diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 64d06b24..d42e9080 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -22,13 +22,27 @@ workflows:
             - run:
                 name: Stop exclusive tests 1️⃣
                 command: npm run stop-only
-            - run:
-                name: Check markdown links ⚓️
-                command: npm run check:links
             - run:
                 name: Build folder 🏗
                 command: npm run build
 
+      - cypress/run:
+          name: Lint Markdown links
+          filters:
+            branches:
+              only: main
+          executor: cypress/base-12
+          requires:
+            - Install
+          # notice a trick to avoid re-installing dependencies
+          # in this job - a do-nothing "install-command" parameter
+          install-command: echo 'Nothing to install in this job'
+          # we are not going to use results from this job anywhere else
+          no-workspace: true
+          record: false
+          store_artifacts: true
+          command: npm run check:links
+
       - cypress/run:
           name: Example A11y
           requires:
@@ -55,6 +69,19 @@ workflows:
           command: npm test
           store_artifacts: true
 
+      - cypress/run:
+          name: Example Babel + Typescript
+          requires:
+            - Install
+          executor: cypress/base-12
+          # each example installs "cypress-react-unit-test" as a local dependency (symlink)
+          install-command: npm install
+          verify-command: echo 'Already verified'
+          no-workspace: true
+          working_directory: examples/using-babel-typesceript
+          command: npm test
+          store_artifacts: true
+
       - cypress/run:
           name: Example React Scripts
           requires:
@@ -261,7 +288,7 @@ workflows:
           store_artifacts: true
 
