diff --git a/src/Components/codeMirror/customSnippets.ts b/src/Components/codeMirror/customSnippets.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8298e279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Components/codeMirror/customSnippets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import type { Completion } from "@codemirror/autocomplete";
+import { snippetCompletion } from "@codemirror/autocomplete";
+
+type ShinySnippet = { label: string; code: string[] };
+
+const shinySnippets: {
+  [key: string]: ShinySnippet[];
+} = {
+  r: [
+    {
+      label: "shinyapp",
+      code: [
+        "library(shiny)",
+        "library(bslib)",
+        "",
+        "ui <- page_${1:fluid}(",
+        "  ${0}",
+        ")",
+        "",
+        "server <- function(input, output, session) {",
+        "",
+        "}",
+        "",
+        "shinyApp(ui, server)",
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      label: "shinymod",
+      code: [
+        "${1:name}UI <- function(id) {",
+        "  ns <- NS(id)",
+        "  tagList(",
+        "    ${0}",
+        "  )",
+        "}",
+        "",
+        "${1:name}Server <- function(id) {",
+        "  moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {",
+        "    ",
+        "  })",
+        "}",
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+  python: [
+    {
+      label: "shinyapp",
+      code: [
+        "from shiny import App, reactive, render, req, ui",
+        "",
+        "app_ui = ui.page_fluid(",
+        '\tui.input_slider("n", "N", 0, 100, 20),',
+        '\tui.output_text_verbatim("txt"),',
+        ")",
+        "",
+        "",
+        "def server(input, output, session):",
+        "\t@render.text",
+        "\tdef txt():",
+        '\t\treturn f"n*2 is {input.n() * 2}"',
+        "",
+        "",
+        "app = App(app_ui, server)",
+        "",
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      label: "shinyexpress",
+      code: [
+        "from shiny.express import input, render, ui",
+        "",
+        'ui.input_slider("n", "N", 0, 100, 20)',
+        "",
+        "",
+        "@render.text",
+        "def txt():",
+        '\treturn f"n*2 is {input.n() * 2}"',
+        "",
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      label: "shinymod",
+      code: [
+        "from shiny import module, reactive, render, ui",
+        "",
+        "# ============================================================",
+        "# Module: ${1:modname}",
+        "# ============================================================",
+        "",
+        "@module.ui",
+        'def $1_ui(label = "Increment counter"):',
+        "\treturn ui.div(",
+        '\t\t{"style": "border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 5px; margin: 5px 0;"},',
+        '\t\tui.h2("This is " + label),',
+        '\t\tui.input_action_button(id="button", label=label),',
+        '\t\tui.output_text_verbatim(id="out"),',
+        "\t)",
+        "",
+        "",
+        "@module.server",
+        "def $1_server(input, output, session, starting_value = 0):",
+        "\tcount = reactive.value(starting_value)",
+        "",
+        "\t@reactive.effect",
+        "\t@reactive.event(input.button)",
+        "\tdef _():",
+        "\t\tcount.set(count() + 1)",
+        "",
+        "\t@render.text",
+        "\tdef out() -> str:",
+        '\t\treturn f"Click count is {count()}"',
+        "",
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
+export function getShinySnippets(filetype: string): Completion[] | undefined {
+  if (!(filetype in shinySnippets)) return;
+
+  return shinySnippets[filetype].map((snippet: ShinySnippet): Completion => {
+    return snippetCompletion(snippet.code.join("\n"), {
+      label: snippet.label,
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/Components/codeMirror/extensions.ts b/src/Components/codeMirror/extensions.ts
index 0bb46999..f5140e7d 100644
--- a/src/Components/codeMirror/extensions.ts
+++ b/src/Components/codeMirror/extensions.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { css } from "@codemirror/lang-css";
 import { html } from "@codemirror/lang-html";
 import { javascript } from "@codemirror/lang-javascript";
-import { python } from "@codemirror/lang-python";
+import { python, pythonLanguage } from "@codemirror/lang-python";
 import {
   StreamLanguage,
   bracketMatching,
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   lineNumbers as lineNumbersExtension,
   rectangularSelection,
 } from "@codemirror/view";
+import { getShinySnippets } from "./customSnippets";
 
 export function getExtensions({
   indentSpaces = 4,
@@ -110,19 +111,44 @@ export function getMinimalExtensions(): Extension {
   return [history()];
 }
 
+const rLanguage = StreamLanguage.define(r);
 const LANG_EXTENSIONS: Record<string, () => Extension> = {
   python: python,
   javascript: javascript,
   html: html,
   css: css,
-  r: () => StreamLanguage.define(r),
+  r: () => rLanguage,
 };
 
-export function getLanguageExtension(filetype: string | null): Extension {
+export function getLanguageExtension(filetype: string | null): Extension[] {
   if (filetype === null) return [];
   if (!(filetype in LANG_EXTENSIONS)) return [];
 
-  return LANG_EXTENSIONS[filetype]();
+  const langExtension = LANG_EXTENSIONS[filetype];
+  const snippets = getShinySnippets(filetype);
+  if (!snippets) return [langExtension()];
+
+  console.log(
+    `${filetype} snippets: ${snippets.map((s) => s.label).join(", ")}`,
+  );
+
+  if (filetype === "r") {
+    return [
+      langExtension(),
+      rLanguage.data.of({
+        autocomplete: snippets,
+      }),
+    ];
+  } else if (filetype === "python") {
+    return [
+      langExtension(),
+      pythonLanguage.data.of({
+        autocomplete: snippets,
+      }),
+    ];
+  }
+
+  return [langExtension()];
 }
 
 function lintGutterWithCustomTheme() {
diff --git a/src/Components/codeMirror/language-server/lsp-extension.ts b/src/Components/codeMirror/language-server/lsp-extension.ts
index 99ae9cd3..ad58833b 100644
--- a/src/Components/codeMirror/language-server/lsp-extension.ts
+++ b/src/Components/codeMirror/language-server/lsp-extension.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ export function languageServerExtensions(
         }
       }
     }),
-    autocompletion(lspClient, filename),
     signatureHelp(lspClient, filename, true),
     hover(lspClient, filename),
   ];