diff --git a/apps/expert/lib/expert/code_intelligence/completion/builder.ex b/apps/expert/lib/expert/code_intelligence/completion/builder.ex
index 28c4de94..47308e4f 100644
--- a/apps/expert/lib/expert/code_intelligence/completion/builder.ex
+++ b/apps/expert/lib/expert/code_intelligence/completion/builder.ex
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ defmodule Expert.CodeIntelligence.Completion.Builder do
 
   defp prefix_range(%Env{} = env) do
     end_char = env.position.character
-    start_char = end_char - prefix_length(env)
+    start_char = max(end_char - prefix_length(env), 1)
     {start_char, end_char}
   end
 
diff --git a/apps/expert/test/expert/code_intelligence/completion/builder_test.exs b/apps/expert/test/expert/code_intelligence/completion/builder_test.exs
index 66552733..529a7ddd 100644
--- a/apps/expert/test/expert/code_intelligence/completion/builder_test.exs
+++ b/apps/expert/test/expert/code_intelligence/completion/builder_test.exs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ defmodule Expert.CodeIntelligence.Completion.BuilderTest do
   alias Expert.CodeIntelligence.Completion.SortScope
   alias Forge.Ast
   alias Forge.Ast.Env
+  alias Forge.Document
+  alias Forge.Document.Position
+  alias Forge.Protocol.Convertible
   alias GenLSP.Structures.CompletionItem
 
   use ExUnit.Case, async: true
@@ -82,4 +85,46 @@ defmodule Expert.CodeIntelligence.Completion.BuilderTest do
       |> snippet("", label: "")
     end
   end
+
+  describe "non-ascii line range clamp" do
+    test "plain_text clamps start_char >= 1 and serializes on non-ASCII line" do
+      doc = Document.new("file:///builder_test.ex", "⚠️ hello", 0)
+      pos = Position.new(doc, 1, 1)
+
+      env = %Env{document: doc, position: pos, prefix: "a"}
+
+      item = plain_text(env, "X", label: "X")
+
+      assert {:ok, lsp_text_edit_or_list} = Convertible.to_lsp(item.text_edit)
+
+      lsp_edits = List.wrap(lsp_text_edit_or_list)
+
+      refute Enum.empty?(lsp_edits)
+
+      for %{range: %{start: %{character: start_ch}, end: %{character: end_ch}}} <- lsp_edits do
+        assert start_ch == 0
+        assert end_ch == 0
+      end
+    end
+
+    test "snippet clamps start_char >= 1 and serializes on non-ASCII line" do
+      doc = Document.new("file:///builder_test.ex", "⚠️ hello", 0)
+      pos = Position.new(doc, 1, 1)
+
+      env = %Env{document: doc, position: pos, prefix: "a"}
+
+      item = snippet(env, "X$0", label: "X")
+
+      assert {:ok, lsp_text_edit_or_list} = Convertible.to_lsp(item.text_edit)
+
+      lsp_edits = List.wrap(lsp_text_edit_or_list)
+
+      refute Enum.empty?(lsp_edits)
+
+      for %{range: %{start: %{character: start_ch}, end: %{character: end_ch}}} <- lsp_edits do
+        assert start_ch == 0
+        assert end_ch == 0
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end