diff --git a/cadquery/cqgi.py b/cadquery/cqgi.py
index 87f2ce917..10b9ff188 100644
--- a/cadquery/cqgi.py
+++ b/cadquery/cqgi.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 The CadQuery Gateway Interface.
 Provides classes and tools for executing CadQuery scripts
 """
+import sys
 import ast
 import traceback
 import time
@@ -65,7 +66,9 @@ def _find_vars(self):
         assignment_finder = ConstantAssignmentFinder(self.metadata)
 
         for node in self.ast_tree.body:
-            if isinstance(node, ast.Assign):
+            if isinstance(node, ast.AnnAssign):
+                assignment_finder.visit_AnnAssign(node)
+            elif isinstance(node, ast.Assign):
                 assignment_finder.visit_Assign(node)
 
     def _find_descriptions(self):
@@ -564,6 +567,31 @@ def handle_assignment(self, var_name, value_node):
             print("Unable to handle assignment for variable '%s'" % var_name)
             pass
 
+    def handle_ann_assignment(self, var_name, annotation_id, value_node):
+        try:
+            if annotation_id == "int" or annotation_id == "float":
+                self.cqModel.add_script_parameter(
+                    InputParameter.create(
+                        value_node, var_name, NumberParameterType, value_node.n
+                    )
+                )
+            elif annotation_id == "str":
+                self.cqModel.add_script_parameter(
+                    InputParameter.create(
+                        value_node, var_name, StringParameterType, value_node.s
+                    )
+                )
+            elif annotation_id == "bool":
+                self.cqModel.add_script_parameter(
+                    InputParameter.create(
+                        value_node, var_name, BooleanParameterType, value_node.s
+                    )
+                )
+
+        except:
+            print("Unable to handle annotated assignment for variable '%s'" % var_name)
+            pass
+
     def visit_Assign(self, node):
 
         try:
@@ -595,3 +623,21 @@ def visit_Assign(self, node):
             print("Unable to handle assignment for node '%s'" % ast.dump(left_side))
 
         return node
+
+    def visit_AnnAssign(self, node):
+        left_side = node.target
+
+        # do not handle Attribute or Subscript
+        if not isinstance(left_side, ast.Name):
+            return
+
+        annTypes = ["int", "float", "str", "bool"]
+
+        if (
+            hasattr(node, "annotation")
+            and isinstance(node.annotation, ast.Name)
+            and node.annotation.id in annTypes
+        ):
+            self.handle_ann_assignment(left_side.id, node.annotation.id, node.value)
+
+        return node
diff --git a/partcad.yaml b/partcad.yaml
index 87d9b95b1..5f05a841c 100644
--- a/partcad.yaml
+++ b/partcad.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# This is a PartCAD package.
+# See https://partcad.org/ and https://github.com/openvmp/partcad for more information.
+
 name: /pub/examples/script/cadquery
 desc: CadQuery examples
 url: https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery
diff --git a/tests/test_cqgi.py b/tests/test_cqgi.py
index 33f371ad5..c3ec3006d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cqgi.py
+++ b/tests/test_cqgi.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 TESTSCRIPT = textwrap.dedent(
     """
         height=2.0
-        width=3.0
+        width:float=3.0
+        transparent=False
         (a,b) = (1.0,1.0)
         o = (2, 2, 0)
         foo="bar"
@@ -29,9 +30,10 @@
     """
         height=2.0
         width=3.0
+        transparent:bool=False
         (a,b) = (1.0,1.0)
         o = (2, 2, 0)
-        foo="bar"
+        foo:str="bar"
         debug(foo, { "color": 'yellow' } )
         result =  "%s|%s|%s|%s|%s" % ( str(height) , str(width) , foo , str(a) , str(o) )
         show_object(result)
@@ -45,7 +47,8 @@ def test_parser(self):
         model = cqgi.CQModel(TESTSCRIPT)
         metadata = model.metadata
         self.assertEqual(
-            set(metadata.parameters.keys()), {"height", "width", "a", "b", "foo", "o"}
+            set(metadata.parameters.keys()),
+            {"height", "width", "transparent", "a", "b", "foo", "o"},
         )
 
     def test_build_with_debug(self):
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ def test_that_two_results_are_returned(self):
             """
                 h = 1
                 show_object(h)
-                h = 2
+                h: int = 2
                 show_object(h)
             """
         )
@@ -166,6 +169,16 @@ def test_that_assigning_string_to_number_fails(self):
         result = cqgi.parse(script).build({"h": "a string"})
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(result.exception, cqgi.InvalidParameterError))
 
+    def test_that_assigning_string_to_annotated_list_fails(self):
+        script = textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+                h: list[float] = [20.0]
+                show_object(h)
+            """
+        )
+        result = cqgi.parse(script).build({"h": "a string"})
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(result.exception, cqgi.InvalidParameterError))
+
     def test_that_assigning_unknown_var_fails(self):
         script = textwrap.dedent(
             """
@@ -222,7 +235,10 @@ def test_that_only_top_level_vars_are_detected(self):
 
                 def do_stuff():
                    x = 1
-                   y = 2
+                   y: int = 2
+                class Foo:
+                   z = 3
+                   zz: int = 4
 
                 show_object( "result"  )
             """