diff --git a/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEenvrc b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEenvrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..caad1eb70406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEenvrc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#shellcheck disable=SC2148,SC2155
+export KUBECONFIG="$(expand_path ./kubeconfig)"
+export SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE="$(expand_path ./age.key)"
+# Venv
+PATH_add "$(expand_path ./.venv/bin)"
+export VIRTUAL_ENV="$(expand_path ./.venv)"
+export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE="1"
+# Talos
+export TALOSCONFIG="$(expand_path ./kubernetes/bootstrap/talos/clusterconfig/talosconfig)"
+# Bin
+PATH_add "$(expand_path ./.bin)"
+# Krew
+PATH_add "$HOME/.krew/bin"
diff --git a/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEgitignore b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEgitignore
index 79d483059644..1d373627877f 100644
--- a/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEgitignore
+++ b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEgitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ clustertool
 sopssecret.yaml
 sopssecret*
 *sopssecret*
+mounts/
diff --git a/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEvscode/extensions.json b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEvscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..004dc0a45e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEvscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "albert.TabOut",
+        "mikestead.dotenv",
+        "mitchdenny.ecdc",
+        "signageos.signageos-vscode-sops",
+        "EditorConfig.editorconfig",
+        "PKief.material-icon-theme",
+        "usernamehw.errorlens",
+        "redhat.vscode-yaml",
+        "weaveworks.vscode-gitops-tools",
+        "Tim-Koehler.helm-intellisense",
+        "ms-kubernetes-tools.vscode-kubernetes-tools",
+        "sandipchitale.vscode-kubernetes-helm-extras",
+        "VadzimNestsiarenka.helm-template-preview-and-more",
+        "karyan40024.helmix"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEvscode/settings.json b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEvscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47f83adc156e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/DOTREPLACEvscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "files.associations": {
+        "*.json5": "jsonc",
+        "./kubernetes/**/*.sops.toml": "plaintext"
+    },
+    "sops.defaults.ageKeyFile": "age.key",
+    "yaml.schemas": {
+        "Kubernetes": "./kubernetes/*.yaml"
+    },
+    "vs-kubernetes": {
+        "vs-kubernetes.kubeconfig": "/workspaces/cluster/kubeconfig",
+        "vs-kubernetes.knownKubeconfigs": ["/workspaces/cluster/kubeconfig"]
+    },
+    "terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {
+        "bash": {
+          "path": "/usr/bin/fish"
+        }
+      },
+    "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux": "fish"
+}