diff --git a/extensions/vscode/src/api/types/configurations.test.ts b/extensions/vscode/src/api/types/configurations.test.ts
index bcba28c28..efeb80e56 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode/src/api/types/configurations.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode/src/api/types/configurations.test.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ import {
   RConfig,
   PythonConfig,
   Configuration,
+  ContentType,
   UpdateConfigWithDefaults,
   UpdateAllConfigsWithDefaults,
+  isPythonContent,
+  isAPIContent,
+  isAppContent,
 } from "./configurations";
 import { InterpreterDefaults } from "./interpreters";
 import {
@@ -98,6 +102,82 @@ describe("Configurations Types", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  describe("isPythonContent", () => {
+    test.each([
+      ContentType.JUPYTER_NOTEBOOK,
+      ContentType.JUPYTER_VOILA,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_BOKEH,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_DASH,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_FASTAPI,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_FLASK,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_GRADIO,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_PANEL,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_SHINY,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_STREAMLIT,
+    ])("returns true for %s", (type) => {
+      expect(isPythonContent(type)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    test.each([
+      ContentType.HTML,
+      ContentType.QUARTO,
+      ContentType.QUARTO_STATIC,
+      ContentType.QUARTO_SHINY,
+      ContentType.R_PLUMBER,
+      ContentType.R_SHINY,
+      ContentType.RMD,
+      ContentType.RMD_SHINY,
+      ContentType.UNKNOWN,
+    ])("returns false for %s", (type) => {
+      expect(isPythonContent(type)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("isAPIContent", () => {
+    test.each([
+      ContentType.PYTHON_FLASK,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_FASTAPI,
+      ContentType.R_PLUMBER,
+    ])("returns true for %s", (type) => {
+      expect(isAPIContent(type)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    test.each([
+      ContentType.HTML,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_SHINY,
+      ContentType.R_SHINY,
+      ContentType.QUARTO,
+      ContentType.UNKNOWN,
+    ])("returns false for %s", (type) => {
+      expect(isAPIContent(type)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("isAppContent", () => {
+    test.each([
+      ContentType.PYTHON_SHINY,
+      ContentType.R_SHINY,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_BOKEH,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_DASH,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_GRADIO,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_PANEL,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_STREAMLIT,
+    ])("returns true for %s", (type) => {
+      expect(isAppContent(type)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    test.each([
+      ContentType.HTML,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_FLASK,
+      ContentType.PYTHON_FASTAPI,
+      ContentType.R_PLUMBER,
+      ContentType.QUARTO,
+      ContentType.UNKNOWN,
+    ])("returns false for %s", (type) => {
+      expect(isAppContent(type)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("UpdateAllConfigsWithDefaults", () => {
     test("updates all configs passed to it", () => {
       const multiConfigs: Configuration[] = [];
diff --git a/extensions/vscode/src/api/types/configurations.ts b/extensions/vscode/src/api/types/configurations.ts
index d381b9f6b..386f0d0d9 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode/src/api/types/configurations.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode/src/api/types/configurations.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,50 @@ export const allValidContentTypes: ContentType[] = [
   ContentType.RMD,
 ];
 
+export function isPythonContent(type: ContentType): boolean {
+  switch (type) {
+    case ContentType.JUPYTER_NOTEBOOK:
+    case ContentType.JUPYTER_VOILA:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_BOKEH:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_DASH:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_FASTAPI:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_FLASK:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_GRADIO:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_PANEL:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_SHINY:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_STREAMLIT:
+      return true;
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export function isAPIContent(type: ContentType): boolean {
+  switch (type) {
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_FLASK:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_FASTAPI:
+    case ContentType.R_PLUMBER:
+      return true;
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export function isAppContent(type: ContentType): boolean {
+  switch (type) {
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_SHINY:
+    case ContentType.R_SHINY:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_BOKEH:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_DASH:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_GRADIO:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_PANEL:
+    case ContentType.PYTHON_STREAMLIT:
+      return true;
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+}
+
 export const contentTypeStrings = {
   [ContentType.HTML]: "serve pre-rendered HTML",
   [ContentType.JUPYTER_NOTEBOOK]: "render with Jupyter nbconvert",