diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d953d783..7807ce0d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ singularity_container/
 /target
 /.nextflow
 /resources_test
-/resources
\ No newline at end of file
+/resources
+/.vscode
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75292106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "yaml.schemas": {
+    "common/schemas/api_component_spec.yaml": "**/api/comp_*.yaml",
+    "common/schemas/api_file_format.yaml": "**/api/file_*.yaml",
+    "common/schemas/task_config.yaml": "_viash.yaml",
+    "common/schemas/task_method.yaml": "**/methods/**/config.vsh.yaml",
+    "common/schemas/task_control_method.yaml": "**/control_methods/**/config.vsh.yaml",
+    "common/schemas/task_metric.yaml": "**/metrics/**/config.vsh.yaml"
+  }
+}