diff --git a/.gitpod.Dockerfile b/.gitpod.Dockerfile
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+# You can find the new timestamped tags here: https://hub.docker.com/r/gitpod/workspace-full/tags
+FROM gitpod/workspace-full
+
+USER root
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install git libgmp-dev libuv1-dev cmake ccache clang -y && apt-get clean
+
+USER gitpod
+
+# Install and configure elan
+RUN curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leanprover/elan/master/elan-init.sh -sSf | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain none
+ENV PATH="/home/gitpod/.elan/bin:${PATH}"
+# Create a dummy toolchain so that we can pre-register it with elan
+RUN mkdir -p /workspace/lean4/build/release/stage1/bin && touch /workspace/lean4/build/release/stage1/bin/lean && elan toolchain link lean4 /workspace/lean4/build/release/stage1
+RUN mkdir -p /workspace/lean4/build/release/stage0/bin && touch /workspace/lean4/build/release/stage0/bin/lean && elan toolchain link lean4-stage0 /workspace/lean4/build/release/stage0
diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
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+image:
+    file: .gitpod.Dockerfile
+
+vscode:
+  extensions:
+    - leanprover.lean4
+
+tasks:
+  - name: Release build
+    init: cmake --preset release
+    command: make -C build/release -j$(nproc || sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)