Every time you open ChatGPT or Claude, it starts from zero.
No memory of your stack. No idea what your folder structure looks like. No clue about the patterns your team follows or the decisions you made six months ago.
So you spend the first 10 minutes of every session re-explaining everything before you can ask the actual question.
63% of developers in the Stack Overflow 2025 survey said AI tools lack crucial context about their codebase. That's 49,000 developers saying the same thing.
So a VS Code extension got built to fix it.
What it does
DeepCtx scans your entire repo, uses AI to summarize what each folder actually does, and saves a .deepctx.md file you paste into any AI tool before asking questions.
The AI instantly knows:
your stack and framework
what each folder and file does
your key dependencies
your architecture decisions
your git branch and last commit
No more re-explaining. Ever.
How it works
Step 1 — Install DeepCtx from the VS Code marketplace.
Step 2 — Open any project and pick your context slice:
🗂 General — full codebase overview
🐛 Debugging — focused on logic and error-prone areas
🔌 API — routes, handlers, controllers
🎨 UI — components, styles, layouts
🗄 Database — schemas, migrations, models
🧪 Tests — test files and coverage
Step 3 — Hit Scan. Watch it analyze your repo folder by folder.
Step 4 — Copy the generated context → paste into ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor → ask your question.
That's it.
Try it for free: [https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DeepCtx.deepctx]
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