I built a small VS Code extension to solve a problem I kept running into.
When I’m working on something new, I usually have good reference code somewhere else:
- an old service - a starter project - a pattern I’ve used before
The problem is that against can't see any of that unless I copy it into the repo.
So I built Agent Context.
It lets you attach external folders into your current workspace (via symlinks), so:
- you can browse them alongside your current project - and your AI tools can use them as context
It also maintains a small generated instructions file listing what’s attached, so both humans and AI know what’s available.
Typical workflow:
- attach something like a “nest-auth-example” project - keep it outside your repo - then prompt: “implement auth like the example in .examples”
It’s pretty simple under the hood, but I’ve found it surprisingly useful so I thought I would share.
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