diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 167fb09f..39d92e36 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -29,43 +29,7 @@ Most of nixvim is dedicated to wrapping neovim plugin such that we can configure
 To add a new plugin you need to do the following.
 
 1.  Add a file in the correct sub-directory of [plugins](plugins). This depends on your exact plugin.
-    You will most certainly need the `helpers`, they can be added by doing something like:
-
-    ```nix
-    {
-      lib,
-      pkgs,
-      ...
-    } @ args:
-
-    let
-      helpers = import ../helpers.nix args;
-    in {
-    }
-    ```
-
-2.  Create the minimal options for a new plugin (in `options.plugins.<plug-name>`:
-
-    - `enable = mkEnableOption ...` to toggle the plugin.
-    - `package = helpers.mkPackageOption ...` to change the package options.
-
-3.  Add the plugin package to the installed plugins if it is enabled. This can be done with the following:
-
-    ```nix
-    {
-      config =
-        let
-          cfg = config.plugins."<plug-name>";
-
-        in lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
-          extraPlugins = [cfg.package];
-
-          extraConfigLua = ''
-            <plugin configuration if needed>
-          '';
-        };
-    }
-    ```
+2. Write the code for the corresponding nixvim module. You can start from the [template](plugins/TEMPLATE.nix).
 
 You will then need to add Nix options for all (or most) of the upstream plugin options.
 These options should be in `camelCase` (whereas most plugins define their options in `snake_case`), and their names should match exactly (except the case) to the upstream names.
diff --git a/plugins/completion/nvim-cmp/cmp-helpers.nix b/plugins/completion/nvim-cmp/cmp-helpers.nix
index d98c9288..c90ec569 100644
--- a/plugins/completion/nvim-cmp/cmp-helpers.nix
+++ b/plugins/completion/nvim-cmp/cmp-helpers.nix
@@ -1,66 +1,65 @@
 {
   lib,
+  helpers,
   config,
   pkgs,
   ...
-}: let
-  helpers = import ../../helpers.nix {inherit lib;};
-in
-  with helpers.vim-plugin;
-  with lib; {
-    mkCmpSourcePlugin = {
-      name,
-      extraPlugins ? [],
-      useDefaultPackage ? true,
-      ...
-    }:
-      mkVimPlugin config {
-        inherit name;
-        extraPlugins = extraPlugins ++ (lists.optional useDefaultPackage pkgs.vimPlugins.${name});
-      };
-
-    pluginAndSourceNames = {
-      "buffer" = "cmp-buffer";
-      "calc" = "cmp-calc";
-      "dap" = "cmp-dap";
-      "cmdline" = "cmp-cmdline";
-      "cmp-clippy" = "cmp-clippy";
-      "cmp-cmdline-history" = "cmp-cmdline-history";
-      "cmp_pandoc" = "cmp-pandoc-nvim";
-      "cmp_tabby" = "cmp-tabby";
-      "cmp_tabnine" = "cmp-tabnine";
-      "codeium" = "codeium-nvim";
-      "conventionalcommits" = "cmp-conventionalcommits";
-      "copilot" = "copilot-cmp";
-      "crates" = "crates-nvim";
-      "dictionary" = "cmp-dictionary";
-      "digraphs" = "cmp-digraphs";
-      "emoji" = "cmp-emoji";
-      "fish" = "cmp-fish";
-      "fuzzy_buffer" = "cmp-fuzzy-buffer";
-      "fuzzy_path" = "cmp-fuzzy-path";
-      "git" = "cmp-git";
-      "greek" = "cmp-greek";
-      "latex_symbols" = "cmp-latex-symbols";
-      "look" = "cmp-look";
-      "luasnip" = "cmp_luasnip";
-      "nvim_lsp" = "cmp-nvim-lsp";
-      "nvim_lsp_document_symbol" = "cmp-nvim-lsp-document-symbol";
-      "nvim_lsp_signature_help" = "cmp-nvim-lsp-signature-help";
-      "nvim_lua" = "cmp-nvim-lua";
-      "npm" = "cmp-npm";
-      "omni" = "cmp-omni";
-      "pandoc_references" = "cmp-pandoc-references";
-      "path" = "cmp-path";
-      "rg" = "cmp-rg";
-      "snippy" = "cmp-snippy";
-      "spell" = "cmp-spell";
-      "tmux" = "cmp-tmux";
-      "treesitter" = "cmp-treesitter";
-      "ultisnips" = "cmp-nvim-ultisnips";
-      "vim_lsp" = "cmp-vim-lsp";
-      "vimwiki-tags" = "cmp-vimwiki-tags";
-      "vsnip" = "cmp-vsnip";
-      "zsh" = "cmp-zsh";
+}:
+with helpers.vim-plugin;
+with lib; {
+  mkCmpSourcePlugin = {
+    name,
+    extraPlugins ? [],
+    useDefaultPackage ? true,
+    ...
