Visual Studio Code snippets for working with RMarkdown files. Go to Configure User Snippets and drop it in.

rmd-snippets.json

{
	// Snippets for talking to yourself
	"TK (citation needed)": {
			"prefix": "tkcite",
			"body": "_(**TKTK** - citation needed)_",
			"description": "Add a note to yourself to cite this later."
	},
	"TK": {
		"prefix": "tktk",
		"body": "_(**TKTK** - blah blah blah)_",
		"description": "Add a note to yourself."
	},

	// Snippets for inserting figures and tables
	"Figure": {
		"prefix": "addfig",
		"body": [
			"```{r ${1:chunkref}, fig.cap = \"${3:caption}\"}",
			"knitr::include_graphics('figure/${2:file}')",
			"```"
		],
		"description": "Add a figure"
	},
	"Figure with external caption": {
		"prefix": "addfig_extcap",
		"body": [
			"(ref:${1:chunkref}-cap) {3:caption}",
			"",
			"```{r ${1:chunkref}, fig.cap = (ref:${1:chunkref}-cap)}",
			"knitr::include_graphics('figure/${2:file}')",
			"```"
		],
		"description": "Add a figure with an external caption (for things like Markdown or citations in captions)."
	},
	"Table from CSV": {
		"prefix": "addtab_csv",
		"body": [
			"```{r ${1:chunkref}, eval = TRUE, echo = FALSE, message = FALSE, results = 'asis'}",
			"knitr::kable(",
  		"\tread_csv('data/${2:file}'),",
  		"\tbooktabs = TRUE,",
  		"\tcaption = \"${3:caption}\")",
			"```"
		],
		"description": "Add a table from a CSV file using Kable."
	},

	// Snippets for cross-referncing
	"Cross-reference figure": {
		"prefix": "crossref_fig",
		"body": "\\@ref(fig:${1:chunkref})",
		"description": "Cross reference a figure, like (Figure X)."
	},
	"Cross-reference table": {
		"prefix": "crossref_tab",
		"body": "\\@ref(tab:${1:chunkref})",
		"description": "Cross reference a table, like (Table X)."
	}
}