diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6e197e75c6..59d7832f99 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ target/
 **/*.pyc
 lcov.info
 .idea
-.vscode
 .envrc
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..540d2904ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    // Python
+    "python.formatting.provider": "black",
+    "python.analysis.typeCheckingMode": "strict"
+}
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba52c21726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[mypy]
+python_version = 3.9
+mypy_path = tools
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d341f3d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 100
+
+[tool.pyright]
+include = ["tools"]
+exclude = ["target"]
+ignore = ["infra", "tools/windows", "tools/contrib"]
+pythonVersion = "3.9"
+pythonPlatform  = "Linux"
+typeCheckingMode = "strict"
+
diff --git a/tools/health-check b/tools/health-check
index 9c30ec745b..1fe0d1826c 100755
--- a/tools/health-check
+++ b/tools/health-check
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ def check_python_tests(context: CheckContext):
 
 def check_python_types(context: CheckContext):
     "Run mypy on all python files to type-check."
-    mypy = cmd("mypy --pretty --color-output").env("MYPY_FORCE_COLOR", "1").env("MYPYPATH", "tools")
+    mypy = cmd("mypy --pretty --color-output").env("MYPY_FORCE_COLOR", "1")
     parallel(*mypy.foreach(context.all_files)).fg()
 
 
 def check_python_format(context: CheckContext):
-    black = cmd("black", "--line-length 100", "--check" if not context.fix else "")
+    black = cmd("black", "--check" if not context.fix else "")
     parallel(*black.foreach(context.modified_files)).fg()