  [
    {
      "pattern": "**/*.js",
      "action": "include"
    },
    {
      "pattern": "**/*.md",
      "action": "pathOnly"
    },
    {
      "pattern": "node_modules/**",
      "action": "ignore"
    }
  ]

  Actions can be "include" (full content), "pathOnly" (just the file path), or "ignore".

• aiProjectBrief.respectGitignore: Boolean to determine whether to respect the .gitignore file (default: true).

• aiProjectBrief.customPrefixText: Custom prompt to insert at the beginning of the combined content.

• aiProjectBrief.customSuffixText: Custom prompt to insert at the end of the combined content.

Why Use AI Project Brief?

• Streamline Communication: Quickly share your entire codebase or specific parts with AI assistants or team members.
• Flexible Configuration: Customize how your files are combined to focus on what matters most.
• Time-Saving: Eliminate the need to manually copy and paste multiple files when seeking AI assistance or code reviews.
• Custom AI Prompts: Tailor your interactions with AI assistants by including specific instructions or context.

Custom Prompts for AI Assistants

The custom prefix and suffix texts serve as prompts for AI assistants, allowing you to:

• Provide context about your project
• Specify the type of assistance you need
• Set constraints or requirements for the AI's response
• Ask specific questions about your codebase Example prefix prompt:

This is a Node.js project using Express. Please review the following code for best practices and potential improvements:

Example suffix prompt:

Based on the code above, can you suggest any optimizations for performance? Also, are there any security concerns I should address?

Requirements

• VSCode version 1.75.0 or higher

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• aiProjectBrief.filePatterns: Specify how different file patterns should be handled
• aiProjectBrief.respectGitignore: Respect .gitignore when combining files
• aiProjectBrief.customPrefixText: Custom prompt to insert at the beginning of the combined content
• aiProjectBrief.customSuffixText: Custom prompt to insert at the end of the combined content

Known Issues

Please report any issues on the GitHub repository.