CodeWebChat

Code Web Chat (CWC) is a free and open-source, privacy-first **AI coding toolkit for VS Code**. It helps construct zero-overhead, XML-formatted prompts for:

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...and apply multi-file edits, code at cursor, relevant files for context, and more!

[!TIP] Elevate your workflow with smart workspaces (called [projects](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10169521-projects-in-chatgpt), [gems](https://gemini.google/pl/overview/gems), or [spaces](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/context/spaces)).

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Introduction

In the world of AI coding, agents like Claude Code or Codex rely on "Function Calling" (where the AI asks "the harness" to read a file, waits for the tool to respond, then reads another). CWC flips this by letting you provide context files upfront for quality outputs in a matter of seconds.

**Zero-overhead, XML-formatted prompt types:**

Edit context

[current file tree selection]
[edit format instructions]
[user-typed prompt]

Ask about context

[current file tree selection]
[user-typed prompt]

Code at cursor

[current file tree selection]

[code before cursor][user-typed prompt][code after cursor]

[instructions for the missing text]

Find relevant files

[current file tree selection]
[response format instructions]
Find all files building modules of the following task's scope:
[user-typed prompt]

No context

[user-typed prompt]

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