diff --git a/.gitpod.Dockerfile b/.gitpod.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3245f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitpod.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FROM python:3.8.6-alpine3.12
diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6499bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+image:
+  file: .gitpod.Dockerfile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7c63d0..1536de2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # repository-template
+[![Gitpod Ready-to-Code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Gitpod-ready--to--code-blue?logo=gitpod)](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/lattice-ai/repository-template)
+
 Template for repositories in the lattice-ai namespace.