diff --git a/jsconfig.json b/jsconfig.json
index af8898b..75bbce1 100644
--- a/jsconfig.json
+++ b/jsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "module": "CommonJS",
     "target": "ES6",
-    "checkJs":true
+    "checkJs":true,
+    "typeRoots": ["./cables/node_modules/@webgpu/types", "./shared/types"]
   },
   "include": ["shared/client/src/**/*","cables_ui/src/**/*","cables/src/core/**/*"]
 }
diff --git a/shared/types/dist/index.d.ts b/shared/types/dist/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a1c997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/types/dist/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+declare var vec3: String;
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diff --git a/shared/types/package.json b/shared/types/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a03e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/types/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "name": "cables-shared-types",
+    "author": "undefined development",
+    "description": "shared client types between the different subprojects of cables_dev",
+    "version": "0.0.1",
+    "repository": {
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "git+https://github.com/cables-gl/cables_dev.git"
+      },
+    "main": "",
+    "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "files": [
+      "dist/**/*"
+    ]
+  }
+  
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