diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 68120648e..70a561744 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@ allpopsamples_hlye.csv$
 ^vignettes/articles/\.quarto$
 ^vignettes/articles/*_files$
 ^man/check_strata\.Rd$
+^[\.]?air\.toml$
+^\.vscode$
 ^\.lintr\.R$
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..344f76eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "Posit.air-vscode"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2d0b79d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "[r]": {
+        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "Posit.air-vscode"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/air.toml b/air.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb