diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c319d64..ff8e80d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+### Project-specific ###
+# Logs
+logs/
+
+# Data
+data/
+
+# Workspace
+workspace/
+
+### Python ###
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
@@ -170,14 +181,16 @@ cython_debug/
 # PyPI configuration file
 .pypirc
 
-# Logs
-logs/
+### Visual Studio Code ###
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+!.vscode/*.code-snippets
 
-# Data
-data/
+# Local History for Visual Studio Code
+.history/
 
-# Workspace
-workspace/
-
-# sensitive information
-config/config.toml
+# Built Visual Studio Code Extensions
+*.vsix
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2c6cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	"recommendations": [
+		"tamasfe.even-better-toml",
+		"ms-python.black-formatter",
+		"ms-python.isort"
+	],
+	"unwantedRecommendations": []
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3aa302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "[python]": {
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter",
+        "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
+            "source.organizeImports": "always"
+        }
+    },
+    "[toml]": {
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "tamasfe.even-better-toml",
+    },
+    "pre-commit-helper.runOnSave": "none",
+    "pre-commit-helper.config": ".pre-commit-config.yaml",
+    "evenBetterToml.schema.enabled": true,
+    "evenBetterToml.schema.associations": {
+        "^.+config[/\\\\].+\\.toml$": "../config/schema.config.json"
+    },
+    "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
+    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
+    "editor.formatOnSave": true
+}
diff --git a/config/.gitignore b/config/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaff182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# prevent the local config file from being uploaded to the remote repository
+config.toml
diff --git a/config/config.example.toml b/config/config.example.toml
index ad36bec..de02853 100644
--- a/config/config.example.toml
+++ b/config/config.example.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Global LLM configuration
 [llm]
-model = "claude-3-7-sonnet"     # The LLM model to use
-base_url = "https://api.openai.com/v1"    # API endpoint URL
-api_key = "sk-..."    # Your API key
-max_tokens = 8192     # Maximum number of tokens in the response
-temperature = 0.0     # Controls randomness
-#max_input_tokens = 100000  # Maximum input tokens to use across all requests (set to null or delete this line for unlimited)
+model = "claude-3-7-sonnet"            # The LLM model to use
+base_url = "https://api.openai.com/v1" # API endpoint URL
+api_key = "sk-..."                     # Your API key
+max_tokens = 8192                      # Maximum number of tokens in the response
+temperature = 0.0                      # Controls randomness
+# max_input_tokens = 100000            # Maximum input tokens to use across all requests (set to null or delete this line for unlimited)
 
 # [llm] #AZURE OPENAI:
 # api_type= 'azure'
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ temperature = 0.0     # Controls randomness
 
 # Optional configuration for specific LLM models
 [llm.vision]
-model = "claude-3-7-sonnet"    # The vision model to use
-base_url = "https://api.openai.com/v1"    # API endpoint URL for vision model
-api_key = "sk-..."    # Your API key for vision model
-max_tokens = 8192     # Maximum number of tokens in the response
-temperature = 0.0     # Controls randomness for vision model
+model = "claude-3-7-sonnet"            # The vision model to use
+base_url = "https://api.openai.com/v1" # API endpoint URL for vision model
+api_key = "sk-..."                     # Your API key for vision model
+max_tokens = 8192                      # Maximum number of tokens in the response
+temperature = 0.0                      # Controls randomness for vision model
 
 # [llm.vision] #OLLAMA VISION:
 # api_type = 'ollama'