Daniel Vaughan

Content Grabber: a small Visual Studio extension

11 Apr 2026

I found myself repeatedly copying code out of Visual Studio to share it elsewhere.

Usually this meant:

  • copying multiple files
  • adding file names manually
  • wrapping everything in markdown code blocks

It’s a small thing, but it adds up.

So I made a simple extension that does it in one go.

Select one or more files in Solution Explorer, right-click, and copy them as Markdown with code fences and file paths.

That’s it.

Visual Studio screenshot of Content Grabber menu item

You can find it here: Content Grabber on the Visual Studio Marketplace