diff --git a/unified/.gitignore b/unified/.gitignore
index 5878737805f2..0c99561f41e0 100644
--- a/unified/.gitignore
+++ b/unified/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 target
+/.build
 .vscode/launch.json
 .cache
 ql/test/**/*.testproj
diff --git a/unified/.vscode/extensions.json b/unified/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1d687c7ab06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unified/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "recommendations": [
+    "swiftlang.swift-vscode"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/unified/.vscode/settings.json b/unified/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f19460b60d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unified/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "swift.autoGenerateLaunchConfigurations": false,
+  "swift.disableAutoResolve": true,
+  "swift.disableSwiftPackageManagerIntegration": false,
+  "[swift]": {
+    "editor.defaultFormatter": "swiftlang.swift-vscode",
+    "editor.formatOnSave": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/unified/Package.swift b/unified/Package.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..970f0761b08a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unified/Package.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// swift-tools-version: 6.3
+
+import PackageDescription
+
+// This targetless package lets editor tooling discover the standalone Swift test fixtures.
+let package = Package(
+    name: "CodeQLSwiftFixtures",
+    targets: []
+)