diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d42c305102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "charliermarsh.ruff",
+        "ms-python.debugpy",
+        "ms-python.python",
+        "ms-python.vscode-pylance"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e3d596051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "[python]": {
+      "editor.defaultFormatter": "charliermarsh.ruff",
+      "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+      "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
+        "source.fixAll": "explicit",
+        "source.organizeImports": "explicit"
+      }
+    },
+    "python.testing.pytestArgs": [
+      "backend/app",
+    ],
+    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
+    "python.terminal.activateEnvironment": true,
+    "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "./venv/bin/python",
+  }
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 1c77b83ded..2fd9482e5a 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic-settings<3.0.0,>=2.2.1",
     "sentry-sdk[fastapi]<2.0.0,>=1.40.6",
     "pyjwt<3.0.0,>=2.8.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=6.0.0",
 ]
 
 [tool.uv]
diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index cfc200d3c3..d1c4cf111d 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pydantic" },
     { name = "pydantic-settings" },
     { name = "pyjwt" },
+    { name = "pytest-cov" },
     { name = "python-multipart" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk", extra = ["fastapi"] },
     { name = "sqlmodel" },
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">2.0" },
     { name = "pydantic-settings", specifier = ">=2.2.1,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "pyjwt", specifier = ">=2.8.0,<3.0.0" },
+    { name = "pytest-cov", specifier = ">=6.0.0" },
     { name = "python-multipart", specifier = ">=0.0.7,<1.0.0" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk", extras = ["fastapi"], specifier = ">=1.40.6,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "sqlmodel", specifier = ">=0.0.21,<1.0.0" },
@@ -295,6 +297,11 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
+[package.optional-dependencies]
+toml = [
+    { name = "tomli", marker = "python_full_version <= '3.11'" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cssselect"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -1061,6 +1068,19 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/51/ff/f6e8b8f39e08547faece4bd80f89d5a8de68a38b2d179cc1c4490ffa3286/pytest-7.4.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b090cdf5ed60bf4c45261be03239c2c1c22df034fbffe691abe93cd80cea01d8", size = 325287 },
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+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-cov"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "coverage", extra = ["toml"] },
+    { name = "pytest" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/be/45/9b538de8cef30e17c7b45ef42f538a94889ed6a16f2387a6c89e73220651/pytest-cov-6.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fde0b595ca248bb8e2d76f020b465f3b107c9632e6a1d1705f17834c89dcadc0", size = 66945 }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/36/3b/48e79f2cd6a61dbbd4807b4ed46cb564b4fd50a76166b1c4ea5c1d9e2371/pytest_cov-6.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:eee6f1b9e61008bd34975a4d5bab25801eb31898b032dd55addc93e96fcaaa35", size = 22949 },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "python-dateutil"
 version = "2.9.0.post0"