Use Ctrl+Space
with a variable highlighted to activate auto-import.
Just start typing, and VS Code will try to guess the word based on context.
For reusable code constructs, you can create custom snippets that are activated based on a key word.
Configured with the proper extensions, VS Code will automatically generate starter-docstrings for Python modules, classes, and methods.
VS Code will smartly close parentheses and quotes for you as you type.
Try selecting code and typing a single [Quote]