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Code Snapshotter.

Carry the context with you

A shell script that bundles a project’s structure and selected files for AI-assisted coding.

A SMALL TOOL / USEFUL CONTEXT
project/
├── structure
├── selected files
└── context

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one portable snapshot
Less starting over.
01

Less explaining the same thing again

I created a shell script to make it easier to give generative AI tools full project context. It captures the directory structure and relevant file contents in a timestamped text snapshot that can travel into the next coding conversation.

02

A small tool for a recurring problem

The output keeps the relationships between files visible alongside the code. It is a modest piece of workflow infrastructure: making useful context portable so less of an iteration is spent rebuilding it.