You can try passing them with the idf.cmakeCompilerArgs configuration setting in your project .vscode/settings.json Something like: { "idf.cmakeCompilerArgs": ["-G", "Ninja","-DPYTHON_DEPS_CHECKED=1","-DESP_PLATFORM=1","-DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=5", "-DCONFIG_ARDUHAL_LOG_COLORS=1","-DCONFIG_FATFS_USE_FASTS...