ChatGPT for turbo VS Code snippets

Turn your code into a VS Code snippet within a minute

If you're someone who works with code regularly, you know how valuable code snippets can be. They can save you time and effort by providing a quick way to insert frequently used code into your projects.

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Finn

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Apr 5

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With ChatGPT, you can easily turn code chunks into VS Code snippets, without having to enter them line by line in the snippets.json file yourself.

Works turbo fast in 4 steps… 🏎️

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0) Open ChatGPT

First, open ChatGPT in your browser.

1) Provide a Code Chunk

Once you're in ChatGPT, provide the code chunk you want to turn into a snippet.

In my case, it was this mermaid graph:

graph LR;
  A((Start)) --> B(Text Lowercase);
  B --> C(Remove Special Characters);
  C --> D(Remove Whitespace);
  D --> E((End));

2) Request Snippet Conversion

Next, request that ChatGPT converts your code into a VS Code snippet. You can do this by asking something like "Can you turn this code chunk into a VS Code snippet?" or "How can I create a VS Code snippet from this code?"

Work in multiple steps. First ask for the snippet itself, then ask for add-ons, such as prompting for creating the labels of the graph as a variable.

3) Open Snippet file in VS Code

Press cmd + shift + p and open the snippet file corresponding to your programming language. Paste in the snippet.

4) Make sure it works.

ChatGPT can be a helpful tool and a workhorse for small, annoying, tasks like these. However, sometimes things go wrong. Make sure your snippet works and try it out.