diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index fa23745..79a3e52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           - name: lint
             run: pnpm run lint
           - name: typecheck
-            run: pnpm --recursive run typecheck
+            run: pnpm run typecheck
     name: ${{ matrix.command.name }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58a359e..f1f1b7b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint --ext js,ts,tsx .",
     "lint-fix": "pnpm lint -- --fix",
     "format": "prettier --write .",
+    "typecheck": "tsc -b",
     "build": "pnpm -r run build",
     "start": "pnpm -C packages/website run start",
     "release": "pnpm -r run build && changeset publish"
diff --git a/packages/helpers/tsconfig.json b/packages/helpers/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a700c4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/helpers/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@itsmapleleaf/configs/tsconfig.base"
+}
diff --git a/packages/reacord/package.json b/packages/reacord/package.json
index 97e02ad..71816ea 100644
--- a/packages/reacord/package.json
+++ b/packages/reacord/package.json
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
     "build-watch": "pnpm build -- --watch",
     "test": "vitest --coverage --no-watch",
     "test-dev": "vitest",
-    "test-manual": "nodemon --exec tsx --ext ts,tsx ./scripts/discordjs-manual-test.tsx",
-    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
+    "test-manual": "nodemon --exec tsx --ext ts,tsx ./scripts/discordjs-manual-test.tsx"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/node": "*",
diff --git a/packages/reacord/tsconfig.json b/packages/reacord/tsconfig.json
index 86dfcb8..2600c53 100644
--- a/packages/reacord/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/reacord/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
-  "include": ["**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx", "**/*.cjs", "**/*.mjs"]
+  "extends": "@itsmapleleaf/configs/tsconfig.base",
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/website/package.json b/packages/website/package.json
index 04393a3..53e660d 100644
--- a/packages/website/package.json
+++ b/packages/website/package.json
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
     "dev:typedoc": "typedoc --watch",
     "dev:astro": "astro dev",
     "start": "astro preview",
-    "build": "typedoc && astro build",
-    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit && tsc --project cypress/tsconfig.json --noEmit"
+    "build": "typedoc && astro build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@astrojs/prefetch": "^0.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/website/tsconfig.json b/packages/website/tsconfig.json
index f766531..802086d 100644
--- a/packages/website/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/website/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "extends": "@itsmapleleaf/configs/tsconfig.base",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "jsx": "react-jsx",
     "jsxImportSource": "react",
@@ -8,15 +8,5 @@
       "~/*": ["./src/*"]
     }
   },
-  "include": ["**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx", "**/*.cjs", "**/*.mjs", "**/*.astro"],
-  "exclude": [
-    "**/node_modules/**",
-    "**/coverage/**",
-    "**/build/**",
-    "**/dist/**",
-    "**/.cache/**",
-    "**/api/_build/**",
-    "**/public/**",
-    "app"
-  ]
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "public/api"]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ceee401..0000000
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@itsmapleleaf/configs/tsconfig.base",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "noImplicitOverride": true
-  },
-  "include": [
-    "**/*.ts",
-    "**/*.tsx",
-    "**/*.cjs",
-    "**/*.mjs",
-    "**/*.astro",
-    ".eslintrc.cjs"
-  ],
-  "exclude": [
-    "**/node_modules/**",
-    "**/coverage/**",
-    "**/build/**",
-    "**/dist/**",
-    "**/.cache/**",
-    "**/api/_build/**",
-    "**/public/**",
-    "**/cypress/**"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4469733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "files": [],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "packages/reacord" },
+    { "path": "packages/website" },
+    { "path": "packages/helpers" }
+  ]
+}