If you haven't already created a Poetry project, you can do so by running:
poetry init
Follow the prompts to set up your project. pylance missing imports poetry link
Poetry installs local dependencies (e.g., your-package = path = ".", develop = true) as editable. Pylance sometimes fails to resolve these because of missing __init__.py in the package root or incorrect packages directive in pyproject.toml. Fix: If you haven't already created a Poetry project,
Before diving into fixes, confirm you have both components installed and that the issue is indeed environmental. Follow the prompts to set up your project
# Check if Poetry is installed
poetry --version
For Python developers using Visual Studio Code, the combination of Poetry (for dependency management and packaging) and Pylance (the official language server) is considered best-in-class. However, a frequent friction point arises: Pylance underlines perfectly valid imports from Poetry-installed packages with red squiggles, reporting Import "x" could not be resolved. The code runs fine, but the developer experience suffers—no autocomplete, no type checking, no go-to-definition.
This piece explains why this happens and provides definitive solutions.