diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index edd0a9568bc0..7936a109dc8b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ analyze.py
 *~
 .*.sw?
 .vscode/*
-!.vscode/settings.default.json
+!.vscode/settings.json
 !.vscode/extensions.json
 .idea/
 .venv*/
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
index 01b9ad4369db..c100a729cac8 100644
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // ⚠ Disclaimer: The typeshed team doesn't commit to maintaining this file. It exists purely for your ease of use.
-// Keep in alphabetical order
 {
     "recommendations": [
         "bierner.github-markdown-preview",
@@ -14,9 +13,6 @@
         "redhat.vscode-yaml",
     ],
     "unwantedRecommendations": [
-        /*
-        * Don't recommend by default for this workspace
-        */
         "christian-kohler.npm-intellisense",
         /*
         * Must disable in this workspace
@@ -32,10 +28,5 @@
         "ms-python.autopep8",
         // Not using pylint
         "ms-python.pylint",
-        // VSCode has implemented an optimized version
-        "coenraads.bracket-pair-colorizer",
-        "coenraads.bracket-pair-colorizer-2",
-        // Obsoleted by Pylance
-        "ms-pyright.pyright",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.default.json b/.vscode/settings.json
similarity index 51%
rename from .vscode/settings.default.json
rename to .vscode/settings.json
index b7005630a4e3..6d2afa78aa0e 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.default.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,110 +1,61 @@
 /*
- * Copy this file as `.vscode/settings.json` to configure VSCode for this workspace.
- * Unfortunately, VSCode doesn't (yet) offer any way to have "workspace defaults" or "user-worspace settings",
- * so offering defaults to copy is the best we can do at the moment.
- *
- * ⚠ Disclaimer: The typeshed team doesn't commit to maintaining this file. It exists purely for your ease of use.
+ * ⚠ Disclaimer: The typeshed team doesn't commit to maintaining this file. It exists purely for
+ * your ease of use.
 */
 {
-    // Don't format on save for formatters we don't explicitely control
-    "editor.formatOnSave": false,
-    "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
-        "source.fixAll": "never"
-    },
-    // Set file associations to support comments syntax highlight
-    "files.associations": {
-        "settings.default.json": "jsonc",
-        "pyrightconfig*.json": "jsonc",
-        ".flake8": "properties",
-        "stubtest_allowlist*.txt": "properties",
-        "**/stubtest_allowlists/*.txt": "properties",
-        "pytype_exclude_list.txt": "properties"
-    },
-    "files.exclude": {
-        "**/.*_cache": true, // mypy and Ruff cache
-        "**/__pycache__": true
-    },
-    "files.eol": "\n",
-    "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
-    "files.trimFinalNewlines": true,
-    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
-    "editor.comments.insertSpace": true,
-    "editor.insertSpaces": true,
-    "editor.detectIndentation": false,
-    "editor.tabSize": 2,
-    "[json][jsonc][python][toml]": {
-        "editor.tabSize": 4
-    },
-    "editor.rulers": [
-        90,
-        130
-    ],
     "[git-commit]": {
         "editor.rulers": [
             72
         ]
     },
-    // Format on save for formatters we explicitely control
-    "[json][jsonc][yaml][python][toml]": {
-        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
-        "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
-            "source.fixAll": "explicit"
-        }
-    },
     "[json][jsonc]": {
         "editor.defaultFormatter": "vscode.json-language-features"
     },
-    "[yaml]": {
-        "editor.defaultFormatter": "redhat.vscode-yaml"
+    "[json][jsonc][python][toml]": {
+        "editor.tabSize": 4
     },
-    "[toml]": {
-        "editor.rulers": [
-            90
-        ],
-        "editor.defaultFormatter": "tamasfe.even-better-toml"
+    // The typeshed team recommends these extensions "fixAll" "OnSave" for your ease of use.
+    "[json][jsonc][yaml][python][toml]": {
+        "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
+            "source.fixAll": "explicit"
+        },
+        "editor.formatOnSave": true
     },
     "[python]": {
-        "editor.rulers": [
-            130
-        ],
-        "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter",
         "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
-            // Let Ruff lint fixes handle imports
+            // The typeshed team recommends using Ruff for import statements.
