Variables

Variables

Variables let you inject dynamic values into your file names and content. They work in:

• initFileContent setting
• files[].name (file names)
• files[].content (file content)
• files[].templateFile (template paths)

Syntax

${variable}
${variable:transform}
${variable:transform1|transform2}

Available Variables

Variable	What you get	Example
${name}	Package name	my_module
${parent}	Parent folder name	modules
${date}	Today's date	2026-01-08
${year}	Current year	2026
${fullPath}	Full path	C:\project\src\modules\my_module
${relativePath}	Path from workspace root	src/modules/my_module

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Transforms

Transforms change how the variable value looks. Chain them with |.

Case Transforms

Transform	Input	Output
:upper	my_module	MY_MODULE
:lower	My_Module	my_module
:capitalize	my_module	My_module

Naming Conventions

Transform	Input	Output
:pascal	my_module	MyModule
:camel	my_module	myModule
:snake	MyModule	my_module

String Stuff

Transform	Example	Output
:replace:X:Y	${name:replace:_:-}	my-module
:slice:N:M	${name:slice:0:2}	my

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How the Transforms Work

:pascal

Splits on underscores, hyphens, and spaces, capitalizes each word, joins them:

my_cool_module → MyCoolModule
user-service → UserService

:camel

Same as pascal but the first letter stays lowercase:

my_cool_module → myCoolModule

:snake

Opposite direction - adds underscores and lowercases:

MyCoolModule → my_cool_module

:replace:X:Y

Replaces all X with Y:

${name:replace:_:-}     my_module → my-module
${name:replace:_:}      my_module → mymodule

:slice:N:M

Substring from position N to M:

${name:slice:0:2}   my_module → my
${name:slice:3:}    my_module → module

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Chaining

You can chain multiple transforms with |:

${name:pascal|replace:_:}
${name:slice:0:3|upper}

Examples

Given name = my_module:

Expression	Result
${name}	my_module
${name:upper}	MY_MODULE
${name:pascal}	MyModule
${name:replace:_:-}	my-module

In File Names

{ "name": "${name}.py" }           // my_module.py
{ "name": "${name:pascal}.py" }    // MyModule.py
{ "name": "test_${name}.py" }      // test_my_module.py

In Content

{
  "content": "class ${name:pascal}:\n    pass"
}

Result:

class MyModule:
    pass

In Template Paths

{
  "templateFile": ".vscode/templates/${parent}.py"
}

This picks a different template based on the parent folder.