diff --git a/.vscode/dictionaries/project-words.txt b/.vscode/dictionaries/project-words.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0601a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/dictionaries/project-words.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tbd
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb7dca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "recommendations": [
+    "editorconfig.editorconfig",
+    "eamodio.gitlens",
+    "streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker",
+    "streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker-german",
+    "bierner.emojisense",
+    "ryanluker.vscode-coverage-gutters"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed6e551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{
+  "files.encoding": "utf8",
+  "files.eol": "auto",
+  "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
+  "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
+  "editor.renderWhitespace": "boundary",
+  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+  "editor.formatOnType": true,
+  "editor.rulers": [
+    116
+  ],
+  // powershell general
+  "powershell.startAutomatically": true,
+  "powershell.enableProfileLoading": true,
+  "powershell.scriptAnalysis.enable": true,
+  // powershell code Formatting
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.openBraceOnSameLine": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.newLineAfterOpenBrace": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.newLineAfterCloseBrace": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBeforeOpenBrace": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBeforeOpenParen": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceAroundOperator": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceAfterSeparator": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.ignoreOneLineBlock": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.alignPropertyValuePairs": true,
+  // cSpell settings for custom dictionary
+  "cSpell.enabled": true,
+  "cSpell.caseSensitive": false,
+  "cSpell.maxNumberOfProblems": 100,
+  "cSpell.numSuggestions": 8,
+  "cSpell.minWordLength": 3,
+  "cSpell.allowCompoundWords": false,
+  "cSpell.ignorePaths": [
+    "package-lock.json",
+    "node_modules",
+    "vscode-extension",
+    ".git/objects",
+    ".vscode",
+    ".vscode-insiders"
+  ],
+  "cSpell.enabledLanguageIds": [
+    "c",
+    "cpp",
+    "csharp",
+    "go",
+    "javascript",
+    "javascriptreact",
+    "json",
+    "latex",
+    "markdown",
+    "php",
+    "plaintext",
+    "powershell",
+    "python",
+    "text",
+    "typescript",
+    "typescriptreact",
+    "yaml",
+    "yml"
+  ],
+  "cSpell.language": "en-US,de-DE",
+  "cSpell.customDictionaries": {
+    "project-words": {
+      "name": "project-words",
+      "path": "${workspaceRoot}/.vscode/dictionaries/project-words.txt",
+      "description": "Words used in this project",
+      "addWords": true
+    },
+    "custom": true
+  }
+}