diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4697d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+root = true
+
+[**.{ts,json,js}]
+end_of_line = crlf
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index eeb3dda..1a2896d 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -1,112 +1,46 @@
-import { App, Modal, Notice, Plugin, PluginSettingTab, Setting } from 'obsidian';
+import { Plugin } from "obsidian";
 
-interface MyPluginSettings {
-	mySetting: string;
-}
+import { LiquidTemplatesSettings, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, LiquidTemplatesSettingsTab } from "./settings";
+import TemplateSuggest from "./suggest/template-suggest";
 
-const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: MyPluginSettings = {
-	mySetting: 'default'
-}
+export default class LiquidTemplates extends Plugin {
+  private autosuggest: TemplateSuggest;
+  public settings: LiquidTemplatesSettings;
 
-export default class MyPlugin extends Plugin {
-	settings: MyPluginSettings;
+  async onload(): Promise<void> {
+    console.log('loading liquid templates plugin');
+    await this.loadSettings();
 
-	async onload() {
-		console.log('loading plugin');
+    this.setupAutosuggest();
 
-		await this.loadSettings();
+    this.addSettingTab(new LiquidTemplatesSettingsTab(this.app, this))
+  }
 
-		this.addRibbonIcon('dice', 'Sample Plugin', () => {
-			new Notice('This is a notice!');
-		});
+  onunload(): void {
+    console.log('unloading liquid templates plugin');
+  }
 
-		this.addStatusBarItem().setText('Status Bar Text');
-
-		this.addCommand({
-			id: 'open-sample-modal',
-			name: 'Open Sample Modal',
-			// callback: () => {
-			// 	console.log('Simple Callback');
-			// },
-			checkCallback: (checking: boolean) => {
-				let leaf = this.app.workspace.activeLeaf;
-				if (leaf) {
-					if (!checking) {
-						new SampleModal(this.app).open();
-					}
-					return true;
-				}
-				return false;
-			}
-		});
-
-		this.addSettingTab(new SampleSettingTab(this.app, this));
+  setupAutosuggest(): void {
+		this.autosuggest = new TemplateSuggest(this.app, this);
 
 		this.registerCodeMirror((cm: CodeMirror.Editor) => {
-			console.log('codemirror', cm);
+			cm.on("change", this.autosuggestHandler);
 		});
+  }
 
-		this.registerDomEvent(document, 'click', (evt: MouseEvent) => {
-			console.log('click', evt);
-		});
+  autosuggestHandler = (
+    cmEditor: CodeMirror.Editor,
+    changeObj: CodeMirror.EditorChange
+  ): boolean => {
+    return this.autosuggest?.update(cmEditor, changeObj);
+  };
 
-		this.registerInterval(window.setInterval(() => console.log('setInterval'), 5 * 60 * 1000));
-	}
+  async loadSettings(): Promise<void> {
+    this.settings = Object.assign(DEFAULT_SETTINGS, await this.loadData());
+  }
 
