diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 21b4d18a3..00d113187 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ cmd/VERSION
 /pebble
 dist/
 *.test
+.workshop.lock
diff --git a/.workshop/dev.yaml b/.workshop/dev.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25c9235f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.workshop/dev.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name: dev
+base: ubuntu@26.04
+sdks:
+  - name: go
+    channel: 1.26/stable
+  - name: project-tools
diff --git a/.workshop/tools/hooks/setup-base b/.workshop/tools/hooks/setup-base
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4b6c61db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.workshop/tools/hooks/setup-base
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Node and npm are required by the Pi agent harness
+apt-get update
+apt-get install nodejs npm
diff --git a/.workshop/tools/hooks/setup-project b/.workshop/tools/hooks/setup-project
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0a1239bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.workshop/tools/hooks/setup-project
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Pi agent harness
+curl -fsSL https://pi.dev/install.sh | sh
diff --git a/.workshop/tools/sdk.yaml b/.workshop/tools/sdk.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cae08012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.workshop/tools/sdk.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name: tools
+
+plugs:
+  pi-data:
+    interface: mount
+    workshop-target: /home/workshop/.pi