diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 91e5303fd0..82040ed82b 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dimos-dev",
-  "image": "ghcr.io/dimensionalos/dimos-dev:latest",
-  "postCreateCommand": "pre-commit install",
+  "image": "ghcr.io/dimensionalos/dev:dev",
   "customizations": {
     "vscode": {
       "extensions": [
@@ -9,5 +8,19 @@
         "ms-python.vscode-pylance"
       ]
     }
+  },
+
+  "settings": {
+    "notebook.formatOnSave.enabled": true,
+    "notebook.codeActionsOnSave": {
+      "notebook.source.fixAll": "explicit",
+      "notebook.source.organizeImports": "explicit"
+    },
+    "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
+      "source.fixAll": "explicit",
+      "source.organizeImports": "explicit"
+    },
+    "editor.defaultFormatter": "charliermarsh.ruff",
+    "editor.formatOnSave": true
   }
 }
diff --git a/docker/dev/Dockerfile b/docker/dev/Dockerfile
index 058221cfe1..73c3dab780 100644
--- a/docker/dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/dev/Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ RUN apt-get install -y \
     iputils-ping \
     wget
 
+COPY docker/dev/dev-requirements.txt /app/
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
+
 # Copy files and add version to motd
 COPY motd /etc/motd
 COPY /docker/dev/bash.sh /root/.bash.sh
diff --git a/docker/dev/dev-requirements.txt b/docker/dev/dev-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..965af4cc9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/dev/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ruff==0.11.10
+mypy==1.15.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1ffe5399bc..6d6dd776dd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,23 @@ description = "Powering agentive generalist robotics"
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 120
+exclude = [
+    ".git",
+    ".pytest_cache",
+    ".ruff_cache",
+    ".venv",
+    ".vscode",
+    "__pypackages__",
+    "_build",
+    "build",
+    "dist",
+    "node_modules",
+    "site-packages",
+    "venv",
+    "libs",
+    "external",
+    "src"
+]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = ["dimos/robot"]