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name: neovim description: Configure Neovim 0.12+ with built-in features, minimal plugins, and vim.pack-based setup.

Neovim Configuration Skill

Configure Neovim 0.12+ with a focus on built-in features and minimal plugins.

Philosophy

• Minimize plugins - Prefer built-in Neovim features over plugins
• Use vim.pack - Native package manager instead of lazy.nvim
• LSP-first - Use built-in LSP for completions, diagnostics, folding
• Treesitter - For syntax highlighting and text objects

Neovim 0.12 Features

• vim.pack.add() - Native plugin management
• vim.lsp.foldexpr() - LSP-based folding
• vim.lsp.completion.enable() - Built-in completion
• vim.lsp.semantic_tokens.enable(true, { bufnr = bufnr }) - Semantic highlighting

Config Structure

• ~/.config/nvim/init.lua - Main config
• ~/.config/nvim/ftplugin/ - Filetype-specific configs
• ~/.config/nvim/lua/ - Custom Lua modules

Documentation Access

Use ~/bin/nvim-doc.sh to fetch Neovim 0.12 documentation:

Copy~/bin/nvim-doc.sh news      # What's new in 0.12
~/bin/nvim-doc.sh lsp       # LSP documentation
~/bin/nvim-doc.sh treesitter

Current Plugins (via vim.pack)

• nvim-lspconfig
• nvim-treesitter
• conform.nvim (formatting)
• fzf-lua
• oil.nvim (file explorer)
• aerial.nvim (outline)

LSP Settings

• Rust: rust-analyzer with check.command = "clippy"
• Folding: vim.lsp.foldexpr() for LSP-capable languages

Best Practices

• Check if a feature exists in Neovim 0.12 before suggesting a plugin
• Use ftplugin/ for language-specific settings
• Snippets go in LSP server config (e.g., rust-analyzer snippets)