diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c2aee4e3..d7a069993 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -107,5 +107,8 @@ tech-support/*
 **/report.html
 .*report.html
 
+# direnv file
+.envrc
+
 clab-atd-anta/*
 clab-atd-anta/
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index d688a64d6..06571de1b 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@
   "mypy-type-checker.args": [
     "--config-file=pyproject.toml"
   ],
+  "pylint.severity": {
+    "refactor": "Warning"
+  },
+  "pylint.args": [
+    "--load-plugins pylint_pydantic",
+    "--rcfile=pylintrc"
+  ],
+  "python.testing.pytestArgs": [
+    "tests"
+  ],
+  "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+  "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true
   "isort.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
   "isort.check": true,
 }
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