diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json.d.ts b/.vscode/settings.json.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d33cda8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+interface Settings {
+  '[json]': {'files.insertFinalNewline': true},
+  '[jsonc]': {'files.insertFinalNewline': true},
+  'auto-close-tag.disableOnLanguage': ['javascript', 'javascriptreact', 'typescript', 'typescriptreact'],
+  'conventionalCommits.scopes': ['dotnet', 'dotnet/SignAfterPack', 'node', 'vscode', 'deps', 'deps-dev'],
+  'cSpell.words': [
+    'arktype',
+    'conventionalcommits',
+    'GHNRI',
+    'GHPR',
+    'GLNRI',
+    'globbed',
+    'GLPR',
+    'halospv3',
+    'nameof',
+    'packemon',
+    'polyrepo',
+    'tseslint',
+    'tsout'
+  ],
+  'editor.quickSuggestions': {strings: 'on'},
+  'files.readonlyInclude': {'_tsout/**': true, 'node_modules/**': true, 'cjs/**': true, 'mjs/**': true},
+  'nodejs-testing.include': ['./', './tests/', './tests/dotnet/', './tests/package.test.ts'],
+  'nodejs-testing.extensions': [{extensions: ['mts', 'cts', 'ts'], parameters: ['--import', 'tsx']}],
+  'nodeTdd.glob': '{src,test}/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx,mts}',
+  'prettier.configPath': 'prettier.config.js',
+  'typescript.implementationsCodeLens.enabled': true,
+  'typescript.tsdk': 'node_modules\\typescript\\lib',
+  'yaml.format.singleQuote': true,
+  'eslint.probe': [
+    'javascript',
+    'javascriptreact',
+    'typescript',
+    'typescriptreact',
+    'html',
+    'vue',
+    'markdown',
+    'json',
+    'jsonc',
+    'json5'
+  ],
+  'eslint.useFlatConfig': true,
+  'eslint.useESLintClass': true,
+  'eslint.validate': [
+    'javascript',
+    'javascriptreact',
+    'json',
+    'jsonc',
+    'json5',
+    'typescript',
+    'typescriptreact'
+  ],
+  'typescript.tsserver.experimental.enableProjectDiagnostics': true,
+  'typescript.tsserver.web.projectWideIntellisense.enabled': true,
+  'git.allowNoVerifyCommit': true,
+  'nodeTdd.showCoverage': true,
+  'markiscodecoverage.enableDecorations': true,
+  'nodeTdd.buildOnActivation': true,
+  'nodeTdd.buildOnCreate': true,
+  'nodeTdd.buildOnDelete': true,
+  'nodeTdd.reporter': 'tap',
+  'sarif-viewer.connectToGithubCodeScanning': 'off',
+  'gitCommitMessageEditor.intelliSense.completion.scopes': [
+    {
+      scope: 'dotnet',
+      description: 'Affects files "./dotnet" or "./src/dotnet" or affects our generic GitHub reusable workflows provided for assisting dotnet CI.'
+    },
+    {
+      scope: 'dotnet/ExecNupkgDeterministicator',
+      description: 'Affects the ExecNupkgDeterministicator target.'
+    },
+    {
+      scope: 'dotnet/SignAfterPack',
+      description: 'Affects the SignAfterPack target.'
+    },
+    {
+      scope: 'dotnet/samples/HCE.Shared.DeterministicNupkg',
+      description: 'Affects the HCE.Shared.DeterministicNupkg sample project.'
+    },
+    {
+      scope: 'dotnet/samples/HCE.Shared.SignAfterPack',
+      description: 'Affects the SignAfterPack sample project.'
+    },
+    {scope: 'vscode', description: 'Affects files in "./.vscode".'},
+    {scope: 'deps', description: 'Affects dependencies required at runtime.'},
+    {
+      scope: 'deps-dev',
+      description: 'Affects dependencies required in the dev environment or during build time.'
+    }
+  ]
+}
+
+declare const Settings: Settings;
+
+export = Settings;
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diff --git a/commitlint.config.mjs b/commitlint.config.mjs
index bb17e6f..516c5b2 100644
--- a/commitlint.config.mjs
+++ b/commitlint.config.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
-import commitlintConfig from '@halospv3/hce.shared-config/commitlintConfig';
+import commitlintConfig from '@halospv3/hce.shared-config/commitlintConfig'
+import { RuleConfigSeverity } from '@commitlint/types'
+import vscodeSettingsJson from './.vscode/settings.json' assert { type: 'json' }
+/** @typedef {import('./.vscode/settings.json.d.ts')} VscodeSettings */
+/** @typedef {import('@commitlint/types').RuleConfigCondition} RuleConfigCondition */
+// Remember to update the d.ts! This should be part of TypeScript, but is blocked by https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/32063
+const gitCommitMessageEditorScopes = Object.freeze(
+  /** @type {VscodeSettings['gitCommitMessageEditor.intelliSense.completion.scopes']} */
+  (vscodeSettingsJson['gitCommitMessageEditor.intelliSense.completion.scopes']),
+)
 
 /** @type {import('@commitlint/types').UserConfig} */
 export default {
-	...commitlintConfig
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+  ...commitlintConfig,
+  rules: {
+    'scope-enum': Object.freeze([
+      RuleConfigSeverity.Error,
+      /** @type {RuleConfigCondition} */
+      ('always'),
+      gitCommitMessageEditorScopes.map(entry => entry.scope),
+    ]),
+  },
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 058b945..940c09c 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
         "outDir": "_tsout"
     },
     "include": [
+        "./.vscode/settings.json",
         "./*.cjs",
         "./*.js",
         "./*.mjs",