Paths-LE
Extract every file path in a codebase, and say whether it still points at anything
No editor in the loop? npx -y paths-le-mcp runs the same engine as an MCP server, so an agent can call extract_paths with nothing else installed, and cargo install paths-le puts the same check in a terminal. Every way to install it.
Overview
What Paths-LE does
A path in an import, an asset reference or a config value is a dependency you cannot see until something breaks. Paths-LE extracts every file and directory path from the active document, a folder or the whole workspace and classifies each one, so a refactor or an asset audit starts from a list rather than a search. It reads JS/TS imports including multi-line statements, HTML and CSS references, and JSON, TOML, CSV and .env values.
What people use it for
Import analysis
Extract local imports from JS/TS, including multi-line statements — npm package names are filtered out.
Asset auditing
Every src, href, srcset, url() and @import in your HTML and CSS.
Config review
Path-like values from JSON, JSONC, TOML, CSV and .env files.
Palette
7 commands
Open the command palette and type the name. Nothing is bound to a shortcut by default — the editor's keymap is the user's, not ours.
paths-le.showPositions: Show the line and column of each path. Off by default.
- Extract Paths
paths-le.extractPaths - Extract Paths from Workspace
paths-le.extractWorkspace - Extract Paths from Folder
paths-le.extractFolder - Deduplicate Paths
paths-le.postProcess.dedupe - Sort Paths
paths-le.postProcess.sort - Open Settings
paths-le.openSettings - Help & Troubleshooting
paths-le.help
Install
Install Paths-LE
VS Code
ext install nolindnaidoo.paths-leOpen Quick Open (Cmd/Ctrl+P) and paste.
Cursor / Windsurf
cursor --install-extension nolindnaidoo.paths-leCursor, Windsurf, VSCodium and the other VS Code forks pull from Open VSX. The id is the same as on the Marketplace.
AI agents
npx -y paths-le-mcpRuns Paths-LE's engine as an MCP server, so an agent can call extract_paths with no editor involved. VS Code 1.101+ needs nothing — the extension registers it for you.
Channels
Where it ships
One engine, 5 places to get it. Copy the one for the editor you use.
Links
Where Paths-LE lives
- VS Code Marketplacepaths-le
- Open VSXfor Cursor, Windsurf and VSCodium
- npmpaths-le-mcp
- GitHubsource, issues, changelog
- MCP registryio.github.nolindnaidoo/paths-le
The family
The other 16
String-LEExtract every string in a codebase, so a person can read them
Numbers-LEExtract every hardcoded number in a codebase, so a person can check them
Colors-LEExtract every color in a codebase, and say which ones are not in your palette
URLs-LEExtract every URL in a codebase, with its protocol and exact position
Dates-LEExtract every date and timestamp, and the exact instant each one resolves to
Units-LEExtract every quantity with its unit, normalized, and refuse the ambiguous ones by name
IDs-LEExtract every UUID, ULID, NanoID, ObjectId and Snowflake, and decode the time inside
IPs-LEExtract every IP address, CIDR block and MAC, normalized and classified by scope
Regex-LEFind every regex in a codebase, and report which can be driven into catastrophic backtracking
Scrape-LECheck whether a page is scrapeable before the scraper is written, and say when it cannot tell
Versions-LEFind where one dependency is constrained differently across a repository's manifests
i18n-LEIdentify the i18n library a project uses, then audit its catalogs by that library's rules
DecisionLintLint Jev and Luna questions before they are sent: the questions you write for TypeSafe's Jev, OpenAI's Decisions API (gpt-6-luna) or any platform that serves one, as you type, with no API key and no network calls. An optional command asks the model itself to check a file
Secrets-LEFind hardcoded credentials in a codebase, and never print one into the report
EnvSync-LECompare the dotenv files in a tree, and say which keys are missing from which
Unicode-LEFind the Unicode that hides meaning — bidi controls, invisibles, homoglyphs, mixed scripts