something is missing or wrong OR i am a dolt

[b-r-s]

I just installed this on my mac using vscode and when trying to run i'm getting the dreaded :

' ... trying to import from [SOMETHING-IN-NODE_MODULES] which falls outside of the project/src directory. '

i don't understand this as NODE_MODULES is always at the root so i would expect that importing would be absolutely needed and supported.
what am i missing please - apparently others are able to use this template without issues.

tia
b stensrud