diff --git a/vscode-extension/package.json b/vscode-extension/package.json
index 4d4878db8..b7b3bf17e 100644
--- a/vscode-extension/package.json
+++ b/vscode-extension/package.json
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
           "description": "Path to the custom model registry file."
         }
       }
+    },
+    "configurationDefaults": {
+      "workbench.editorAssociations": {
+        "{git,gitlens,sapling-diff}:/**/*.{aiconfig.json, aiconfig.yaml}": "default"
+      }
     }
   },
   "scripts": {
@@ -117,4 +122,4 @@
   "extensionDependencies": [
     "ms-python.python"
   ]
-}
+}
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