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Custom Keymaps

Leader Key Prefixes

Prefix	Category
a	AI (CodeCompanion)
b	Buffer
c	Code (symbols, LSP, run)
d	Debug (DAP)
e	Editor (zen, toggles)
f	Find (Telescope)
g	Git
l	Language (filetype-specific)
m	Minuet (AI completion)
n	Notes (notifications)
o	Open (explorer, terminal)
q	Quickfix
t	Trouble (diagnostics lists)
w	Window
x	Scratch

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AI (<leader>a)

Key	Action
ac	Chat
aa	Actions palette
ai	Inline assistance
ae	Explain code (visual)
ar	Review code (visual)
ao	Optimize code (visual)
af	Fix bug (visual)
at	Generate tests (visual)
am	Add comments (visual)
an	New chat
al	Toggle chat
as	Stop
a1	Small model
a2	Medium model
a3	Large model
a?	List models
aM	Use MLX (macOS)
aO	Use Ollama (macOS)
aX	Start MLX server (macOS)

Buffer (<leader>b)

Key	Action
bd	Delete buffer
bD	Delete all buffers
bo	Delete other buffers
bb	List buffers
b1-9	Go to buffer 1-9

Code (<leader>c)

Key	Action
cl	Run line (SnipRun)
cr	Run selection (visual, SnipRun)
cR	Reset runner
cc	Clear runner output
cm	Make (pick target)
cM	Make (default)
cn	Next symbol
cp	Previous symbol
cN	Next symbol (parent)
cP	Previous symbol (parent)
cg	Go to symbol
cF	Find symbols (Telescope)
ca	Code action
ch	Hover
cd	Go to definition
cD	Go to declaration
ci	Go to implementation
ct	Go to type definition

Symbol outline lives under Open (<leader>oa/oA); rename is <leader>rn.

Debug (<leader>d)

Key	Action
db	Toggle breakpoint
dB	Conditional breakpoint
dlp	Log point
dc	Continue/Start
dr	Restart
dt	Terminate
dq	Close
ds	Step over
di	Step into
do	Step out
dj	Down stack frame
dk	Up stack frame
dR	Open REPL
dE	Evaluate expression
dbc	Clear breakpoints
dbl	List breakpoints
drl	Run last config
dro	Run to cursor
du	Toggle UI
dU	Open UI
dC	Close UI
de	Evaluate under cursor
dS	Sidebar (scopes)
dF	Sidebar (frames)
dh	Hover variables
dp	Preview variables
dvt	Toggle virtual text

Editor (<leader>e)

Key	Action
ez	Zen mode
eZ	Zen zoom
ew	Toggle wrap
es	Toggle spell
en	Toggle line numbers
er	Toggle relative numbers
eh	Toggle search highlight
ed	Toggle diagnostics
ec	Toggle conceal

Find (<leader>f)

Key	Action
ff	Files
fF	Files (+hidden)
fr	Recent files
fd	Dotfiles/config
fp	Plugin files
fg	Grep
fG	Grep (+hidden)
f/	Word under cursor
fb	Buffers
fm	Marks
fj	Jump list
f;	Resume last
f:	Command history
fh	Help
fc	Commands
fk	Keymaps
fs	Document symbols
fS	Workspace symbols
fie	Insert emoji
fim	Insert math symbol
fig	Insert gitmoji

Git (<leader>g)

Key	Action
gg	Lazygit
gG	Lazygit (file dir)
gb	Blame line
gB	Browse in GitHub
gf	Git files
gs	Status
gc	Commits
gC	Buffer commits
gd	Diff

Language (<leader>l)

LaTeX (<leader>ll)

Key	Action
llc	Compile
llv	View PDF
lls	Stop
llt	TOC
llk	Clean
llK	Clean all
lli	Info
llr	Reverse search
llb	Bold (visual)
lli	Italic (visual)
ll$	Math mode (visual)

Markdown (<leader>lm and motions)

