diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8387094..e082b0b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 .webextrc
 .wxt
 *.log
-/.vscode/
 /docs/.vitepress/cache
 coverage
 dist
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a5a92b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "recommendations": [
+    "davidanson.vscode-markdownlint",
+    "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+    "github.vscode-github-actions"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..919f4e06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  // Set default formatter
+  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+
+  "[json]": { "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode" },
+  "[yaml]": { "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode" },
+  "[typescript]": { "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode" },
+  "[markdown]": { "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode" },
+
+  // Additional guidelines for Copilot
+  "github.copilot.chat.codeGeneration.instructions": [
+    { "file": "CONTRIBUTING.md" }
+  ]
+}