diff --git a/integration/cli/create-tutorial.test.ts b/integration/cli/create-tutorial.test.ts
index 32c058aa..e0e9b0d0 100644
--- a/integration/cli/create-tutorial.test.ts
+++ b/integration/cli/create-tutorial.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ describe.each(['npm', 'pnpm', 'yarn'])('%s', (packageManager) => {
 
     expect(filesToJSON(distFiles)).toMatchFileSnapshot(`${snapshotPrefix}-built.json`);
   });
+
+  it<TestContext>('created project contains overwritten UnoCSS config', async ({ projectName, dest }) => {
+    await createProject(projectName, packageManager, { cwd: tmp });
+
+    const unoConfig = await fs.readFile(`${dest}/uno.config.ts`, 'utf8');
+
+    expect(unoConfig).toBe(`\
+import { defineConfig } from '@tutorialkit/theme';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  // add your UnoCSS config here: https://unocss.dev/guide/config-file
+});
+`);
+  });
 });
 
 async function createProject(name: string, packageManager: string, options: { cwd: string; install?: boolean }) {
diff --git a/packages/cli/overwrites/uno.config.ts b/packages/cli/overwrites/uno.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..949120d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/overwrites/uno.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { defineConfig } from '@tutorialkit/theme';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  // add your UnoCSS config here: https://unocss.dev/guide/config-file
+});
diff --git a/packages/template/uno.config.ts b/packages/template/uno.config.ts
index 949120d9..74c8497f 100644
--- a/packages/template/uno.config.ts
+++ b/packages/template/uno.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { defineConfig } from '@tutorialkit/theme';
 
 export default defineConfig({
-  // add your UnoCSS config here: https://unocss.dev/guide/config-file
+  // required for TutorialKit monorepo development mode
+  content: {
+    pipeline: {
+      include: '**',
+    },
+  },
 });
diff --git a/uno.config.js b/uno.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b67adfe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uno.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// for vscode intellisense
+import { defineConfig } from './packages/theme/dist/index.js';
+
+export default defineConfig({});