+  }:
+    mkVimPlugin config {
+      inherit name;
+      extraPlugins = extraPlugins ++ (lists.optional useDefaultPackage pkgs.vimPlugins.${name});
     };
-  }
+
+  pluginAndSourceNames = {
+    "buffer" = "cmp-buffer";
+    "calc" = "cmp-calc";
+    "dap" = "cmp-dap";
+    "cmdline" = "cmp-cmdline";
+    "cmp-clippy" = "cmp-clippy";
+    "cmp-cmdline-history" = "cmp-cmdline-history";
+    "cmp_pandoc" = "cmp-pandoc-nvim";
+    "cmp_tabby" = "cmp-tabby";
+    "cmp_tabnine" = "cmp-tabnine";
+    "codeium" = "codeium-nvim";
+    "conventionalcommits" = "cmp-conventionalcommits";
+    "copilot" = "copilot-cmp";
+    "crates" = "crates-nvim";
+    "dictionary" = "cmp-dictionary";
+    "digraphs" = "cmp-digraphs";
+    "emoji" = "cmp-emoji";
+    "fish" = "cmp-fish";
+    "fuzzy_buffer" = "cmp-fuzzy-buffer";
+    "fuzzy_path" = "cmp-fuzzy-path";
+    "git" = "cmp-git";
+    "greek" = "cmp-greek";
+    "latex_symbols" = "cmp-latex-symbols";
+    "look" = "cmp-look";
+    "luasnip" = "cmp_luasnip";
+    "nvim_lsp" = "cmp-nvim-lsp";
+    "nvim_lsp_document_symbol" = "cmp-nvim-lsp-document-symbol";
+    "nvim_lsp_signature_help" = "cmp-nvim-lsp-signature-help";
+    "nvim_lua" = "cmp-nvim-lua";
+    "npm" = "cmp-npm";
+    "omni" = "cmp-omni";
+    "pandoc_references" = "cmp-pandoc-references";
+    "path" = "cmp-path";
+    "rg" = "cmp-rg";
+    "snippy" = "cmp-snippy";
+    "spell" = "cmp-spell";
+    "tmux" = "cmp-tmux";
+    "treesitter" = "cmp-treesitter";
+    "ultisnips" = "cmp-nvim-ultisnips";
+    "vim_lsp" = "cmp-vim-lsp";
+    "vimwiki-tags" = "cmp-vimwiki-tags";
+    "vsnip" = "cmp-vsnip";
+    "zsh" = "cmp-zsh";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/plugins/completion/nvim-cmp/sources/default.nix b/plugins/completion/nvim-cmp/sources/default.nix
index a0c6c01a..54927b09 100644
--- a/plugins/completion/nvim-cmp/sources/default.nix
+++ b/plugins/completion/nvim-cmp/sources/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {
   lib,
   config,
+  helpers,
   pkgs,
   ...
 }:
 with lib; let
-  cmpLib = import ../cmp-helpers.nix {inherit lib config pkgs;};
+  cmpLib = import ../cmp-helpers.nix {inherit lib config helpers pkgs;};
   cmpSourcesPluginNames = attrValues cmpLib.pluginAndSourceNames;
   pluginModules = lists.map (name: cmpLib.mkCmpSourcePlugin {inherit name;}) cmpSourcesPluginNames;
 in {
diff --git a/plugins/dap/dap-go.nix b/plugins/dap/dap-go.nix
index e926a574..47f92ef5 100644
--- a/plugins/dap/dap-go.nix
+++ b/plugins/dap/dap-go.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 }:
 with lib; let
   cfg = config.plugins.dap.extensions.dap-go;
-  dapHelpers = import ./dapHelpers.nix {inherit lib;};
+  dapHelpers = import ./dapHelpers.nix {inherit lib helpers;};
 in {
   options.plugins.dap.extensions.dap-go = {
     enable = mkEnableOption "dap-go";
diff --git a/plugins/dap/dap-python.nix b/plugins/dap/dap-python.nix
index 72464419..9e10fd5a 100644
--- a/plugins/dap/dap-python.nix
+++ b/plugins/dap/dap-python.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 }:
 with lib; let
   cfg = config.plugins.dap.extensions.dap-python;
-  dapHelpers = import ./dapHelpers.nix {inherit lib;};
+  dapHelpers = import ./dapHelpers.nix {inherit lib helpers;};
 in {
   options.plugins.dap.extensions.dap-python = {
     enable = mkEnableOption "dap-python";
diff --git a/plugins/dap/dapHelpers.nix b/plugins/dap/dapHelpers.nix
index 9112aebb..ef724773 100644
--- a/plugins/dap/dapHelpers.nix
+++ b/plugins/dap/dapHelpers.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-{lib, ...}:
-with lib; let
-  helpers = import ../helpers.nix {inherit lib;};
-in rec {
+{
+  lib,
+  helpers,
+}:
+with lib; rec {
   mkAdapterType = attrs:
