diff --git a/.devcontainer/raft/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/raft/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b90bfef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/raft/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:1-3.10
+
+RUN curl -sfL https://direnv.net/install.sh | bash && \
+    echo 'eval "$(direnv hook bash)"' >> /etc/bash.bashrc
diff --git a/.devcontainer/raft/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/raft/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3d6455f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/raft/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/python
+{
+	"name": "RAFT",
+
+	// Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
+	"build": {
+        // Path is relative to the devcontainer.json file.
+        "dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
+    },
+
+	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
+	"features": {},
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	// "forwardPorts": [],
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	"postCreateCommand": "sh ${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/raft/post-create.sh",
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	"customizations": {
+		"codespaces": {
+			"openFiles": [
+				"raft/README.md"
+			]
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
+	// "remoteUser": "root"
+}
diff --git a/.devcontainer/raft/post-create.sh b/.devcontainer/raft/post-create.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3c6667cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/raft/post-create.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd raft
+
+echo "Allowing raft direnv"
+direnv allow
+
+echo "Creating virtual environment"
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. ./.venv/bin/activate
+
+echo "Upgrading pip"
+pip install --upgrade pip
+
+echo "Installing requirements"
+pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/raft/.envrc b/raft/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9690fa115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/raft/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Tell direnv to use pre configured venv
+export VIRTUAL_ENV=./.venv
+layout python
diff --git a/raft/.gitignore b/raft/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21d0b898f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/raft/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.venv/
diff --git a/raft/README.md b/raft/README.md
index 2d406fa36..7e4e3e817 100644
--- a/raft/README.md
+++ b/raft/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ RAFT is a recipe to adapting LLMs to domain-specific RAG. You can learn more in
 
 The input data from the user can be either a general text document (pdf, json, or txt) for general QA or an API documentation in the API Zoo JSONL format for API calling. 
 
+## Dev environment with Codespaces
+
+[![Open in GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces/badge.svg)](https://codespaces.new/ShishirPatil/gorilla/tree/codespaces?devcontainer_path=.devcontainer%2Fraft%2Fdevcontainer.json)
+
+Everything is setup automatically in the dev container, open a terminal into the `raft` folder:
+
+Note: The `raft` virtual env will be activated in your shell when entering into the `raft` folder.
+
 ## Install Dependencies
 
 Dependencies can be installed using the following command: