diff --git a/apps/script-deployer/scripts/import-xopp-to-canvas.jsx b/apps/script-deployer/scripts/import-xopp-to-canvas.jsx
index 7ea268433d..55ad6503bc 100644
--- a/apps/script-deployer/scripts/import-xopp-to-canvas.jsx
+++ b/apps/script-deployer/scripts/import-xopp-to-canvas.jsx
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ const XOPP_COLORS = {
     white: "#ffffff",
 };
 
-// Hi there.
-
 function convertColor(color) {
     if (!color) return "#000000";
     const lower = color.toLowerCase();
diff --git a/apps/script-deployer/src/trilium-env.d.ts b/apps/script-deployer/src/trilium-env.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01d0b97391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/script-deployer/src/trilium-env.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Ambient type declarations for the virtual modules available inside
+ * Trilium user scripts (`trilium:preact` and `trilium:api`).
+ *
+ * These modules don't exist on disk — the server rewrites imports at
+ * runtime — but providing declarations here gives us editor
+ * intellisense and `tsc` checking for scripts in the `scripts/` dir.
+ */
+
+declare module "trilium:preact" {
+    export {
+        Component,
+        Fragment,
+        createContext,
+        createElement,
+        createRef,
+        h,
+        render,
+    } from "preact";
+
+    export {
+        useCallback,
+        useContext,
+        useEffect,
+        useLayoutEffect,
+        useMemo,
+        useReducer,
+        useRef,
+        useState,
+    } from "preact/hooks";
+}
+
+declare module "trilium:api" {
+    /** Run a function on the backend. The first arg is serialised. */
+    export function runOnBackend<T>(fn: (...args: any[]) => T, params?: any[]): Promise<T>;
+
+    /** Show a toast message. */
+    export function showMessage(message: string, timeout?: number): void;
+
+    /** Show an error toast. */
+    export function showError(message: string, timeout?: number): void;
+
+    /** Navigate to a note by its ID. */
+    export function activateNote(noteId: string): Promise<void>;
+}
diff --git a/apps/script-deployer/tsconfig.json b/apps/script-deployer/tsconfig.json
index d362ecef09..ba7c541bde 100644
--- a/apps/script-deployer/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/script-deployer/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "composite": false,
-    "emitDeclarationOnly": false,
-    "noEmit": true
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "checkJs": true,
+    "jsx": "react-jsx",
+    "jsxImportSource": "preact"
   },
-  "include": ["src"]
+  "include": ["src", "scripts"]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 9fc01bb4d7..24b4bbc51c 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "./scripts"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "./apps/script-deployer"
     }
   ]
 }