diff --git a/lazy-lock.json b/lazy-lock.json
index 1139e48..31335e9 100644
--- a/lazy-lock.json
+++ b/lazy-lock.json
@@ -1,65 +1,255 @@
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-  "nvim-ts-context-commentstring": { "branch": "main", "commit": "a6382f744f584bbf71d0a563af789af7190aabda" },
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-  "which-key.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "4433e5ec9a507e5097571ed55c02ea9658fb268a" }
-}
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+  "LazyVim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "5646ee5191da244ff8ea57b9dba8a7e0d1dbdd42"
+  },
+  "LuaSnip": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "03c8e67eb7293c404845b3982db895d59c0d1538"
+  },
+  "SchemaStore.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "f7cae6f1b38cb296f48ce1a9c5ed1a419d912a42"
+  },
+  "bufferline.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "f6f00d9ac1a51483ac78418f9e63126119a70709"
+  },
+  "catppuccin": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "a1439ad7c584efb3d0ce14ccb835967f030450fe"
+  },
+  "cmp-buffer": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "3022dbc9166796b644a841a02de8dd1cc1d311fa"
+  },
+  "cmp-nvim-lsp": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "5af77f54de1b16c34b23cba810150689a3a90312"
+  },
+  "cmp-path": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "91ff86cd9c29299a64f968ebb45846c485725f23"
+  },
+  "cmp_luasnip": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "05a9ab28b53f71d1aece421ef32fee2cb857a843"
+  },
+  "conform.nvim": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "a6965ac128eba75537ec2bc5ddd5d5e357062bdc"
+  },
+  "copilot-cmp": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "72fbaa03695779f8349be3ac54fa8bd77eed3ee3"
+  },
+  "copilot.lua": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "f7612f5af4a7d7615babf43ab1e67a2d790c13a6"
+  },
+  "crates.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "786d12a70c9b91fa2d0d102bb07df02be0db31a1"
+  },
+  "dashboard-nvim": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "6d06924b562de6f0bb136edf1bf549afbf6b7d00"
+  },
+  "dressing.nvim": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "18e5beb3845f085b6a33c24112b37988f3f93c06"
+  },
+  "flash.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "48817af25f51c0590653bbc290866e4890fe1cbe"
+  },
+  "friendly-snippets": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "ea068f1becd91bcd4591fceb6420d4335e2e14d3"
+  },
+  "gitsigns.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "7e38f07cab0e5387f9f41e92474db174a63a4725"
+  },
+  "headlines.nvim": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "618ef1b2502c565c82254ef7d5b04402194d9ce3"
+  },
+  "indent-blankline.nvim": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "3d08501caef2329aba5121b753e903904088f7e6"
+  },
+  "lazy.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "bef521ac89c8d423f9d092e37b58e8af0c099309"
+  },
+  "lualine.nvim": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "0a5a66803c7407767b799067986b4dc3036e1983"
+  },
+  "markdown-preview.nvim": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "a923f5fc5ba36a3b17e289dc35dc17f66d0548ee"
+  },
+  "mason-lspconfig.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "44509689b9bf3984d729cc264aacb31cb7f41668"
+  },
+  "mason.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "751b1fcbf3d3b783fcf8d48865264a9bcd8f9b10"
+  },
+  "mini.ai": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "ee9446a17c160aba6a04ff22097389c41872c878"
+  },
+  "mini.animate": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "82519630b2760ffc516ebc387bef632f9c07b9f5"
+  },
+  "mini.bufremove": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "931a3bb514147d9e812767275c4beba6b779b1d3"
+  },
+  "mini.comment": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "f9f1a646fd3d9df7397aa1b9550a875fe8189eb0"
+  },
+  "mini.indentscope": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "a8274b6ea2d868198d27bd91a31ed5ea3a6a5744"
+  },
+  "mini.pairs": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "04f58f2545ed80ac3b52dd4826e93f33e15b2af6"
+  },
+  "mini.surround": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "d035934958e2605048ee1378ce47cf799f7071d4"
+  },
+  "neo-tree.nvim": {
+    "branch": "v3.x",
+    "commit": "7aad1bf3f6b849cbf108e02c55ad4d701cb4d33a"
+  },
+  "neoconf.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "a7da418753379af428f5d26ac91aa6fc18baf86e"
+  },
