diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a592abdfd7..0deb425169e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "",
   "scripts": {},
-  "license": "MIT"
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "astro": "^2.1.7"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/starbook/package.json b/packages/starbook/package.json
index 8c26d184b50..c1b53375c1e 100644
--- a/packages/starbook/package.json
+++ b/packages/starbook/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   "exports": {
     ".": "./index.ts",
     "./schema": "./schema.ts",
+    "./types": "./types.ts",
     "./index.astro": "./index.astro"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/starbook/types.ts b/packages/starbook/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..638755df1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/starbook/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { StarbookConfig } from './utils/user-config';
diff --git a/packages/starbook/virtual.d.ts b/packages/starbook/virtual.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce241051b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/starbook/virtual.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+declare module 'virtual:starbook/user-config' {
+  const Config: import('./types').StarbookConfig;
+  export default Config;
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index b60cea61315..8cf6c0c2da3 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ lockfileVersion: 5.4
 importers:
 
   .:
-    specifiers: {}
+    specifiers:
+      astro: ^2.1.7
+    devDependencies:
+      astro: 2.1.7
 
   docs:
     specifiers:
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbc2f5fc190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "extends": "astro/tsconfigs/strictest"
+}