diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
index 19cfbb8b..d197a994 100644
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"recommendations": [
 		"ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers",
-		"ms-python.black-formatter"
+		"ms-python.black-formatter",
+		"ms-python.mypy-type-checker"
 	]
 }
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..526cc57f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[mypy]
+check_untyped_defs = True
+warn_unused_configs = True
+files = .