return {
    "saghen/blink.cmp",
    lazy = false, -- lazy loading handled internally
    -- optional: provides snippets for the snippet source
    dependencies = "rafamadriz/friendly-snippets",
    enabled = false,

    -- use a release tag to download pre-built binaries
    version = "v0.*",
    -- OR build from source, requires nightly: https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/concepts/channels.html#working-with-nightly-rust
    -- build = 'cargo build --release',

    opts = {
        highlight = {
            -- sets the fallback highlight groups to nvim-cmp's highlight groups
            -- useful for when your theme doesn't support blink.cmp
            -- will be removed in a future release, assuming themes add support
            use_nvim_cmp_as_default = true,
        },
        -- set to 'mono' for 'Nerd Font Mono' or 'normal' for 'Nerd Font'
        -- adjusts spacing to ensure icons are aligned
        nerd_font_variant = "normal",

        -- experimental auto-brackets support
        accept = { auto_brackets = { enabled = true } },

        -- experimental signature help support
        trigger = {
            signature_help = {
                enabled = true,
            },
        },
        keymap = {
            accept = "<c-y>",
            select_prev = { "<c-p>" },
            select_next = { "<c-n>" },
            snippet_forward = { "<c-j>" },
            snippet_backward = { "<c-k>" },
        },
        sources = {
            -- similar to nvim-cmp's sources, but we point directly to the source's lua module
            -- multiple groups can be provided, where it'll fallback to the next group if the previous
            -- returns no completion items
            -- WARN: This API will have breaking changes during the beta
            -- providers = {
            --     {
            --         { "blink.cmp.sources.lsp" },
            --         { "blink.cmp.sources.path" },
            --         { "blink.cmp.sources.snippets", score_offset = -3 },
            --     },
            --     { { "blink.cmp.sources.buffer" } },
            -- },
            -- FOR REF: full example
            providers = {
                {
                    -- all of these properties work on every source
                    {
                        "blink.cmp.sources.lsp",
                        keyword_length = 0,
                        score_offset = 0,
                        opts = {},
                    },
                    -- the follow two sources have additional options
                    {
                        "blink.cmp.sources.path",
                        opts = {
                            trailing_slash = false,
                            label_trailing_slash = true,
                            get_cwd = function(context)
                                return vim.fn.expand(("#%d:p:h"):format(context.bufnr))
                            end,
                            show_hidden_files_by_default = true,
                        },
                    },
                    {
                        "blink.cmp.sources.snippets",
                        score_offset = -3,
                        -- similar to https://github.com/garymjr/nvim-snippets
                        opts = {
                            friendly_snippets = true,
                            search_paths = { vim.fn.stdpath "config" .. "/snippets" },
                            global_snippets = { "all" },
                            extended_filetypes = {},
                            ignored_filetypes = {},
                        },
                    },
                },
                { { "blink.cmp.sources.buffer" } },
            },
        },
    },
}