     types.submodule {
       options =
diff --git a/plugins/dap/default.nix b/plugins/dap/default.nix
index 6dec9830..60469c39 100644
--- a/plugins/dap/default.nix
+++ b/plugins/dap/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 }:
 with lib; let
   cfg = config.plugins.dap;
-  dapHelpers = import ./dapHelpers.nix {inherit lib;};
+  dapHelpers = import ./dapHelpers.nix {inherit lib helpers;};
 in
   with dapHelpers; {
     imports = [
diff --git a/plugins/languages/treesitter/ts-autotag.nix b/plugins/languages/treesitter/ts-autotag.nix
index c2d6bebc..3ce3e4fb 100644
--- a/plugins/languages/treesitter/ts-autotag.nix
+++ b/plugins/languages/treesitter/ts-autotag.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 {
   pkgs,
   lib,
+  helpers,
   config,
   ...
 }:
-with lib; let
-  helpers = import ../../helpers.nix {inherit lib;};
-in {
+with lib; {
   options.plugins.ts-autotag =
     helpers.neovim-plugin.extraOptionsOptions
     // {
diff --git a/plugins/lsp/helpers.nix b/plugins/lsp/helpers.nix
index e5092931..82ceb45a 100644
--- a/plugins/lsp/helpers.nix
+++ b/plugins/lsp/helpers.nix
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
   {
     pkgs,
     config,
+    helpers,
     lib,
-    options,
     ...
   }:
     with lib; let
       cfg = config.plugins.lsp.servers.${name};
-      helpers = import ../helpers.nix {inherit lib;};
 
       packageOption =
         if package != null
diff --git a/plugins/lsp/language-servers/default.nix b/plugins/lsp/language-servers/default.nix
index 86b0ec4d..d282395c 100644
--- a/plugins/lsp/language-servers/default.nix
+++ b/plugins/lsp/language-servers/default.nix
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ with lib; let
       name = "ltex";
       description = "ltex-ls for LanguageTool";
       package = pkgs.ltex-ls;
-      settingsOptions = import ./ltex-settings.nix {inherit lib;};
+      settingsOptions = import ./ltex-settings.nix {inherit lib helpers;};
       settings = cfg: {ltex = cfg;};
     }
     {
diff --git a/plugins/lsp/language-servers/ltex-settings.nix b/plugins/lsp/language-servers/ltex-settings.nix
index 7a927829..b0822960 100644
--- a/plugins/lsp/language-servers/ltex-settings.nix
+++ b/plugins/lsp/language-servers/ltex-settings.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-{lib}:
-with lib; let
-  helpers = import ../../helpers.nix {inherit lib;};
-in {
+{
+  lib,
+  helpers,
+}:
+with lib; {
   enabled =
     helpers.defaultNullOpts.mkNullable
     (with types; either bool (listOf str))
diff --git a/plugins/none-ls/helpers.nix b/plugins/none-ls/helpers.nix
index f6cdbcbb..d3949e9c 100644
--- a/plugins/none-ls/helpers.nix
+++ b/plugins/none-ls/helpers.nix
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
     pkgs,
     config,
     lib,
+    helpers,
     ...
-  } @ args:
+  }:
     with lib; let
-      helpers = import ../helpers.nix args;
       cfg = config.plugins.none-ls.sources.${sourceType}.${name};
       # does this evaluate package?
       packageOption =
diff --git a/plugins/none-ls/servers.nix b/plugins/none-ls/servers.nix
index e26cc48e..b89c25fc 100644
--- a/plugins/none-ls/servers.nix
+++ b/plugins/none-ls/servers.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   ...
 }:
 with lib; let
-  helpers = import ./helpers.nix;
+  cmpHelpers = import ./helpers.nix;
   serverData = {
     code_actions = {
       eslint = {
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ with lib; let
   dataFlattened = flatten serverDataFormatted;
 in {
   imports =
-    (map helpers.mkServer dataFlattened)
+    (map cmpHelpers.mkServer dataFlattened)
     ++ [
       ./prettier.nix
       # Introduced January 22 2024.