diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05452c7f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    // See https://github.com/nf-core/vscode-extensionpack
+    "recommendations": [
+        "charliermarsh.ruff",
+        "codezombiech.gitignore",
+        "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+        "jebbs.markdown-extended",
+        "mechatroner.rainbow-csv",
+        "nextflow.nextflow",
+        "onnovalkering.vscode-singularity",
+        "redhat.vscode-yaml"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 5651d52e08..1936f417f2 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@
             "source.fixAll": "explicit",
             "source.organizeImports": "explicit"
         }
-    }
+    },
+
+    // Render nf-core website admonitions nicely in markdown previews
+    // https://github.com/nf-core/website/pull/2579
+    "markdown.styles": ["https://nf-co.re/vscode_markdown.css"]
 }
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.vscode/extensions.json b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8389b2db02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    // See https://github.com/nf-core/vscode-extensionpack
+    "recommendations": [
+        "codezombiech.gitignore",
+        "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+        "jebbs.markdown-extended",
+        "mechatroner.rainbow-csv",
+        "nextflow.nextflow",
+        "onnovalkering.vscode-singularity",
+        "redhat.vscode-yaml"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.vscode/settings.json b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.vscode/settings.json
index a33b527cc7..ac254fa4d0 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "markdown.styles": ["public/vscode_markdown.css"]
+    // Render nf-core website admonitions nicely in markdown previews
+    // https://github.com/nf-core/website/pull/2579
+    "markdown.styles": ["https://nf-co.re/vscode_markdown.css"]
 }