diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/fileService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/fileService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8857feb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/fileService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { localize2 } from '../../../../nls.js';
+import { URI } from '../../../../base/common/uri.js';
+import { Action2, registerAction2, MenuId } from '../../../../platform/actions/common/actions.js';
+import { ServicesAccessor } from '../../../../editor/browser/editorExtensions.js';
+import { INotificationService } from '../../../../platform/notification/common/notification.js';
+import { IFileService } from '../../../../platform/files/common/files.js';
+import { IClipboardService } from '../../../../platform/clipboard/common/clipboardService.js';
+import { IDirectoryStrService } from '../common/directoryStrService.js';
+import { readFile, DEFAULT_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT } from '../common/prompt/prompts.js';
+
+
+
+async function filePrompt(fileService: IFileService, uri: URI, clipboardService: IClipboardService): Promise<string> {
+	const { val } = await readFile(fileService, uri, DEFAULT_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT)
+	const fileName = uri.fsPath.split('/').pop() ?? ''
+	if (!val) {
+		throw new Error('Failed to copy prompt')
+	}
+	const prompt = `
+${fileName}:
+\`\`\`
+${val}
+\`\`\``.trim()
+	return prompt
+}
+
+/**
+ * Add a menu item to the explorer context menu that copies a prompt for the selected file or directory.
+ *
+ * Example file prompt:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * index.js:
+ * \`\`\`
+ * console.log('Hello World!');
+ * \`\`\`
+ *
+ * Example directory prompt:
+ * ```
+ * Directory of /path/to/src:
+ * src/
+ * ├── index.ts
+ * ├── src.ts
+ * ├── latest/
+ * │   ├── index.ts
+ * │   └── src.ts
+ * ├── types.ts
+ * └── util.ts
+ * ```
+ */
+class FilePromptActionService extends Action2 {
+	private static readonly VOID_COPY_FILE_PROMPT_ID = 'void.copyfileprompt'
+
+	constructor() {
+		super({
+			id: FilePromptActionService.VOID_COPY_FILE_PROMPT_ID,
+			title: localize2('voidCopyPrompt', "Void: Copy Prompt"),
+			menu: [{
+				id: MenuId.ExplorerContext,
+				group: '8_void',
+				order: 1,
+			}]
+		});
+	}
+
+	async run(accessor: ServicesAccessor, uri: URI): Promise<void> {
+		try {
+			const fileService = accessor.get(IFileService);
+			const clipboardService = accessor.get(IClipboardService)
+			const directoryStrService = accessor.get(IDirectoryStrService)
+			const stat = await fileService.resolve(uri)
+			const prompt = stat.isFile
+				? await filePrompt(fileService, uri, clipboardService)
+				: await directoryStrService.getDirectoryStrTool(uri)
+			await clipboardService.writeText(prompt)
+		} catch (error) {
+			const notificationService = accessor.get(INotificationService)
+			FilePromptActionService._onError(notificationService, error)
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static _onError(notificationService: INotificationService, error: Error) {
+		const errorMessage = localize2('voidCopyPromptError', 'Failed to copy prompt')
+		notificationService.error(errorMessage.value)
+		throw error
+	}
+}
+
+registerAction2(FilePromptActionService)
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/void.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/void.contribution.ts
index c0e84606..3ab89abf 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/void.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/void.contribution.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ import './voidOnboardingService.js'
 // register misc service
 import './miscWokrbenchContrib.js'
 
+// register file service (for explorer context menu)
+import './fileService.js'
+
 // ---------- common (unclear if these actually need to be imported, because they're already imported wherever they're used) ----------
 
 // llmMessage
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/prompt/prompts.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/prompt/prompts.ts
index 613142b8..5f53cd07 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/prompt/prompts.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/prompt/prompts.ts
@@ -525,7 +525,9 @@ ${details.map((d, i) => `${i + 1}. ${d}`).join('\n\n')}`)
 // 		chat_systemMessage({ chatMode, workspaceFolders: [], openedURIs: [], activeURI: 'pee', persistentTerminalIDs: [], directoryStr: 'lol', }))
 // }
 
-const readFile = async (fileService: IFileService, uri: URI, fileSizeLimit: number): Promise<{
+export const DEFAULT_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT = 2_000_000
+
+export const readFile = async (fileService: IFileService, uri: URI, fileSizeLimit: number): Promise<{
 	val: string,
 	truncated: boolean,
 	fullFileLen: number,
@@ -561,7 +563,7 @@ export const chat_userMessageContent = async (instructions: string, currSelns: S
 	selnsStrs = await Promise.all(currSelns?.map(async (s) => {
 
 		if (s.type === 'File' || s.type === 'CodeSelection') {
-			const { val } = await readFile(opts.fileService, s.uri, 2_000_000)
+			const { val } = await readFile(opts.fileService, s.uri, DEFAULT_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT)
 			const lineNumAdd = s.type === 'CodeSelection' ? lineNumAddition(s.range) : ''
 			const content = val === null ? 'null' : `${tripleTick[0]}${s.language}\n${val}\n${tripleTick[1]}`
 			const str = `${s.uri.fsPath}${lineNumAdd}:\n${content}`