+  "neodev.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "ce9a2e8eaba5649b553529c5498acb43a6c317cd"
+  },
+  "noice.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "0cbe3f88d038320bdbda3c4c5c95f43a13c3aa12"
+  },
+  "nui.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "cbd2668414331c10039278f558630ed19b93e69b"
+  },
+  "nvim-cmp": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "ce16de5665c766f39c271705b17fff06f7bcb84f"
+  },
+  "nvim-lint": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "f098232d70cebe90e27404928c9bc19ca7a5a7b5"
+  },
+  "nvim-lspconfig": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "ed8b8a15acc441aec669f97d75f2c1f2ac8c8aa5"
+  },
+  "nvim-notify": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "5371f4bfc1f6d3adf4fe9d62cd3a9d44356bfd15"
+  },
+  "nvim-spectre": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "9653847cf2f225648967f6e9363643e327387579"
+  },
+  "nvim-treesitter": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "bc808622986b0ba8eb64780b94d30cdfbd7c6a9f"
+  },
+  "nvim-treesitter-context": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "ba4289ad345ececd335a9cdd7b9616fd0bb6be92"
+  },
+  "nvim-treesitter-textobjects": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "23b820146956b3b681c19e10d3a8bc0cbd9a1d4c"
+  },
+  "nvim-ts-autotag": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "531f48334c422222aebc888fd36e7d109cb354cd"
+  },
+  "nvim-ts-context-commentstring": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "a6382f744f584bbf71d0a563af789af7190aabda"
+  },
+  "nvim-web-devicons": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "b3468391470034353f0e5110c70babb5c62967d3"
+  },
+  "persistence.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "4982499c1636eac254b72923ab826ee7827b3084"
+  },
+  "plenary.nvim": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "8aad4396840be7fc42896e3011751b7609ca4119"
+  },
+  "presence.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "87c857a56b7703f976d3a5ef15967d80508df6e6"
+  },
+  "rustaceanvim": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "2a53e2fe911e971fa90341af27d2fe1447c0cbd2"
+  },
+  "tailwind-fold.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "4335dd915073fe3da43a85b06742d12626603973"
+  },
+  "tailwindcss-colorizer-cmp.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "3d3cd95e4a4135c250faf83dd5ed61b8e5502b86"
+  },
+  "telescope-fzf-native.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "9ef21b2e6bb6ebeaf349a0781745549bbb870d27"
+  },
+  "telescope.nvim": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "d00d9df48c00d8682c14c2b5da78bda7ef06b939"
+  },
+  "todo-comments.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "a7e39ae9e74f2c8c6dc4eea6d40c3971ae84752d"
+  },
+  "tokyonight.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "9bf9ec53d5e87b025e2404069b71e7ebdc3a13e5"
+  },
+  "trouble.nvim": {
+    "branch": "dev",
+    "commit": "10eff94809ecd6ee6cc59f42e9521b9b8a14e9ce"
+  },
+  "vim-illuminate": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "e522e0dd742a83506db0a72e1ced68c9c130f185"
+  },
+  "vim-startuptime": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "ac2cccb5be617672add1f4f3c0a55ce99ba34e01"
+  },
+  "vimtex": {
+    "branch": "master",
+    "commit": "4a0ea3fc7eb67fd1949aba6a9bbd91cb5c875743"
+  },
+  "which-key.nvim": {
+    "branch": "main",
+    "commit": "4433e5ec9a507e5097571ed55c02ea9658fb268a"
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/lua/plugins/copilot.lua b/lua/plugins/copilot.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f56e404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/copilot.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+return {
+  {
+    "zbirenbaum/copilot.lua",
+    opts = function(_, opts)
+      table.insert(opts.filetypes, { markdown = false })
+    end,
+  },
+}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/lint.lua b/lua/plugins/lint.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2ed1fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/lint.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-- defines linters and their configurations
+
+-- return {
+--   {
+--     "mfussenegger/nvim-lint",
+--     optional = true,
+--     opts = {
+--       linters_by_ft = {
+--         markdown = { "markdownlint" },
+--       },
+--     },
+--   },
+-- }
+return {}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/lsp.lua b/lua/plugins/lsp.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f2ee79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/lsp.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+return {
