diff --git a/benchmarks/__init__.py b/benchmarks/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/benchmarks/block_store.py b/benchmarks/block_store.py
index 08f268fffa..a4c5a6f865 100644
--- a/benchmarks/block_store.py
+++ b/benchmarks/block_store.py
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ random.seed(123456789)
 
 
 def rand_class_group_element() -> ClassgroupElement:
-    # TODO: address hint errors and remove ignores
-    #       error: Argument 1 to "ClassgroupElement" has incompatible type "bytes"; expected "bytes100"  [arg-type]
-    return ClassgroupElement(rand_bytes(100))  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+    return ClassgroupElement(rand_bytes(100))
 
 
 def rand_vdf() -> VDFInfo:
diff --git a/build_scripts/__init__.py b/build_scripts/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/build_scripts/npm_linux_deb/__init__.py b/build_scripts/npm_linux_deb/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/build_scripts/npm_linux_rpm/__init__.py b/build_scripts/npm_linux_rpm/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/build_scripts/npm_macos/__init__.py b/build_scripts/npm_macos/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/build_scripts/npm_macos_m1/__init__.py b/build_scripts/npm_macos_m1/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/build_scripts/npm_windows/__init__.py b/build_scripts/npm_windows/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tests/build-init-files.py b/tests/build-init-files.py
index da621fff14..9a5db271b6 100755
--- a/tests/build-init-files.py
+++ b/tests/build-init-files.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def command(verbose, root_str):
     stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
     logger.addHandler(stream_handler)
 
-    tree_roots = ["chia", "tests"]
+    tree_roots = ["benchmarks", "build_scripts", "chia", "tests", "tools"]
     failed = False
     root = pathlib.Path(root_str).resolve()
     directories = sorted(
diff --git a/tools/__init__.py b/tools/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2