diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/jsconfig.json b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/jsconfig.json
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index 00000000000..43b162f6acd
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+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/jsconfig.json
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+{
+  "extends": "../../../../jsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "admin/*": ["./addon/*"],
+      "discourse/*": ["../discourse/app/*"],
+      "discourse-common/*": ["../discourse-common/addon/*"],
+      "pretty-text/*": ["../pretty-text/addon/*"],
+    }
+  },
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse-widget-hbs/jsconfig.json b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse-widget-hbs/jsconfig.json
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index 00000000000..eba0a588095
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+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse-widget-hbs/jsconfig.json
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+{
+  "extends": "../../../../jsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "discourse-widget-hbs/*": ["./addon/*"],
+      "discourse/*": ["../discourse/app/*"],
+      "discourse-common/*": ["../discourse-common/addon/*"]
+    }
+  },
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/jsconfig.json b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/jsconfig.json
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index 00000000000..b462fb9a559
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+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/jsconfig.json
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+{
+  "extends": "../../../../jsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "discourse/*": ["./app/*"],
+      "discourse-common/*": ["../discourse-common/addon/*"],
+      "pretty-text/*": ["../pretty-text/addon/*"],
+      "select-kit/*": ["../select-kit/addon/*"],
+      "wizard/*": ["../wizard/addon/*"],
+    }
+  },
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/jsconfig.json b/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/jsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db42aeaaa54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/jsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../../jsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "pretty-text/*": ["./addon/*"],
+      "discourse/*": ["../discourse/app/*"],
+      "discourse-common/*": ["../discourse-common/addon/*"]
+    }
+  },
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/jsconfig.json b/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/jsconfig.json
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index 00000000000..b21f46e2cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/jsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../../jsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "select-kit/*": ["./addon/*"],
+      "discourse/*": ["../discourse/app/*"],
+      "discourse-common/*": ["../discourse-common/addon/*"],
+    }
+  },
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/wizard/jsconfig.json b/app/assets/javascripts/wizard/jsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14f0542ff76
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+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/wizard/jsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../../jsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "wizard/*": ["./addon/*"],
+      "discourse/*": ["../discourse/app/*"],
+      "discourse-common/*": ["../discourse-common/addon/*"],
+    }
+  },
+}
diff --git a/jsconfig.base.json b/jsconfig.base.json
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index 00000000000..45563fcbfe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsconfig.base.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es2020",
+    "module": "amd",
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+  },
+  "exclude": [
+    "**/node_modules"
+  ],
+}