diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
index 986dc5f..f258ff8 100644
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github",
     "ms-python.python",
     "ms-python.vscode-pylance",
+    "ms-python.mypy-type-checker",
     "njpwerner.autodocstring",
     "quarto.quarto",
     "ms-toolsai.jupyter",
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index f635c21..0e5bf35 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@
   "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
   "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
   "python.testing.pytestPath": "${workspaceFolder}/.venv/bin/pytest",
+  "mypy.runUsingActiveInterpreter": true,
 }