-	onunload() {
-		console.log('unloading plugin');
-	}
-
-	async loadSettings() {
-		this.settings = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, await this.loadData());
-	}
-
-	async saveSettings() {
-		await this.saveData(this.settings);
-	}
-}
-
-class SampleModal extends Modal {
-	constructor(app: App) {
-		super(app);
-	}
-
-	onOpen() {
-		let {contentEl} = this;
-		contentEl.setText('Woah!');
-	}
-
-	onClose() {
-		let {contentEl} = this;
-		contentEl.empty();
-	}
-}
-
-class SampleSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
-	plugin: MyPlugin;
-
-	constructor(app: App, plugin: MyPlugin) {
-		super(app, plugin);
-		this.plugin = plugin;
-	}
-
-	display(): void {
-		let {containerEl} = this;
-
-		containerEl.empty();
-
-		containerEl.createEl('h2', {text: 'Settings for my awesome plugin.'});
-
-		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName('Setting #1')
-			.setDesc('It\'s a secret')
-			.addText(text => text
-				.setPlaceholder('Enter your secret')
-				.setValue('')
-				.onChange(async (value) => {
-					console.log('Secret: ' + value);
-					this.plugin.settings.mySetting = value;
-					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-				}));
-	}
+  async saveSettings(): Promise<void> {
+    this.setupAutosuggest();
+    await this.saveData(this.settings);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/settings.ts b/settings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79caf3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { App, PluginSettingTab, Setting } from "obsidian";
+import LiquidTemplates from "./main";
+
+export interface LiquidTemplatesSettings {
+  templatesFolder: string;
+  dateFormat: string;
+  timeFormat: string;
+  autocompleteTrigger: string;
+}
+
+export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: LiquidTemplatesSettings = {
+  templatesFolder: 'templates',
+  dateFormat: '%Y-%m-%d',
+  timeFormat: '%H:%M',
+  autocompleteTrigger: ';;'
+};
+
+export class LiquidTemplatesSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
+  plugin: LiquidTemplates;
+
+  constructor(app: App, plugin: LiquidTemplates) {
+    super(app, plugin);
+    this.plugin = plugin;
+  }
+
+  display(): void {
+    const { containerEl } = this;
+
+    containerEl.empty();
+
+    containerEl.createEl('h2', {
+      text: 'Liquid Templates',
+    });
+
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName('Templates folder')
+      .setDesc('Folder where to find your templates, it will be used also as root folder for the liquid tags, like the include ones')
+      .addMomentFormat((text) =>
+        text
+          .setDefaultFormat(DEFAULT_SETTINGS.templatesFolder)
+          .setValue(this.plugin.settings.templatesFolder)
+          .onChange(async (value) => {
+            this.plugin.settings.templatesFolder = value || DEFAULT_SETTINGS.templatesFolder;
+            await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          })
+      );
+
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName('Date format')
+      .setDesc('Output format for render dates')
+      .addMomentFormat((text) =>
+        text
+          .setDefaultFormat(DEFAULT_SETTINGS.dateFormat)
+          .setValue(this.plugin.settings.dateFormat)
+          .onChange(async (value) => {
+            this.plugin.settings.dateFormat = value || DEFAULT_SETTINGS.dateFormat;
+            await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          })
+      );
+
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName('Time format')
+      .setDesc('Output format for render time')
+      .addMomentFormat((text) =>
+        text
+          .setDefaultFormat(DEFAULT_SETTINGS.timeFormat)
+          .setValue(this.plugin.settings.timeFormat)
+          .onChange(async (value) => {
+            this.plugin.settings.timeFormat = value || DEFAULT_SETTINGS.timeFormat;
+            await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          })
+      );
+
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName('Autocomplete trigger')
+      .setDesc('Character/s that trigger the autocomplete menu')
+      .addMomentFormat((text) =>
+        text
+          .setPlaceholder(DEFAULT_SETTINGS.autocompleteTrigger)
+          .setValue(this.plugin.settings.autocompleteTrigger || DEFAULT_SETTINGS.autocompleteTrigger)
+          .onChange(async (value) => {
+            this.plugin.settings.autocompleteTrigger = value.trim();
+            await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          })
+      );
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/suggest/codemirror-suggest.ts b/suggest/codemirror-suggest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..118cbbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suggest/codemirror-suggest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { App, ISuggestOwner, Scope } from "obsidian";
+
+import Suggest from "./suggest";
+
+function checkForInputPhrase(
+  cmEditor: CodeMirror.Editor,
+  pos: CodeMirror.Position,
+  phrase: string
+): boolean {
+  const from = {
+    line: pos.line,
+    ch: pos.ch - phrase.length,
+  };
+  return cmEditor.getRange(from, pos) === phrase;
+}
+
+function isCursorBeforePos(
+  pos: CodeMirror.Position,
+  cursor: CodeMirror.Position
+): boolean {
+  if (pos.line === cursor.line) {
+    return cursor.ch < pos.ch;
+  }
+  return cursor.line < pos.line;
+}
+
+export default abstract class CodeMirrorSuggest<T> implements ISuggestOwner<T> {