       - cypress/run:
-          name: Test
+          name: Component Tests
           executor: cypress/base-12
           parallelism: 4
           requires:
@@ -275,6 +302,7 @@ workflows:
           store_artifacts: true
           # following examples from
           # https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/parallelism-faster-jobs/
+          # TODO probably only run component tests and move integration sanity checks into own job
           command: |
             TESTFILES=$(circleci tests glob "cypress/{component,integration}/**/*spec.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}" | circleci tests split --total=4)
             echo "Test files for this machine are $TESTFILES"
@@ -294,7 +322,8 @@ workflows:
           executor: cypress/base-12
           requires:
             - Install
-            - Test
+            - Component Tests
+            - Lint Markdown links
             - Example A11y
             - Example Babel
             - Example Component Folder
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/.npmrc b/examples/using-babel-typescript/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43c97e71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package-lock=false
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/README.md b/examples/using-babel-typescript/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ca76123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# example: using-babel
+
+> Component testing for typescript projects using Babel config with `@babel/preset-typescript`
+
+![Example component test](images/dynamic.gif)
+
+## Usage
+
+1. Make sure the root project has been built .
+
+```bash
+# in the root of the project
+npm install
+npm run build
+```
+
+2. Run `npm install` in this folder to symlink the `cypress-react-unit-test` dependency.
+
+```bash
+# in this folder
+npm install
+```
+
+3. Start Cypress
+
+```bash
+npm run cy:open
+# or just run headless tests
+npm test
+```
+
+## Specs
+
+See spec files [src/\*.spec.js](src). The specs are bundled using [babel.config.js](babel.config.js) settings via [cypress/plugins/index.js](cypress/plugins/index.js) file that includes file preprocessor.
+
+```js
+// let's bundle spec files and the components they include using
+// the same bundling settings as the project by loading .babelrc
+const preprocessor = require('cypress-react-unit-test/plugins/babelrc')
+module.exports = (on, config) => {
+  preprocessor(on, config)
+  // IMPORTANT to return the config object
+  // with the any changed environment variables
+  return config
+}
+```
+
+## Mocking
+
+During test runs, there is a Babel plugin that transforms ES6 imports into plain objects that can be stubbed using [cy.stub](https://on.cypress.io/stub). In essence
+
+```ts
+// component imports named ES6 import from "calc.js
+import { getRandomNumber } from './calc'
+const Component = () => {
+  // then calls it
+  const n = getRandomNumber()
+  return <div className="random">{n}</div>
+}
+```
+
+The test can mock that import before mounting the component
+
+```js
+import Component from './Component'
+import * as calc from './calc'
+describe('Component', () => {
+  it('mocks call from the component', () => {
+    cy.stub(calc, 'getRandomNumber')
+      .returns(777)
+    mount(<Component />)
+  })
+})
+```
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/babel.config.js b/examples/using-babel-typescript/babel.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91ccb7fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/babel.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module.exports = {
+  presets: [
+    '@babel/preset-env',
+    '@babel/preset-typescript',
+    '@babel/preset-react',
+  ],
+  plugins: ['@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties'],
+  env: {
+    // place plugins for Cypress tests into "test" environment
+    // so that production bundle is not instrumented
+    test: {
+      plugins: [
+        // during Cypress tests we want to instrument source code
+        // to get code coverage from tests
+        'babel-plugin-istanbul',
+        // we also want to export ES6 modules as objects
+        // to allow mocking named imports
+        [
+          '@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs',
+          {
+            loose: true,
+          },
+        ],
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+}
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress.json b/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d313c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "fixturesFolder": false,
+  "testFiles": "**/*spec.tsx",
+  "viewportWidth": 500,
+  "viewportHeight": 500,
+  "experimentalComponentTesting": true,
+  "componentFolder": "src"
+}
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress/integration/spec.js b/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress/integration/spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d815fd54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress/integration/spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/// <reference types="cypress" />
+describe('integration spec', () => {
+  it('works', () => {
+    expect(1).to.equal(1)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress/plugins/index.js b/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress/plugins/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..070a1f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress/plugins/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// let's bundle spec files and the components they include using
+// the same bundling settings as the project by loading .babelrc
+// https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-react-unit-test#install
+const preprocessor = require('cypress-react-unit-test/plugins/babelrc')
+module.exports = (on, config) => {
+  preprocessor(on, config)
+  // IMPORTANT to return the config object
+  // with the any changed environment variables
+  return config
+}
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress/support/index.js b/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress/support/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d9ef5d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/cypress/support/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require('cypress-react-unit-test/dist/hooks')
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/images/dynamic.gif b/examples/using-babel-typescript/images/dynamic.gif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d37a0fce
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/using-babel-typescript/images/dynamic.gif differ
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/package.json b/examples/using-babel-typescript/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3604977d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "example-using-babel",
+  "description": "Component testing for projects using Babel config",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "node ../../scripts/cypress-expect run --passing 17",
+    "cy:open": "../../node_modules/.bin/cypress open"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "cypress-react-unit-test": "file:../.."
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/src/Component.spec.tsx b/examples/using-babel-typescript/src/Component.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e10b830e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/src/Component.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import * as React from 'react'
+import { Component } from './Component'
+import * as calc from './calc'
+import { mount } from 'cypress-react-unit-test'
+
+// import the component and the file it imports
+// stub the method on the imported "calc" and
+// confirm the component renders the mock value
+describe('Component', () => {
+  it('mocks call from the component', () => {
+    cy.stub(calc, 'getRandomNumber').returns(777)
+
+    mount(<Component />)
+
+    cy.get('.random').contains('777')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/src/Component.tsx b/examples/using-babel-typescript/src/Component.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11c88b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/src/Component.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import * as React from 'react'
+import { getRandomNumber } from './calc'
+
+/**
+ * Example React component that imports `getRandomNumber`
+ * function from another file and uses it to show a random
+ * number in the UI.
+ */
+export const Component = () => {
+  const n = getRandomNumber()
+  return <div className="random">{n}</div>
+}
+
+export default Component
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/src/calc.ts b/examples/using-babel-typescript/src/calc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe2bb220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/src/calc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const getRandomNumber = () => Math.round(Math.random() * 1000)
diff --git a/examples/using-babel-typescript/tsconfig.json b/examples/using-babel-typescript/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d512fb8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-babel-typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "jsx": "react",
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "target": "esnext",
+    "types": ["cypress"],
+    // ⚠️ required only for demo purposes, remove from code
+    "paths": {
+      "cypress-react-unit-test": ["../../lib/index.ts"]
+    }
+  },
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
+  "include": ["./src/**.ts*"]
+}
diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index 7fc96709..5d0e3ff3 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ import { injectStylesBeforeElement } from './utils'
 
 const rootId = 'cypress-root'
 
