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.