+  protected app: App;
+  protected cmEditor: CodeMirror.Editor;
+  private scope: Scope;
+
+  private suggestEl: HTMLElement;
+  private instructionsEl: HTMLElement;
+  private suggest: Suggest<T>;
+
+  private startPos: CodeMirror.Position;
+  private triggerPhrase: string;
+
+  constructor(app: App, triggerPhrase: string) {
+    this.triggerPhrase = triggerPhrase;
+    this.app = app;
+    this.scope = new Scope();
+
+    this.suggestEl = createDiv("suggestion-container");
+    const suggestion = this.suggestEl.createDiv("suggestion");
+    this.instructionsEl = this.suggestEl.createDiv("prompt-instructions");
+    this.suggest = new Suggest(this, suggestion, this.scope);
+
+    this.scope.register([], "Escape", this.close.bind(this));
+  }
+
+  public setInstructions(
+    createInstructionsFn: (containerEl: HTMLElement) => void
+  ): void {
+    this.instructionsEl.empty();
+    createInstructionsFn(this.instructionsEl);
+  }
+
+  public update(
+    cmEditor: CodeMirror.Editor,
+    changeObj: CodeMirror.EditorChange
+  ): boolean {
+    if (this.cmEditor !== cmEditor) {
+      this.suggestEl?.detach();
+    }
+    this.cmEditor = cmEditor;
+    const cursorPos = cmEditor.getCursor();
+
+    // autosuggest is open
+    if (this.suggestEl.parentNode) {
+      if (isCursorBeforePos(this.startPos, cursorPos)) {
+        this.close();
+        return false;
+      }
+      this.attachAtCursor();
+    } else {
+      if (
+        changeObj.text.length === 1 && // ignore multi-cursors
+        checkForInputPhrase(this.cmEditor, cursorPos, this.triggerPhrase) &&
+        !document.querySelector(".suggestion-container") // don't trigger multiple autosuggests
+      ) {
+        this.startPos = cursorPos;
+        this.open();
+        this.attachAtCursor();
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  protected getStartPos(): CodeMirror.Position {
+    return {
+      line: this.startPos.line,
+      ch: this.startPos.ch - this.triggerPhrase.length,
+    };
+  }
+
+  protected getInputStr(): string {
+    // return string from / to cursor
+    const cursor = this.cmEditor.getCursor();
+    const line = this.cmEditor.getLine(cursor.line);
+    return line.substring(this.startPos.ch, cursor.ch);
+  }
+
+  private attachAtCursor() {
+    const inputStr = this.getInputStr();
+    const suggestions = this.getSuggestions(inputStr);
+    this.suggest.setSuggestions(suggestions);
+
+    this.cmEditor.addWidget(this.cmEditor.getCursor(), this.suggestEl, true);
+  }
+
+  open(): void {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    (<any>this.app).keymap.pushScope(this.scope);
+  }
+
+  close(): void {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    (<any>this.app).keymap.popScope(this.scope);
+    this.startPos = null;
+    this.suggest.setSuggestions([]);
+    this.suggestEl.detach();
+  }
+
+  abstract getSuggestions(inputStr: string): T[];
+  abstract renderSuggestion(item: T, el: HTMLElement): void;
+  abstract selectSuggestion(item: T, evt: MouseEvent | KeyboardEvent): void;
+}
diff --git a/suggest/suggest.ts b/suggest/suggest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da05677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suggest/suggest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { ISuggestOwner, Scope } from "obsidian";
+
+export const wrapAround = (value: number, size: number): number => {
+  return ((value % size) + size) % size;
+};
+
+export default class Suggest<T> {
+  private owner: ISuggestOwner<T>;
+  private values: T[];
+  private suggestions: HTMLDivElement[];
+  private selectedItem: number;
+  private containerEl: HTMLElement;
+
+  constructor(owner: ISuggestOwner<T>, containerEl: HTMLElement, scope: Scope) {
+    this.owner = owner;
+    this.containerEl = containerEl;
+
+    containerEl.on(
+      "click",
+      ".suggestion-item",
+      this.onSuggestionClick.bind(this)
+    );
+    containerEl.on(
+      "mousemove",
+      ".suggestion-item",
+      this.onSuggestionMouseover.bind(this)
+    );
+
+    scope.register([], "ArrowUp", (event) => {
+      if (!event.isComposing) {
+        this.setSelectedItem(this.selectedItem - 1, true);
+        return false;
+      }
+    });
+
+    scope.register([], "ArrowDown", (event) => {
+      if (!event.isComposing) {
+        this.setSelectedItem(this.selectedItem + 1, true);
+        return false;
+      }
+    });
+
+    const selectItem = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (!event.isComposing) {
+        this.useSelectedItem(event);
+        return false;
+      }
+    };
+    scope.register([], "Enter", selectItem);
+    scope.register(["Shift"], "Enter", selectItem);
+  }
+
+  onSuggestionClick(event: MouseEvent, el: HTMLDivElement): void {
+    event.preventDefault();
+
+    const item = this.suggestions.indexOf(el);
+    this.setSelectedItem(item, false);
+    this.useSelectedItem(event);
+  }
+
+  onSuggestionMouseover(_event: MouseEvent, el: HTMLDivElement): void {
+    const item = this.suggestions.indexOf(el);
+    this.setSelectedItem(item, false);
+  }
+
+  setSuggestions(values: T[]): void {
+    this.containerEl.empty();
+    const suggestionEls: HTMLDivElement[] = [];
+
+    values.forEach((value) => {
+      const suggestionEl = this.containerEl.createDiv("suggestion-item");
+      this.owner.renderSuggestion(value, suggestionEl);
+      suggestionEls.push(suggestionEl);
+    });
+
+    this.values = values;
+    this.suggestions = suggestionEls;
