If you want VS Code to automatically detect the Poetry virtual environment without manual path selection every time, you can force Poetry to create the venv inside your project.

(Be sure to match the exact Python version string used in your environment).

"include": ["src", "."], "exclude": ["**/node_modules", "**/__pycache__"], "extraPaths": ["src/lib", "tools"], "venvPath": ".", "venv": ".venv"

If you are a Python developer using Visual Studio Code and Poetry for dependency management, you have likely encountered the dreaded Pylance error: or "reportMissingImports."

The most important elements here are python.defaultInterpreterPath for permanent interpreter selection and python.analysis.extraPaths to help Pylance find all your local source code.

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If you want VS Code to automatically detect the Poetry virtual environment without manual path selection every time, you can force Poetry to create the venv inside your project.

(Be sure to match the exact Python version string used in your environment). pylance missing imports poetry hot

"include": ["src", "."], "exclude": ["**/node_modules", "**/__pycache__"], "extraPaths": ["src/lib", "tools"], "venvPath": ".", "venv": ".venv" If you want VS Code to automatically detect

If you are a Python developer using Visual Studio Code and Poetry for dependency management, you have likely encountered the dreaded Pylance error: or "reportMissingImports." pylance missing imports poetry hot

The most important elements here are python.defaultInterpreterPath for permanent interpreter selection and python.analysis.extraPaths to help Pylance find all your local source code.