diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+{
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2",
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {},
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/dotnet:1": {},
+		"ghcr.io/jlaundry/devcontainer-features/azure-functions-core-tools:1": {}
+	},
+	"customizations": {
+		"vscode": {
+			"extensions": [
+				"ms-dotnettools.dotnet-interactive-vscode",
+				"ms-semantic-kernel.semantic-kernel",
+				"esbenp.prettier-vscode"
+			]
+		}
+	},
+	"postCreateCommand": "sudo chmod a+rwx /usr/share/dotnet" // avoids needing to run as 'sudo' when starting KernelHttpServer
+}
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