+  {
+    "neovim/nvim-lspconfig",
+    opts = {
+      servers = {
+        tailwindcss = {
+          -- exclude a filetype from the default_config
+          filetypes_exclude = { "markdown" },
+          -- add additional filetypes to the default_config
+          filetypes_include = {},
+          -- to fully override the default_config, change the below
+          -- filetypes = {}
+        },
+      },
+      setup = {
+        tailwindcss = function(_, opts)
+          local tw = require("lspconfig.server_configurations.tailwindcss")
+          opts.filetypes = opts.filetypes or {}
+
+          -- Add default filetypes
+          vim.list_extend(opts.filetypes, tw.default_config.filetypes)
+
+          -- Remove excluded filetypes
+          --- @param ft string
+          opts.filetypes = vim.tbl_filter(function(ft)
+            return not vim.tbl_contains(opts.filetypes_exclude or {}, ft)
+          end, opts.filetypes)
+
+          -- Add additional filetypes
+          vim.list_extend(opts.filetypes, opts.filetypes_include or {})
+        end,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  { "roobert/tailwindcss-colorizer-cmp.nvim", config = true },
+}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/mason.lua b/lua/plugins/mason.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b85aa18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/mason.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+-- extends the mason configurations
+
+return {
+  {
+    "williamboman/mason.nvim",
+    opts = function(_, opts)
+      opts.ensure_installed = opts.ensure_installed or {}
+      vim.list_extend(opts.ensure_installed, { "markdownlint", "marksman" })
+    end,
+  },
+}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua b/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fefae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+-- extends the treesitter configuration
+
+return {
+  "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
+  opts = function(_, opts)
+    if type(opts.ensure_installed) == "table" then
+      vim.list_extend(opts.ensure_installed, { "markdown", "markdown_inline" })
+    end
+  end,
+}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/ui.lua b/lua/plugins/ui.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7898285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/ui.lua
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+return {
+  {
+    "folke/noice.nvim",
+    event = "VeryLazy",
+    opts = {
+      lsp = {
+        override = {
+          ["vim.lsp.util.convert_input_to_markdown_lines"] = true,
+          ["vim.lsp.util.stylize_markdown"] = true,
+          ["cmp.entry.get_documentation"] = true,
+        },
+        hover = {
+          enabled = true,
+          silent = true, -- set to true to not show a message if hover is not available
+          view = nil, -- when nil, use defaults from documentation
+          ---@type NoiceViewOptions
+          opts = {}, -- merged with defaults from documentation
+        },
+      },
+      routes = {
+        {
+          filter = {
+            event = "msg_show",
+            any = {
+              { find = "%d+L, %d+B" },
+              { find = "; after #%d+" },
+              { find = "; before #%d+" },
+            },
+          },
+          view = "mini",
+        },
+      },
+      presets = {
+        bottom_search = true,
+        command_palette = true,
+        long_message_to_split = true,
+        inc_rename = true,
+      },
+    },
+  -- stylua: ignore
+  keys = {
+    { "<S-Enter>", function() require("noice").redirect(vim.fn.getcmdline()) end, mode = "c", desc = "Redirect Cmdline" },
+    { "<leader>snl", function() require("noice").cmd("last") end, desc = "Noice Last Message" },
+    { "<leader>snh", function() require("noice").cmd("history") end, desc = "Noice History" },
+    { "<leader>sna", function() require("noice").cmd("all") end, desc = "Noice All" },
+    { "<leader>snd", function() require("noice").cmd("dismiss") end, desc = "Dismiss All" },
+    { "<c-f>", function() if not require("noice.lsp").scroll(4) then return "<c-f>" end end, silent = true, expr = true, desc = "Scroll Forward", mode = {"i", "n", "s"} },
+    { "<c-b>", function() if not require("noice.lsp").scroll(-4) then return "<c-b>" end end, silent = true, expr = true, desc = "Scroll Backward", mode = {"i", "n", "s"}},
+  },
+  },
+}