Promptify CLI

An interactive CLI to select files, generate markdown suitable for LLM prompts, and copy it to the clipboard.

Installation

pip install promptify-cli

Demo

Basic Usage

Default Behavior

• Run promptify to interactively select files and generate markdown for your clipboard
• Supports .promptignore files (works like .gitignore)
• Offers to add a basic .promptignore if none is found at project root. (First time only)
• Includes a file tree to depth 4, excluding ignored files
• Selected files (highlighted green) are md-formatted
• Shows LOC and GPT-4o token counts as you use the UI

Help

promptify --help

Option	Short	Type	Description	Default
--depth	-d	INTEGER	Max directory depth (0=root only)	4
--path	-p	DIRECTORY	Starting directory path	CWD
--clear-state			Clear previous selections
--install-completion			Install shell completion
--show-completion			Show shell completion
--help			Show help message and exit

Example Output (Copied to Clipboard)

Project Structure (Depth: 4):

```
example_documentation_project/
├─ foobar/
│  └─ bar.py
├─ foo.py
└─ output.md
```

---

## File: `foo.py`

```python
def foo(bar):
    return bar

```

---

## File: `foobar/bar.py`

```python
def bar(foo):
    return foo

```

Development

This package is self-contained in 1 file at src/promptify/cli.py. It's in a state that the UI and features meet my needs, but if you wish to modify the functionality, add more args, etc. drop me a github issue (slow response time) or feel free to submit a merge request!