+    this.setSelectedItem(0, false);
+  }
+
+  useSelectedItem(event: MouseEvent | KeyboardEvent): void {
+    const currentValue = this.values[this.selectedItem];
+    if (currentValue) {
+      this.owner.selectSuggestion(currentValue, event);
+    }
+  }
+
+  setSelectedItem(selectedIndex: number, scrollIntoView: boolean): void {
+    const normalizedIndex = wrapAround(selectedIndex, this.suggestions.length);
+    const prevSelectedSuggestion = this.suggestions[this.selectedItem];
+    const selectedSuggestion = this.suggestions[normalizedIndex];
+
+    prevSelectedSuggestion?.removeClass("is-selected");
+    selectedSuggestion?.addClass("is-selected");
+
+    this.selectedItem = normalizedIndex;
+
+    if (scrollIntoView) {
+      selectedSuggestion.scrollIntoView(false);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/suggest/template-suggest.ts b/suggest/template-suggest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12ac955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suggest/template-suggest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { App, TFile } from "obsidian";
+import { Liquid } from "liquidjs";
+import type PoweredTemplates from "../main";
+import CodeMirrorSuggest from "./codemirror-suggest";
+import { getTFilesFromFolder } from "utils";
+
+interface ITemplateCompletion {
+  label: string;
+  file?: TFile;
+}
+
+// TODO: create a class for the suggestion that implements the ITemplateCompletion and have some
+// utility method to render the template
+// TODO: generate a proper context and use the defined settings for the date and time format
+export default class TemplateSuggest extends CodeMirrorSuggest<ITemplateCompletion> {
+  plugin: PoweredTemplates;
+  engine: Liquid;
+
+  constructor(app: App, plugin: PoweredTemplates) {
+    super(app, plugin.settings.autocompleteTrigger);
+
+    this.plugin = plugin;
+    // TODO: move me in a separate class
+    this.engine = new Liquid({
+      fs: {
+          readFileSync: (file) => {
+            // TODO: implement me
+            return "";
+          },
+          readFile: async (file) => {
+            const { templatesFolder } = this.plugin.settings;
+            // TODO: find a better way to do this
+            const fileObj = getTFilesFromFolder(app, templatesFolder).find(f => f.basename === file);
+            return app.vault.read(fileObj);
+          },
+          existsSync: () => {
+            return true
+          },
+          exists: async () => {
+            return true
+          },
+          resolve: (_root, file, _ext) => {
+            return file
+          }
+      },
+      extname: '.md',
+      greedy: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  open(): void {
+    super.open();
+  }
+
+
+  getSuggestions(inputStr: string): ITemplateCompletion[] {
+    // handle no matches
+    const suggestions = this.getTemplateSuggestions(inputStr);
+    if (suggestions.length) {
+      return suggestions;
+    } else {
+      return [{ label: inputStr }];
+    }
+  }
+
+  getTemplateSuggestions(inputStr: string): ITemplateCompletion[] {
+    // find the list of files
+    // TODO: filter before returning all the files
+    const templates = getTFilesFromFolder(this.app, this.plugin.settings.templatesFolder);
+    return templates
+      .map(file => ({ label: file.basename, file: file }))
+      .filter((items) => items.label.toLowerCase().startsWith(inputStr));
+  }
+
+  renderSuggestion(suggestion: ITemplateCompletion, el: HTMLElement): void {
+    el.setText(suggestion.label);
+  }
+
+  async generateContext() {
+    return {
+      // TODO: improve me
+      date: await this.engine.parseAndRender(`{{ "now" | date: "${this.plugin.settings.dateFormat}"}}`),
+      time: await this.engine.parseAndRender(`{{ "now" | date: "${this.plugin.settings.timeFormat}"}}`),
+      title: await this.app.workspace.getActiveFile().basename,
+      default_date_format: this.plugin.settings.dateFormat,
+      default_time_format: this.plugin.settings.timeFormat
+    }
+  }
+
+  async selectSuggestion(
+    suggestion: ITemplateCompletion,
+    _event: KeyboardEvent | MouseEvent
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const head = this.getStartPos();
+    const anchor = this.cmEditor.getCursor();
+
+    if (suggestion.file) {
+      const templateString = await this.app.vault.read(suggestion.file)
+
+      const rendered = await this.engine.parseAndRender(
+        templateString,
+        await this.generateContext()
+      );
+      this.cmEditor.replaceRange(rendered.trim(), head, anchor);
+    }
+    this.close()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/utils.ts b/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb374b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { App, normalizePath, TAbstractFile, TFile, TFolder, Vault } from "obsidian";
+
+export function getTFilesFromFolder(app: App, folderName: string): Array<TFile> {
+  folderName = normalizePath(folderName);
+  let folder = app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(folderName);
+  if (!folder) throw new Error(`${folderName} folder doesn't exist`);
+  if (!(folder instanceof TFolder)) throw new Error(`${folderName} is a file, not a folder`);
+
+  let files: Array<TFile> = [];
+  Vault.recurseChildren(folder, (file: TAbstractFile) => {
+    if (file instanceof TFile) {
+      files.push(file);
+    }
+  });
+
+  files.sort((a, b) => {
+    return a.basename.localeCompare(b.basename);
+  });
+
+  return files;
+}