Unfortunately, typings files don't work for the project they are in, only if you import the package in another project. Since the OP's project seems to be a VS Code extension, I'm not sure how much it would benefit from having typings files.
This particular project is an extension but I'm also wanting to learn how to solve this going forward for any other Node modules I publish or create for private use.
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Unfortunately, typings files don't work for the project they are in, only if you import the package in another project. Since the OP's project seems to be a VS Code extension, I'm not sure how much it would benefit from having typings files.
This particular project is an extension but I'm also wanting to learn how to solve this going forward for any other Node modules I publish or create for private use.