return {

  -- git signs
  {
    "lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim",
    event = "BufReadPre",
    config = {
      signs = {
        add = { text = "▎" },
        change = { text = "▎" },
        delete = { text = "契" },
        topdelete = { text = "契" },
        changedelete = { text = "▎" },
        untracked = { text = "▎" },
      },
    },
  },

  -- snippets
  {
    "L3MON4D3/LuaSnip",
    dependencies = {
      "rafamadriz/friendly-snippets",
      config = function()
        require("luasnip.loaders.from_vscode").lazy_load()
      end,
    },
  },

  -- auto completion
  {

    "hrsh7th/nvim-cmp",
    event = "InsertEnter",
    dependencies = {
      "hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp",
      "hrsh7th/cmp-buffer",
      "hrsh7th/cmp-path",
      "saadparwaiz1/cmp_luasnip",
    },

    config = function()
      local cmp = require("cmp")
      cmp.setup({
        snippet = {
          expand = function(args)
            require("luasnip").lsp_expand(args.body)
          end,
        },
        mapping = cmp.mapping.preset.insert({
          ["<C-b>"] = cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(-4),
          ["<C-f>"] = cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(4),
          ["<C-Space>"] = cmp.mapping.complete(),
          ["<C-e>"] = cmp.mapping.abort(),
          ["<CR>"] = cmp.mapping.confirm({ select = true }), -- Accept currently selected item. Set `select` to `false` to only confirm explicitly selected items.
        }),
        sources = cmp.config.sources({
          { name = "nvim_lsp" },
          { name = "luasnip" },
          { name = "buffer" },
          { name = "path" },
        }),
      })
    end,
  },

  -- auto pairs
  {
    "echasnovski/mini.pairs",
    event = "VeryLazy",
    config = function()
      require("mini.pairs").setup({})
    end,
  },

  -- comments
  { "JoosepAlviste/nvim-ts-context-commentstring" },
  {
    "echasnovski/mini.comment",
    event = "VeryLazy",
    config = function()
      require("mini.comment").setup({
        hooks = {
          pre = function()
            require("ts_context_commentstring.internal").update_commentstring({})
          end,
        },
      })
    end,
  },
}