diff --git a/.envrc.example b/.envrc.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b641522f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source .venv/bin/activate
+export UV_INDEX=https://pypi.org/simple
+unset PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9fdca176..cc9d4883c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ venv/
 ENV/
 env.bak/
 venv.bak/
+.envrc
 
 # Spyder project settings
 .spyderproject