diff --git a/utils/completion_convert.py b/utils/completion_convert.py
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+"""
+GitHub Issue #2291
+Convert python stub file into Qscintilla autocompletion files
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import ast
+import pathlib
+from glob import glob
+from os.path import isdir, sep
+
+
+def check_function_is_magic(fn):
+    return fn.name.startswith("__") and fn.name.endswith("__")
+
+
+def format_docstring(node):
+    docstring = ast.get_docstring(node, clean=True)
+    return " ".join(doc.strip() for doc in docstring.split("\n")) if docstring else ""
+
+
+def format_signature(arguments):
+    result = []
+
+    result.extend(f"{arg.arg}" for arg in arguments.args)
+
+    if arguments.vararg:
+        result.append(f"*{arguments.vararg.arg}")
+
+    if arguments.kwarg:
+        result.append(f"**{arguments.kwarg.arg}")
+
+    return f"({', '.join(result)})"
+
+
+def format_function(node):
+    return r"{}{} \n{}".format(
+        node.name, format_signature(node.args), format_docstring(node)
+    )
+
+
+def format_methods(node_class):
+    result = []
+
+    for node_sub in node_class.body:
+        if isinstance(node_sub, ast.FunctionDef) and not check_function_is_magic(
+            node_sub
+        ):
+            result.append(
+                r"{}.{}{} \n{}".format(
+                    node_class.name,
+                    node_sub.name,
+                    format_signature(node_sub.args),
+                    format_docstring(node_sub),
+                )
+            )
+
+    return result
+
+
+def main(arguments):
+    assert isdir(arguments.stub_dir)
+
+    result = []
+
+    for stub in glob(f"{arguments.stub_dir}{sep}*.py"):
+        with open(stub, "r") as fin:
+            tree = ast.parse(fin.read())
+
+            for node in ast.iter_child_nodes(tree):
+                if isinstance(node, ast.FunctionDef):
+                    result.append(format_function(node))
+
+                elif isinstance(node, ast.ClassDef):
+                    result.extend(format_methods(node))
+
+    with arguments.output as fout:
+        # FIXME fix this hack with ast.unparse when version is bumped to >= 3.9
+        fout.write(
+            # FIXME what should be the variable name? make this another argument to the script?
+            "MICROBIT_APIS = [{}]".format(
+                ", ".join(fr'_("{doc.strip()}")' for doc in result)
+            )
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("stub_dir", type=pathlib.Path)
+    parser.add_argument("output", type=argparse.FileType("w"))
+
+    main(parser.parse_args())