diff --git a/effekt/jvm/src/main/scala/effekt/Server.scala b/effekt/jvm/src/main/scala/effekt/Server.scala
index fafeda280..40f4aff9e 100644
--- a/effekt/jvm/src/main/scala/effekt/Server.scala
+++ b/effekt/jvm/src/main/scala/effekt/Server.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import effekt.util.messages.EffektError
 import kiama.util.{ Filenames, Position, Services, Source }
 import kiama.output.PrettyPrinterTypes.Document
 
-import org.eclipse.lsp4j.{ Diagnostic, DocumentSymbol, SymbolKind, ExecuteCommandParams }
+import scala.collection.mutable.HashMap
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.{ Diagnostic, DocumentSymbol, CompletionItem, CompletionItemKind, InsertTextFormat, SymbolKind, ExecuteCommandParams }
 
 /**
  * effekt.Intelligence <--- gathers information -- LSPServer --- provides LSP interface ---> kiama.Server
@@ -132,7 +133,6 @@ trait LSPServer extends kiama.util.Server[Tree, EffektConfig, EffektError] with
   }
 
   override def getSymbols(source: Source): Option[Vector[DocumentSymbol]] =
-
     context.compiler.runFrontend(source)(using context)
 
     val documentSymbols = for {
@@ -152,6 +152,25 @@ trait LSPServer extends kiama.util.Server[Tree, EffektConfig, EffektError] with
       allRefs = if (includeDecl) tree :: refs else refs
     } yield allRefs.toVector
 
+  override def getCompletion(position: Position): Option[Vector[CompletionItem]] = for {
+    suggestions <- getCompletionsAt(position)(context)
+    items = suggestions.map {
+      case Left(sym) =>
+        val item = CompletionItem(sym.name.name)
+        item.setKind(getCompletionKind(sym))
+        getInfoOf(sym)(context).map { detail =>
+          item.setDetail(detail.header)
+          item.setDocumentation(detail.description.getOrElse(""))
+        }
+        item
+      case Right(name, detail) =>
+        val item = CompletionItem(name)
+        item.setKind(CompletionItemKind.Keyword)
+        item.setDetail(detail)
+        item
+    }
+  } yield items
+
   // settings might be null
   override def setSettings(settings: Object): Unit = {
     import com.google.gson.JsonObject
@@ -177,6 +196,25 @@ trait LSPServer extends kiama.util.Server[Tree, EffektConfig, EffektError] with
         None
     }
 
+  // for custom icons and intelligence of autocomplete
+  def getCompletionKind(sym: Symbol): CompletionItemKind =
+    sym match {
+      case _: Module =>
+        CompletionItemKind.Module
+      case _: Interface | _: ExternInterface =>
+        CompletionItemKind.Interface
+      case _: DataType | _: ExternType | _: TypeAlias =>
+        CompletionItemKind.Enum
+      case _: Callable =>
+        CompletionItemKind.Method
+      case _: Param | _: ValBinder | _: VarBinder =>
+        CompletionItemKind.Variable
+      case _: TypeSymbol =>
+        CompletionItemKind.TypeParameter
+      case _ =>
+        CompletionItemKind.Text
+    }
+
   override def getCodeActions(position: Position): Option[Vector[TreeAction]] =
     Some(for {
       trees <- getTreesAt(position)(context).toVector
diff --git a/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/Intelligence.scala b/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/Intelligence.scala
index 813906b27..0a11fa6af 100644
--- a/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/Intelligence.scala
+++ b/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/Intelligence.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package effekt
 
 import effekt.context.{ Annotations, Context }
 import effekt.source.{ FunDef, ModuleDecl, Tree }
-import kiama.util.{ Position, Source }
+import kiama.util.{ Position, Positions, Source }
 
 trait Intelligence {
 
@@ -80,6 +80,39 @@ trait Intelligence {
     case u => C.definitionTreeOption(u)
   }
 
+  type CompletionSuggestion = Either[Symbol, (String, String)]
+
+  def getCompletableItems(position: Position, prefix: String)(implicit C: Context): Option[Vector[CompletionSuggestion]] = {
+    def isPrefix(s: String) = s.startsWith(prefix) // TODO: add more filters (e.g. Levenshtein distance?)
+    def filter(it: Iterable[String]) = it.filter(isPrefix)
+
+    val keywords = filter(EffektLexers(new Positions).keywordStrings).map { keyword => Right(keyword, "Keyword") }
+    val builtinTypes = filter(builtins.rootTypes.keys).map { key => Left(builtins.rootTypes.get(key).get) }
+    val builtinTerms = filter(builtins.rootTerms.keys).map { key => Left(builtins.rootTerms.get(key).get) }
+    val builtinCaptures = filter(builtins.rootCaptures.keys).map { key => Left(builtins.rootCaptures.get(key).get) }
+
+    // TODO: only return symbols within scope of current position and include library symbols
+    // "dumb" function for now to just get all symbols in AST recursively
+    def getAllSymbols(product: Product): Iterator[String] = product.productIterator.flatMap { 
+      case p: Product => getAllSymbols(p)
+      case s: String => List(s)
+      case _ => List()
+    }.distinct
+
+    val allSymbols = C.compiler.getAST(position.source) match
+      case Some(ast) => getAllSymbols(ast).map { s => Right(s, "Symbol in scope") }
+      case None => List()
+
+    Some((keywords ++ builtinTypes ++ builtinTerms ++ builtinCaptures ++ allSymbols).toVector)
+  }
+
+  def getCompletionsAt(position: Position)(implicit C: Context): Option[Vector[CompletionSuggestion]] = for {
+    line <- position.source.optLineContents(position.line)
+    beforeCaret = line.take(position.column - 1)
+    word = beforeCaret.drop(beforeCaret.lastIndexOf(" ") + 1)
+    syms <- getCompletableItems(position, word)
+  } yield syms
+
   // For now, only show the first call target
   def resolveCallTarget(sym: Symbol): Symbol = sym match {
     case t: CallTarget => t.symbols.flatten.headOption.getOrElse(sym)