try multiple folders

.devcontainer/frontend/devcontainer.json

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+{
+  "name": "Open-Assistant",
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/universal",
+  "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/pre-commit:2": {
+      "version": "latest"
+    }
+  },
+  "postCreateCommand": "bash .devcontainer/post_create_command.sh",
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": ["GitHub.copilot"]
+    }
+  }
+}

.devcontainer/frontend/post_create_command.sh

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+# ensure pre-commit is installed
+pre-commit install