diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1f30b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/settings.local.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "permissions": {
+    "allow": [
+      "Bash(cat:*)",
+      "Bash(comm -23:*)",
+      "Bash(jq:*)",
+      "Skill(obdb-editor)",
+      "Bash(python3:*)",
+      "Bash(find:*)"
+    ],
+    "deny": [],
+    "ask": []
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 95508da..a8e4257 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "Python Development",
-    "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:3",
+    "image": "ghcr.io/obdb/devcontainer:latest",
     "customizations": {
         "vscode": {
             "extensions": [
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
                 "ms-python.vscode-pylance",
                 "GitHub.vscode-github-actions",
                 "GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github",
-                "ClutchEngineering.obdb-tooling"
+                "ClutchEngineering.obdb-tooling",
+                "anthropic.claude-code"
             ],
             "settings": {
                 "task.quickOpen.skip": true,
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@
             }
         }
     },
-    "postCreateCommand": "pip install pytest pyyaml pytest-xdist",
-    "postAttachCommand": "cd tests/schemas && git pull && cd ../.. || git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/OBDb/.schemas.git tests/schemas",
+    "postAttachCommand": "/usr/local/bin/setup-obdb-dev.sh",
     "remoteUser": "vscode"
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dde0473..9dd2f83 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 tests/schemas/
 __pycache__
-build/
-.meta/
-workspace/
-
+.claude/skills