             "source.organizeImports": "never",
             "source.unusedImports": "never"
-        }
+        },
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter",
+        "editor.rulers": [
+            130
+        ]
+    },
+    "[toml]": {
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "tamasfe.even-better-toml",
+        "editor.rulers": [
+            90
+        ]
+    },
+    "[yaml]": {
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "redhat.vscode-yaml"
     },
-    // python.analysis is Pylance (pyright) configurations
-    "python.analysis.fixAll": [
-        // Explicitly omiting "source.convertImportFormat", some stubs use relative imports
-        // Explicitly omiting "source.unusedImports", Let Ruff lint fixes handle imports
-    ],
-    "python.analysis.typeshedPaths": [
-        "${workspaceFolder}"
-    ],
-    "python.analysis.extraPaths": [
-        "tests"
-    ],
-    "mypy-type-checker.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
-    "mypy-type-checker.args": [
-        "--custom-typeshed-dir=${workspaceFolder}",
-        // We only guarantee all of our tests can be run if you're on Python 3.9 or higher
-        "--python-version=3.9",
-        "--strict",
-        // Needed because a library stubbed in typeshed won't necessarily be installed in the dev's environment
-        "--ignore-missing-imports"
-    ],
-    // Ensure typeshed's configs are used, and not user's VSCode settings
-    "flake8.args": [
-        "--config=.flake8"
-    ],
-    "flake8.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
     "black-formatter.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
-    // Using Ruff instead of isort
-    "isort.check": false,
-    "ruff.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
-    "ruff.fixAll": true,
-    "ruff.organizeImports": true,
+    "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
+        "source.fixAll": "never"
+    },
+    "editor.comments.insertSpace": true,
+    "editor.detectIndentation": false,
+    // The typeshed team recommends disabling generalized "on save" actions in favor of "on save"
+    // actions per extension.
+    "editor.formatOnSave": false,
+    "editor.insertSpaces": true,
+    "editor.rulers": [
+        90,
+        130
+    ],
+    "editor.tabSize": 2,
     "evenBetterToml.formatter.alignComments": false,
     "evenBetterToml.formatter.alignEntries": false,
     "evenBetterToml.formatter.allowedBlankLines": 1,
@@ -119,7 +70,28 @@
     "evenBetterToml.formatter.indentTables": false,
     "evenBetterToml.formatter.inlineTableExpand": false,
     "evenBetterToml.formatter.reorderArrays": true,
+    // "We" do not want you to reorder TOML keys because "we" like keeping TOML keys in a "specific
+    // non-alphabetical order" that feels more natural to "us". (Note: This file does not document
+    // the "specific non-alphabetical order", and this file does not identify who "we" are.)
+    "evenBetterToml.formatter.reorderKeys": false,
     "evenBetterToml.formatter.trailingNewline": true,
-    // We like keeping TOML keys in a certain non-alphabetical order that feels more natural
-    "evenBetterToml.formatter.reorderKeys": false
+    "files.eol": "\n",
+    "files.exclude": {
+        "**/__pycache__": true,
+        "**/.*_cache": true // This includes the mypy and Ruff caches.
+    },
+    "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
+    "files.trimFinalNewlines": true,
+    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
+    "flake8.args": [
+        "--config=.flake8 ${workspaceRoot}"
+    ],
+    // Using Ruff instead of isort
+    "isort.check": false,
+    "mypy-type-checker.args": [
+        "--custom-typeshed-dir=${workspaceRoot}",
+        "--strict",
+        // A developer's environment might not have a library that typeshed provides a stub for.
+        "--ignore-missing-imports"
+    ],
 }
diff --git a/typeshed.code-workspace b/typeshed.code-workspace
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..418fc48f4318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typeshed.code-workspace
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+    "folders": [
+        {
+            "path": "."
+        }
+    ],
+    "settings": {
+        "[python]": {
+            "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter"
+        },
+        "files.associations": {
+            ".flake8": "properties",
+            "**/stubtest_allowlists/*.txt": "properties",
+            "pyrightconfig*.json": "jsonc",
+            "pytype_exclude_list.txt": "properties",
+            "settings.default.json": "jsonc",
+            "stubtest_allowlist*.txt": "properties"
+        },
+        "flake8.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
+        "mypy-type-checker.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
+        "ruff.fixAll": true,
+        "ruff.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
+        "ruff.organizeImports": true,
+    }
+}