-// @ts-ignore
 const isComponentSpec = () => Cypress.spec.specType === 'component'
 
 function checkMountModeEnabled() {
-  // @ts-ignore
   if (!isComponentSpec()) {
     throw new Error(
       `In order to use mount or unmount functions please place the spec in component folder`,
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ export const mount = (jsx: React.ReactElement, options: MountOptions = {}) => {
     })
     .then(injectStyles(options))
     .then(() => {
-      const document = cy.state('document')
+      const document = cy.state('document') as Document
       const reactDomToUse = options.ReactDom || ReactDOM
 
       const el = document.getElementById(rootId)
@@ -113,7 +111,10 @@ export const mount = (jsx: React.ReactElement, options: MountOptions = {}) => {
         logInstance.set('consoleProps', () => logConsoleProps)
 
         if (el.children.length) {
-          logInstance.set('$el', el.children.item(0))
+          logInstance.set(
+            '$el',
+            (el.children.item(0) as unknown) as JQuery<HTMLElement>,
+          )
         }
       }
 
@@ -168,8 +169,8 @@ export const unmount = () => {
 
 // mounting hooks inside a test component mostly copied from
 // https://github.com/testing-library/react-hooks-testing-library/blob/master/src/pure.js
-function resultContainer() {
-  let value: any = null
+function resultContainer<T>() {
+  let value: T | undefined | null = null
   let error: Error | null = null
   const resolvers: any[] = []
 
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ function resultContainer() {
     },
   }
 
-  const updateResult = (val: any, err: Error | null = null) => {
+  const updateResult = (val: T | undefined, err: Error | null = null) => {
     value = val
     error = err
     resolvers.splice(0, resolvers.length).forEach(resolve => resolve())
@@ -196,13 +197,18 @@ function resultContainer() {
     addResolver: (resolver: any) => {
       resolvers.push(resolver)
     },
-    setValue: (val: any) => updateResult(val),
+    setValue: (val: T) => updateResult(val),
     setError: (err: Error) => updateResult(undefined, err),
   }
 }
 
-// @ts-ignore
-function TestHook({ callback, onError, children }) {
+type TestHookProps = {
+  callback: () => void
+  onError: (e: Error) => void
+  children: (...args: any[]) => any
+}
+
+function TestHook({ callback, onError, children }: TestHookProps) {
   try {
     children(callback())
   } catch (err) {
@@ -225,7 +231,7 @@ function TestHook({ callback, onError, children }) {
  *
  * @see https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-react-unit-test#advanced-examples
  */
-export const mountHook = (hookFn: Function) => {
+export const mountHook = (hookFn: (...args: any[]) => any) => {
   const { result, setValue, setError } = resultContainer()
 
   return mount(
diff --git a/plugins/babelrc/file-preprocessor.js b/plugins/babelrc/file-preprocessor.js
index f3688593..97e1ee3e 100644
--- a/plugins/babelrc/file-preprocessor.js
+++ b/plugins/babelrc/file-preprocessor.js
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ const debug = require('debug')('cypress-react-unit-test')
 const webpackPreprocessor = require('@cypress/webpack-preprocessor')
 const { addImageRedirect } = require('../utils/add-image-redirect')
 
+const wpPreprocessorOptions = {
+  ...webpackPreprocessor.defaultOptions,
+}
+
+wpPreprocessorOptions.webpackOptions.resolve = {
+  extensions: ['.js', '.ts', '.jsx', '.tsx', '.json'],
+}
+
+wpPreprocessorOptions.webpackOptions.module.rules[0].test = /\.(jsx|tsx|js|ts)?$/
+
 // note: modifies the input object
 function enableBabelrc(webpackOptions) {
   if (!Array.isArray(webpackOptions.module.rules)) {
@@ -66,7 +76,6 @@ module.exports = config => {
     config && config.env && config.env.coverage === false
   debug('coverage is disabled? %o', { coverageIsDisabled })
 
-  const wpPreprocessorOptions = webpackPreprocessor.defaultOptions
   enableBabelrc(wpPreprocessorOptions.webpackOptions)
   debug('webpack options %o', wpPreprocessorOptions.webpackOptions)