diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index c53ec9d..78adb7f 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -3842,6 +3842,7 @@ one of the normal rainbow-delimiters-depth-N-face faces."
   (keymap-unset auto-highlight-symbol-mode-map "C-x C-a" t))
 
 ;; some AI stuff
+;; completion
 (use-package minuet
   :bind
   (("M-y" . #'minuet-complete-with-minibuffer)
@@ -3861,17 +3862,133 @@ one of the normal rainbow-delimiters-depth-N-face faces."
   (minuet-provider 'openai-fim-compatible)
   (minuet-n-completions 1)
   (minuet-context-window 512)
+  (minuet-request-timeout 5)
   :config
-  (plist-put minuet-openai-fim-compatible-options
-             :end-point "http://localhost:11434/v1/completions")
-  (plist-put minuet-openai-fim-compatible-options
-             :name "Ollama")
-  (plist-put minuet-openai-fim-compatible-options
-             :api-key "TERM")
-  (plist-put minuet-openai-fim-compatible-options
-             :model "qwen2.5-coder:1.5b")
-  (minuet-set-optional-options minuet-openai-fim-compatible-options
-                               :max-tokens 56))
+  (defvar my/localai-api-key (auth-source-pass-get 'secret "emacs/localai-api"))
+  (setq minuet-openai-fim-compatible-options
+        '(:model "qwen3-32b-coding"
+          :end-point "https://ai.zander.im/v1/completions"
+          :api-key (lambda () my/localai-api-key)
+          :name "LocalAI"
+          :template (:prompt minuet--default-fim-prompt-function
+                     :suffix minuet--default-fim-suffix-function)
+          ;; a list of functions to transform the end-point, headers, and body
+          :transform ()
+          ;; function to extract LLM-generated text from JSON output
+          :get-text-fn minuet--openai-fim-get-text-fn
+          :optional (:top_p 0.9
+                     :max_tokens 1024))))
+
+;; chatting
+(use-package gptel
+  :defer t
+  :init
+  (defvar-keymap my/gptel-map
+    :prefix 'my/gptel-prefix-map
+    "y" #'gptel
+    ";" #'gptel-preset
+    "t" #'gptel-menu
+    "T" #'gptel-tools
+    "r" #'gptel-rewrite
+    "s" #'gptel-system-prompt
+    "a" #'gptel-add
+    "A" #'gptel-add-file
+    "q" #'gptel-abort)
+  (keymap-global-set "C-c y" #'my/gptel-prefix-map)
+  :config
+  (evil-define-key '(insert normal) gptel-mode-map
+    (kbd "C-<return>") #'gptel-send
+    (kbd "C-RET") #'gptel-send)
+  (evil-define-key 'normal gptel-mode-map
+    (kbd "C-k") #'gptel-beginning-of-response
+    (kbd "C-j") #'gptel-end-of-response)
+  (require 'gptel-agent)
+  (defun my/-gptel-list_buffers-tool ()
+    "Function for the \"list_buffers\" for `gptel'."
+    (with-temp-buffer
+      (dolist (buffer (buffer-list))
+        (when (my/buffer-visible-p buffer)
+          (insert "- Name: ")
+          (insert (prin1-to-string (buffer-name buffer)))
+          (insert ?\n)
+          (insert "  File: ")
+          (insert (prin1-to-string
+                   (buffer-file-name buffer)))
+          (insert ?\n)
+          (insert "  Mode: ")
+          (insert (prin1-to-string
+                   (buffer-local-value 'major-mode buffer)))
+          (insert ?\n)))
+      (delete-char -1)
+      (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min) (point-max))))
+  (gptel-make-tool
+   :name "list_buffers"
+   :function #'my/-gptel-list_buffers-tool
+   :description "return a list of all visible emacs buffers, the files they are
+vising, and their major mode"
+   :args ()
+   :category "emacs")
+  ;; From the gptel README
+  (defun my/-gptel-read_buffer-tool (buffer)
+    "Function for the \"read_buffer\" for `gptel'."
+    (unless (buffer-live-p (get-buffer buffer))
+      (error "Error: buffer %s is not live" buffer))
+    (with-current-buffer  buffer
+      (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min) (point-max))))
+  (gptel-make-tool
+   :name "read_buffer"
+   :function #'my/-gptel-read_buffer-tool
+   :description "return the contents of an emacs buffer"
+   :args (list '(:name "buffer"
+                 :type string
+                 :description
+                 "the name of the buffer whose contents are to be retrieved"))
+   :category "emacs")
+  (defvar my/-localai-models
+    '((gemma-4-31b-it-qat-q4_0 :description "Google Gemma4 (31b)"
+                               :capabilities (media tool-use)
+                               :mime-types (image/jpeg image/png
+                                            image/gif image/webp)
+                               :context-window 16
+                               :cutoff-date "2026-3")
+      (qwen3.6-27b :description "Alibaba Qwen 2.6 (27b) for coding"
+                   :capabilities (media tool-use)
+                   :mime-types (image/jpeg image/png
+                                image/gif image/webp)
+                   :context-window 32
+                   :cutoff-date "2024-10")))
+  (defvar my/-localai-backend
+    (gptel-make-openai "LocalAI"
+      :protocol "https"
+      :host "ai.zander.im"
+      :endpoint "/v1/chat/completions"
+      :stream t
+      :key (lambda () my/localai-api-key)
+      :models my/-localai-models))
+  (defvar my/-ollama-models
+    '((gemma4:31b :description "Google Gemma4 (31b)"
+                  :capabilities (media tool-use)
+                  :mime-types (image/jpeg image/png
+                               image/gif image/webp)
+                  :context-window 4
+                  :cutoff-date "2026-3")))
+  (defvar my/-ollama-backend
+    (gptel-make-ollama "Server Ollama"
+      :models my/-ollama-models))
+  (gptel-make-preset 'localai-chat
+    :description "LocalAI with Gemma4 (31b) (web search enabled)"
+    :backend my/-localai-backend
+    :model 'gemma-4-31b-it-qat-q4_0
+    :system 'default
+    :tools '("WebSearch" "list_buffers" "read_buffer"))
+  (setq gptel-backend my/-localai-backend)
+  (setq gptel-model 'gemma-4-31b-it-qat-q4_0))
+(use-package gptel-agent
+  :after 'gptel
+  :defer t
+  :config
+  (require 'gptel-agent-tools)
+  (keymap-set my/gptel-map "g" #'gptel-agent))
 
 ;; Theme (doom-themes)
 (use-package doom-themes