diff --git a/act_operator/act_operator/__init__.py b/act_operator/act_operator/__init__.py
index 49e0fc1..a5f830a 100644
--- a/act_operator/act_operator/__init__.py
+++ b/act_operator/act_operator/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.7.1"
diff --git a/act_operator/act_operator/scaffold/{{ cookiecutter.act_slug }}/.gitignore b/act_operator/act_operator/scaffold/{{ cookiecutter.act_slug }}/.gitignore
index 05335f0..583fa4a 100644
--- a/act_operator/act_operator/scaffold/{{ cookiecutter.act_slug }}/.gitignore	
+++ b/act_operator/act_operator/scaffold/{{ cookiecutter.act_slug }}/.gitignore	
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ target/
 cython_debug/
 
 # IDE settings — track team-shared VSCode config, ignore everything else
-.vscode/*
-!.vscode/extensions.json
-!.vscode/settings.json
 .idea/
 .spyderproject
 .spyproject
diff --git a/act_operator/act_operator/scaffold/{{ cookiecutter.act_slug }}/.vscode/settings.json b/act_operator/act_operator/scaffold/{{ cookiecutter.act_slug }}/.vscode/settings.json
index 8d765b8..3fcf588 100644
--- a/act_operator/act_operator/scaffold/{{ cookiecutter.act_slug }}/.vscode/settings.json	
+++ b/act_operator/act_operator/scaffold/{{ cookiecutter.act_slug }}/.vscode/settings.json	
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
   "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
   "python.testing.pytestArgs": [],
   "python.testing.autoTestDiscoverOnSaveEnabled": true,
-  "python.analysis.typeCheckingMode": "basic",
-  "python.analysis.extraPaths": ["."],
   "ruff.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
   "files.exclude": {
     "**/__pycache__": true,