diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a5aced..7ccda1c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ dist
 # TernJS port file
 .tern-port
 
+# VS Code — track shared settings and recommendations, ignore personal files
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+
 # Stores VSCode versions used for testing VSCode extensions
 .vscode-test
 
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb587a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "recommendations": [
+    "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
+    "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+    "vitest.explorer",
+    "redhat.vscode-yaml",
+    "timonwong.shellcheck",
+    "EditorConfig.EditorConfig"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf43e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "vitest.configSearchPatternExclude": "{**/node_modules/**,**/vendor/**,**/.*/**,**/*.d.ts,**/templates/**}"
+}