AI Code Prep GUI - Fast Surgical Context Engineering - Vibe Code Smart and Fast

I can make you this promise: This will save you time, and money on API costs.

I made this for myself and it's been fine tuned for speed, every annoying tedious thing that sucked about needing to paste project context has been removed. There are no pointless options in this app, every one of them is a need.

You could think of this as Context Management or Context Engineering with features that stop you from doing tedious manual labor: You can go from your project to AI but 20x faster & 20x more fun. Time saving features like preset buttons for common problems, questions, prompts, per project saves, fast UI, dual prompt placement, and more... Windows, Mac, Linux, anywhere! This has been designed to prod AI to give you more intelligent responses. Sometimes you need its full attention on your issue, not 60% while the other 40% is stuck on MCP or tool calling info.

Stop Fighting with Your AI agent. Start Vibe Coding smarter while saving API costs. (this includes private router and forever GPT 4.1 for agent use (plus lots more models)

This makes this process smoother: Project Context, Code, Files <----> LLM

It may not be obvious to you why this is needed.. Why not just let Cursor, Roo Code, or Cline handle it all? ..... I promise you there are good reasons.. read on

Tired of yelling at your IDE agent for sending garbage context to the AI? Does Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot often seem really dumb? When you use things like Cursor, Cline, any type of AI agent that can edit files and use MCP servers.. not all of its "brain cells" are going to be available for your problem. Those agents send a lot of text about how to use tools, often way bigger than your actual question/prompt. This makes it seem like the AI is not so smart. Don't worry, we will still use agents, but I figured out a better cheaper way.

Sick of spending a fortune on API credits because you need Claude Opus for a simple bug fix? Sick of watching agents get stuck in loops, unable to solve your SUPER EASY problem? While eating up those tokens...

I was too.

That's why I built AI Code Prep GUI. It's the missing link in your AI coding workflow—a fast, beautiful, surgical tool that puts you in control of the context. No more dumbed-down AI. You plan things out using the (usually free) web chat interfaces, this tool puts all your project files in one single context block on the clipboard, ready to paste into those web chats. It tries to automatically select "likely" needed code files, but then lets you add more files, or take some off. You can fine tune it, with a token counter. It will remember these settings for next time, per-project for next time so you can keep coding and every time you need an AI on web chat bam its ready.

This isn't another IDE plugin that hijacks your workflow. It's a standalone utility that works with you, on any OS (Windows, Mac, or Linux), to make AI workflows smarter, cheaper, better. IDE-independent. This works really well WITH your other tools. When your agentic workflow isn't working, its being dumb, that's when you'd want to go to your terminal and type 'aicp' to open it (OS right-click context menu installer is optional and available in app)

The Pain You Know All Too Well

• Agentic IDEs are wasteful: They flood the context with irrelevant information about tools, very large system prompts, confusing the AI and giving you mediocre results.
• Manual Work Sucks: Manually copying and pasting code from multiple files is slow, error-prone, and a complete flow-killer.
• It's Expensive: Relying on top-tier models for everything because the context is bad? Your wallet feels that. With this, you can save & gain intelligence for your tasks. What seems like dumb models on agent settings can be smart models on their own web chat interface.

The aicp Workflow: Effortless & Fast

This tool is built to remove friction. Go from a complex project to a perfectly crafted prompt in seconds.

1. Launch Instantly: Right-click a folder or type aicp in your terminal (usually, IDE terminal you are working in). The app opens instantly.
2. Review Smart Selections: It intelligently pre-selects the most important files for you. You can fine-tune this with a few clicks.
3. Craft Your Prompt: Use one of the powerful built-in presets (like for Cline or Roo Code agents) or write your own question.
4. Generate & Go: Click one button. Your entire codebase, perfectly formatted with your prompt, is now on your clipboard in a format the AI understands.
5. Vibe Code: Paste it into Gemini AI Studio, ChatGPT, Claude, Openrouter, or any free web chat and get the high-quality answer you needed from the start.

What You Get (It's a Full Toolkit, Not Just an App)

This isn't just a piece of software. It's a complete package designed to supercharge your AI coding while saving you money.

✅ 1. AI Code Prep GUI (Pro Version) The fast, cross-platform desktop app for surgical context control. It's yours to keep, with all features unlocked.

✅ 2. Lifetime Updates & New Content You get all future Pro updates for free, for life. As I discover new techniques for coding on a budget, I'll add them to the guide. The product only gets better over time.

✅ 3. The "Vibe Coding on a Budget" Guide This is my personal playbook. It's packed with everything I've learned about getting maximum performance from AI without breaking the bank. I am good at finding all the little money saving tricks. It covers strategies, toolchains, and mindset shifts that have saved me hundreds of dollars.

✅ 4. Lifetime Access to a Free API and Router Free to use API endpoints you can use in things like Cline, Roo Code (free VS Code agent extensions) includes several different API endpoints for GPT 4.1. I've found and unified several reliable, lesser-known free API sources into a single, easy-to-use router.

• Get free access to powerful models like GPT-4.1.
• Perfect for powering command-line agents like Cline, Roo Code, and others without an API key.
• Full transparency: While I've built this to be robust and will maintain it, I can't offer a 100% uptime guarantee as it relies on third-party sources. Think of it as an incredibly valuable bonus from me to you. Even if somehow these APIs stopped working, there is still github Copilot unlimited GPT 4.1 for $10/mo.

Based on a Tool Developers Already Love

This is a massive upgrade to my previous version, which has received amazing feedback from the community. I've taken every piece of feedback and rebuilt it from the ground up to be faster, smarter, and more powerful.

If you're ready to take back control, get better results from your AI, and slash your costs, this toolkit is for you.