diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a0ec07d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "name": "eclipse-s-core",
+    "image": "ghcr.io/eclipse-score/devcontainer:latest",
+    "initializeCommand": "mkdir -p ${localEnv:HOME}/.cache/bazel"
+}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c2913e8..6d4de87a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 bazel-*
 MODULE.bazel.lock
 user.bazelrc
+
+# Compilation databases for code completion in IDEs
+.cache/*
+compile_commands.json
+rust-project.json
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84e51b72..8fda19b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 # communication
 Repository for the communication module LoLa
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> This repository offers a [DevContainer](https://containers.dev/).
+> For setting this up and enabling code completion read [eclipse-score/devcontainer/README.md#inside-the-container](https://github.com/eclipse-score/devcontainer/blob/main/README.md#inside-the-container).