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Fixing Pylance Missing Imports in a Poetry Environment: The Ultimate Guide to Linking the Two

If you are a Python developer using Visual Studio Code, you’ve likely experienced the perfect storm of modern Python tooling: You start a new project using Poetry for dependency management. You create a virtual environment, install your packages, and write your code. Everything runs perfectly from the terminal.

• Mac/Linux: Press Cmd+Shift+P (or Ctrl+Shift+P), type "Python: Select Interpreter", select Enter interpreter path, and paste the path. You may need to append /bin/python to the end of the path you copied (e.g., /Users/name/Library/Caches/pypoetry/virtualenvs/my-project-py3.9/bin/python).
• Windows: Append \Scripts\python.exe to the path.

The Import Is a Local Module (Not Installed via Poetry)

Pylance also yells at you for missing local imports (e.g., from myproject.utils import helper). Add your project root to extraPaths: pylance missing imports poetry link

For example:

2. Create a Poetry Project (If Not Already Created)

If you haven't already created a Poetry project, you can do so by running: Fixing Pylance Missing Imports in a Poetry Environment: