diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 838d929..47bfc0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,22 +2,24 @@
 
 [![Deploy to Fastly](https://deploy.edgecompute.app/button)](https://deploy.edgecompute.app/deploy)
 
-Get to know the Fastly Compute environment with a basic starter that demonstrates routing, simple synthetic responses and code comments that cover common patterns.
+Get to know the Fastly Compute environment with a basic starter in TypeScript that demonstrates routing, simple synthetic responses and code comments that cover common patterns.
 
 **For more details about other starter kits for Compute, see the [Fastly Documentation Hub](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/solutions/starters)**
 
 ## Features
+* TypeScript source files
+* `tsconfig.json` file to use as a starting point
 * Allow only requests with particular HTTP methods
 * Match request URL path and methods for routing
 * Build synthetic responses at the edge
 
 ## Understanding the code
 
-This starter is intentionally lightweight, and requires no dependencies aside from the [`@fastly/js-compute`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@fastly/js-compute) npm package. It will help you understand the basics of processing requests at the edge using Fastly. This starter includes implementations of common patterns explained in our [using Compute](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/compute/javascript/) and [VCL migration](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/compute/migrate/) guides.
+This starter kit is written in TypeScript and illustrates the same features as the [Compute JavaScript default starter kit](https://github.com/fastly/compute-starter-kit-typescript-default). It is intentionally lightweight, and requires no dependencies aside from the [`@fastly/js-compute`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@fastly/js-compute) npm package. It will help you understand the basics of processing requests at the edge using Fastly. This starter includes implementations of common patterns explained in our [using Compute](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/compute/javascript/) and [VCL migration](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/compute/migrate/) guides. The starter doesn't require the use of any backends. Once deployed, you will have a Fastly service running on Compute that can generate synthetic responses at the edge.
 
-The starter doesn't require the use of any backends. Once deployed, you will have a Fastly service running on Compute that can generate synthetic responses at the edge.
+The Compute JavaScript SDK [has built-in support](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/compute/developer-guides/javascript/#built-in-typescript) for executing TypeScript source files that contain only erasable TypeScript syntax. In this mode, type checking is not performed.
 
-The template uses TypeScript to compile source files in `./src` into JS files in `./build`, which are then wrapped into `./bin/index.wasm` using the `js-compute-runtime` CLI tool bundled with the `@fastly/js-compute` npm package, and bundled into a `.tar.gz` file ready for deployment to Compute.
+The SDK does not directly refer to the `tsconfig.json` file, but one is included to aid your IDE in coding support as well as to illustrate the recommended practice of running `tsc --noEmit` in a `prebuild` script to check for TypeScript errors, since the SDK does not perform type checking.
 
 ## Running the application
 
diff --git a/fastly.toml b/fastly.toml
index 53c3797..2317338 100644
--- a/fastly.toml
+++ b/fastly.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # https://developer.fastly.com/reference/fastly-toml/
 
 authors = ["<oss@fastly.com>"]
-description = "A basic starter kit that demonstrates routing, simple synthetic responses and overriding caching rules."
+description = "A basic TypeScript starter kit that demonstrates routing, simple synthetic responses and overriding caching rules."
 language = "javascript"
 manifest_version = 3
 name = "Default starter for TypeScript"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f72b68a..01b2266 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
     "@fastly/js-compute": "^3.33.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@fastly/cli": "^11.0.0",
+    "@fastly/cli": "^12.0.0",
     "typescript": "^5.2.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "prebuild": "tsc",
-    "build": "js-compute-runtime build/index.js bin/main.wasm",
+    "prebuild": "tsc --noEmit",
+    "build": "js-compute-runtime src/index.ts bin/main.wasm",
     "start": "fastly compute serve",
     "deploy": "fastly compute publish"
   }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 20b433b..277d971 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "strict": true,
-    "module": "ES2022",
+    "erasableSyntaxOnly": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
     "target": "ES2022",
+    "lib": [ "ES2022" ],
+    "module": "ESNext",
     "moduleResolution": "bundler",
     "customConditions": [ "fastly" ],
+    "types": [ "@fastly/js-compute" ],
     "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "lib": [ "ES2022" ],
-    "rootDir": "src",
-    "outDir": "build"
-  },
-  "include": [
-    "./src/**/*.js",
-    "./src/**/*.ts",
-  ],
-  "exclude": [
-    "node_modules"
-  ]
+    "isolatedModules": true,
+    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
+    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true
+  }
 }