diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bf4d40d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// For format details, see https://containers.dev/implementors/json_reference/
+{
+    "name": "Python 3 Developer Container",
+    "build": {
+        "dockerfile": "../Dockerfile",
+        "target": "developer"
+    },
+    "remoteEnv": {
+        // Allow X11 apps to run inside the container
+        "DISPLAY": "${localEnv:DISPLAY}",
+    },
+    "customizations": {
+        "vscode": {
+            // Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
+            "extensions": [
+                "ms-python.python",
+                "github.vscode-github-actions",
+                "tamasfe.even-better-toml",
+                "redhat.vscode-yaml",
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    "features": {
+        // Some default things like git config
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils:2": {
+            "upgradePackages": false
+        }
+    },
+    "runArgs": [
+        // Allow the container to access the host X11 display and EPICS CA
+        "--net=host",
+        // Make sure SELinux does not disable with access to host filesystems like tmp
+        "--security-opt=label=disable"
+    ],
+    // Mount the parent as /workspaces so we can pip install peers as editable
+    "workspaceMount": "source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/..,target=/workspaces,type=bind",
+    // After the container is created, install the python project in editable form
+    "postCreateCommand": "pip install -c dev-requirements.txt -e '.[dev]'"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38092471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.11
+FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION} as developer
+RUN python -m venv /venv
+ENV PATH=/venv/bin:$PATH
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ctt.toml b/ctt.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00606579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ctt.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[output."example"]
+package_name = "python_copier_template_example"
+description = "An expanded python-copier-template with all the options"
+git_platform = "github.com"
+github_org = "DiamondLightSource"
+repo_name = "python-copier-template-example"
+distribution_name = "dls-python-copier-template-example"
+author_name = "Tom Cobb"
+author_email = "tom.cobb@diamond.ac.uk"
+component_owner = "group:default/sscc"
+docker = true
+docs_type = sphinx
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index f1bcb8fb..087ca135 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.9
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile --extra=dev --no-annotate --output-file=dev-requirements.txt --strip-extras
 #
 accessible-pygments==0.0.4
 alabaster==0.7.16
+annotated-types==0.6.0
 babel==2.14.0
+beartype==0.16.4
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
 build==1.0.3
 certifi==2023.11.17
@@ -14,14 +16,20 @@ cfgv==3.4.0
 charset-normalizer==3.3.2
 click==8.1.7
 colorama==0.4.6
+copier==9.1.1
+copier-template-tester==2.1.1
+corallium==0.3.3
+decorator==5.1.1
 distlib==0.3.8
 docutils==0.20.1
+dunamai==1.19.0
 filelock==3.13.1
+funcy==2.0
 identify==2.5.33
 idna==3.6
 imagesize==1.4.1
-importlib-metadata==7.0.1
 jinja2==3.1.3
+jinja2-ansible-filters==1.3.2
 livereload==2.6.3
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0
 markupsafe==2.1.4
@@ -31,16 +39,24 @@ myst-parser==2.0.0
 nodeenv==1.8.0
 packaging==23.2
 pathlib2==2.3.7.post1
+pathspec==0.12.1
 pip-tools==7.3.0
 platformdirs==4.1.0
 pluggy==1.3.0
+plumbum==1.8.2
 pre-commit==3.6.0
+prompt-toolkit==3.0.36
 py==1.11.0
+pydantic==2.5.3
+pydantic-core==2.14.6
 pydata-sphinx-theme==0.15.2
 pygments==2.17.2
 pyproject-hooks==1.0.0
 pyyaml==6.0.1
+pyyaml-include==1.3.2
+questionary==2.0.1
 requests==2.31.0
+rich==13.7.0
 six==1.16.0
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
 soupsieve==2.5
@@ -54,15 +70,14 @@ sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.5
 sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
 sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.7
 sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.10
-tomli==2.0.1
 tornado==6.4
 tox==3.28.0
 tox-direct==0.4
 typing-extensions==4.9.0
 urllib3==2.1.0
 virtualenv==20.25.0
+wcwidth==0.2.13
 wheel==0.42.0
-zipp==3.17.0
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 # pip
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3f78ddfe..05c3c203 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.0"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
+    "copier-template-tester",
     "myst-parser",
     "pip-tools",
     "pre-commit",
@@ -42,4 +43,4 @@ quiet = true
 # Make output suitable for use as a constraints file
 strip-extras = true
 # Remove annotations as coverage source seems to make false positive in CI
-no-annotate = true
+annotate = false