File Tree

Who it is for

People who work across BB threads and need to find a file an agent mentions, preview it, or add its path to a chat draft.

What you get

Files in the tree and in search use Seti-style type icons (markdown, JSON, gitignore, .env, README, …). Folders keep only the twistie.

The tree sits in its own card on the right of the BB window, next to the thread and its preview. A folder selector pins a project source or thread workspace, so switching threads keeps the same tree state. Above the tree is a search box: type a file name, part of a path, or paste a path, and the list under it names the files that match. On a thread or New Thread page, Enter selects the file in the tree and opens its preview — one action, both results — and temporarily re-roots the tree when the file lives in another project.

In a thread or on the New Thread page, click a file to open BB's default preview. Right-click to add its absolute path to an open chat draft, create a blank .md in that folder (or the file's parent), delete a file, copy a relative or absolute path, copy the file itself onto the clipboard, or reveal the item in Finder. When several drafts are open, choose the target in the menu. Right-click the root name to create the markdown file at the top of the tree. A newly created .md opens in the external editor. When Markdown PRO is installed, right-click a Markdown file and choose Open in preview to see it in BB's standard preview instead of the editor.

Search and chat paths ask the same question of the same index. When a message names a path, the tree can jump to it. A bare file name works too: the search roots are indexed by name, so AGENTS-base.md lands on the file even when nothing in the message says which folder it is in. If the hit is in another folder, the tree re-roots there instead of reporting a miss.

How it works

The folder selector lists project sources and the current thread workspace. Set Root folder for personal threads to a path such as ~/Documents to add it to the selector. Hidden and ignored folders (.claude, node_modules, .git, …) stay hidden unless you turn them on in settings. Search roots (default ~/Documents, one path per line) are the extra places a chat path may land.

Open in Finder and Copy File are available for files on this computer. Copy File puts a real file on the macOS or Windows clipboard so Finder paste drops a copy, not a string. Finder reveal uses macOS open -R.

First step

Install File Tree, open a thread, and leave the tree open on the right. Click a file you already know. Then right-click the same file: copy it, paste into Finder, and confirm a real copy appeared.