diff --git a/.devcontainer/recipes/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/recipes/Dockerfile
index c300eb7b25..2d9a94a95c 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/recipes/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/recipes/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/pytorch:26.02-py3
 #  Remove once bug has been addressed in the nvidia/pytorch container.
 RUN rm -f /usr/local/lib/python*/dist-packages/transformer_engine-*.dist-info/direct_url.json
 
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
+    curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
+        | dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
+    && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" \
+        | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null \
+    && apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gh tmux \
+    && rm -rf /var/log/* /tmp/*
+
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
     --mount=type=bind,source=requirements.txt,target=/workspace/requirements.txt \
     PIP_CONSTRAINT= pip install -r /workspace/requirements.txt