diff --git a/goldens/vscode-extension/BUILD.bazel b/goldens/vscode-extension/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a937a549d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/goldens/vscode-extension/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exports_files(["vsix_package_contents.txt"])
diff --git a/goldens/vscode-extension/vsix_package_contents.txt b/goldens/vscode-extension/vsix_package_contents.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11c1cb650ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/goldens/vscode-extension/vsix_package_contents.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+CHANGELOG.md
+README.md
+angular.png
+index.js
+node_modules/@angular/language-service/api.d.ts
+node_modules/@angular/language-service/api_bundle.js
+node_modules/@angular/language-service/bundles/language-service.js
+node_modules/@angular/language-service/factory_bundle.js
+node_modules/@angular/language-service/index.d.ts
+node_modules/@angular/language-service/index.js
+node_modules/@angular/language-service/package.json
+node_modules/@angular/language-service/plugin-factory.d.ts
+node_modules/typescript
+package.json
+server/README.md
+server/bin/ngserver
+server/index.js
+server/package.json
+syntaxes/expression.json
+syntaxes/host-object-literal.json
+syntaxes/inline-styles.json
+syntaxes/inline-template.json
+syntaxes/let-declaration.json
+syntaxes/template-blocks.json
+syntaxes/template-tag.json
+syntaxes/template.json
+syntaxes/tsconfig.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vscode-ng-language-service/BUILD.bazel b/vscode-ng-language-service/BUILD.bazel
index fbd4f5f75f5..7ad760e0987 100644
--- a/vscode-ng-language-service/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/vscode-ng-language-service/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 load("@aspect_bazel_lib//lib:expand_template.bzl", "expand_template_rule")
-load("@aspect_rules_js//js:defs.bzl", "js_library")
+load("@aspect_bazel_lib//lib:write_source_files.bzl", "write_source_file")
+load("@aspect_rules_js//js:defs.bzl", "js_library", "js_run_binary")
 load("@aspect_rules_js//npm:defs.bzl", "npm_package")
 load("@aspect_rules_ts//ts:defs.bzl", "ts_config")
 load("@npm//:defs.bzl", "npm_link_all_packages")
@@ -104,3 +105,20 @@ npm_package(
     ],
     visibility = ["//vscode-ng-language-service/integration/e2e:__subpackages__"],
 )
+
+js_run_binary(
+    name = "vsix_contents_golden_file",
+    srcs = [":vsix_sandbox"],
+    outs = ["vsix_package_contents.txt"],
+    args = [
+        "$(rootpath vsix_package_contents.txt)",
+    ],
+    tool = "//vscode-ng-language-service/tools:vsix_contents_goldens",
+)
+
+write_source_file(
+    name = "vsix_contents_golden",
+    check_that_out_file_exists = False,
+    in_file = ":vsix_contents_golden_file",
+    out_file = "//goldens/vscode-extension:vsix_package_contents.txt",
+)
diff --git a/vscode-ng-language-service/tools/BUILD.bazel b/vscode-ng-language-service/tools/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66e180e9d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vscode-ng-language-service/tools/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+load("@aspect_rules_js//js:defs.bzl", "js_binary")
+
+js_binary(
+    name = "vsix_contents_goldens",
+    data = ["//vscode-ng-language-service:node_modules/@vscode/vsce"],
+    entry_point = ":vsix_contents_goldens.mjs",
+    # vsce requires npm on the PATH; we can get this from the Bazel rules_nodejs but it is not
+    # included by default in rules_js binary rules so we include it here explicitly
+    include_npm = True,
+    visibility = [
+        "//vscode-ng-language-service:__pkg__",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/vscode-ng-language-service/tools/vsix_contents_goldens.mjs b/vscode-ng-language-service/tools/vsix_contents_goldens.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..730f5ab69f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vscode-ng-language-service/tools/vsix_contents_goldens.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+// tslint:disable:no-console
+import {writeFile} from 'node:fs/promises';
+import {exec as nodeExec} from 'node:child_process';
+import {promisify} from 'node:util';
+import {join} from 'node:path';
+
+const exec = promisify(nodeExec);
+const rootPath = join(import.meta.dirname, '../');
+
+async function main(outPath) {
+  // `vsce ls` needs to run with a CWD of what will be packaged.
+  // There is no way to provide this via args.
+  const {stdout, stderr} = await exec(
+    `node ${join(rootPath, `node_modules/@vscode/vsce/vsce`)} ls`,
+    {
+      cwd: join(rootPath, 'vsix_sandbox'),
+    },
+  );
+
+  if (stderr) {
+    console.error(stderr);
+    throw new Error('Failed with error. See above.');
+  }
+
+  const paths = stdout.trim().split('\n').filter(Boolean);
+  const resultSet = new Set();
+
+  for (const filePath of paths) {
+    if (filePath.startsWith('node_modules/') && !filePath.includes('@angular')) {
+      // Regex to capture 'node_modules/' followed by either:
+      // - A scoped package (e.g., @vscode/vsce)
+      // - A standard package (e.g., typescript)
+      // It stops matching before the next slash after the package name.
+      const match = filePath.match(/^(node_modules\/(?:@[^\/]+\/[^\/]+|[^\/]+))/);
+      if (match) {
+        resultSet.add(match[1]);
+      }
+    } else {
+      // Add non-node_modules or @angular/ paths directly
+      resultSet.add(filePath);
+    }
+  }
+
+  await writeFile(outPath, Array.from(resultSet).sort().join('\n'));
+}
+
+const argv = process.argv.slice(2);
+if (argv.length !== 1) {
+  console.error('Must include 1 argument that specifies the output path.');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const [outPath] = argv;
+
+main(outPath).catch((err) => {
+  console.error(err);
+  process.exit(1);
+});