Key	Action
lmp	Toggle rendering
lmP	Toggle browser preview
lmx	Toggle checkbox
lmt	Insert TOC
lml	Add link
lmn	New list item below
lmN	New list item above
]]	Next heading
[[	Previous heading
gsb	Toggle bold
gsi	Toggle italic
gsc	Toggle inline code
gsd	Delete emphasis (then b/i/c/s)
gsr	Change emphasis (then b/i/c/s)
<C-s> (i)	Fix last typo, stay in insert
<leader>z	Fix last typo

Notes (<leader>n)

Key	Action
nh	Notification history
nd	Dismiss notifications
nD	Dashboard

Open (<leader>o)

Key	Action
oe	Explorer
oE	Explorer (file dir)
of	Explorer float
oa	Aerial outline
oA	Aerial navigator
ot	Terminal
oT	Terminal float
os	Terminal split
ov	Terminal vsplit
otp	Python terminal
otn	Node terminal

Quickfix (<leader>q)

Key	Action
qo	Open quickfix
qc	Close quickfix
qn	Next item
qp	Previous item
ql	Open location list
qL	Close location list
qf	Find in quickfix

Trouble (<leader>t)

Key	Action
tt	Diagnostics
tb	Buffer diagnostics
tq	Quickfix list
tl	Location list
tr	LSP references
ts	Symbols
tT	Todo comments

gR also opens LSP references in Trouble.

Minuet (<leader>m)

Key	Action
mo	Use Ollama backend
mc	Use Claude backend
mt	Toggle virtual text
mb	Toggle blink completion

Scratch (<leader>x)

Key	Action
xS	Toggle scratch (current ft or markdown)
xn	New scratch (pick filetype)
xs	Select scratch
xL	List scratches

Scratch buffers persist in ~/.local/share/nvim/scratch/ and auto-save. The filetype picker sorts by most-used filetypes.

Window (<leader>w)

Key	Action
w-	Split horizontal
w\|	Split vertical
wd	Close window
wo	Close other windows
w=	Equal size
wn	New tab
wc	Close tab
wO	Close other tabs
wl	Next tab
wh	Previous tab

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Non-Leader Keymaps

Navigation

Key	Action
Ctrl+h/j/k/l	Window navigation
Shift+Up/Down	Resize height
Shift+Left/Right	Resize width
Tab / S-Tab	Next/prev buffer
S-h / S-l	Next/prev buffer
[b / ]b	Next/prev buffer
[t / ]t	Next/prev TODO comment
[q / ]q	Next/prev quickfix
[l / ]l	Next/prev location
[w / ]w	Next/prev diagnostic
[W / ]W	Next/prev error

File Navigation

Key	Action
gf	Go to file (with line number)
gw	Open file in new window
gv	Open file in vsplit
gs	Open file in split
gt	Open file in new tab
-	Open explorer

LSP

Key	Action
Ctrl+]	Go to definition
Ctrl+\	Find references
K	Hover

Editing

Key	Action
< / > (visual)	Indent and stay in visual
Alt+j/k	Move line down/up
J / K (visual)	Move selection down/up
p (visual)	Paste without yanking
Q	Play macro q
J	Join lines (cursor stays)

Clipboard

Key	Action
<leader>y	Yank to system clipboard
<leader>Y	Yank line to clipboard
<leader>p	Paste without yanking
<leader>d	Delete without yanking

Scroll Centering

Key	Action
Ctrl+d/u	Scroll and center
n / N	Search and center
* / #	Word search and center

Misc

Key	Action
Ctrl+s	Save
Ctrl+a	Select all
Esc	Clear search highlight
<leader><leader>	Select to end of line
<leader>sw	Replace word under cursor
<leader>sl	Browse snippets
<leader>u	Toggle Undotree
<leader>rn	Rename symbol (LSP)
,cs	Copy relative path
,cl	Copy absolute path
F5	Run Python file / DAP continue
F10	DAP step over
F11	DAP step into
F12	DAP step out

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