return {
  'nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim',
  cmd = 'Telescope',
  keys = {
    { '<leader>ff', '<cmd>Telescope find_files<CR>', desc = 'Find Files' },
    { '<leader>fg', '<cmd>Telescope live_grep<CR>', desc = 'Live Grep' },
    { '<leader>fG', '<cmd>LiveGrepGitRoot<CR>', desc = 'Live Grep Git Root' },
    { '<leader>fb', '<cmd>Telescope buffers<CR>', desc = 'Buffers' },
    { '<leader>fh', '<cmd>Telescope help_tags<CR>', desc = 'Help Tags' },
    { '<leader>fr', '<cmd>Telescope oldfiles<CR>', desc = 'Recent Files' },
  },
  dependencies = {
    'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim',
    { 'nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim', build = 'make' },
    { 'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons', optional = true },
  },
  config = function()
    local telescope = require('telescope')
    local actions = require('telescope.actions')

    telescope.setup({
      defaults = {
        sorting_strategy = 'descending',
        layout_strategy = 'flex',
        mappings = {
          i = {
            ['<C-u>'] = false,
            ['<C-d>'] = false,
            ['<CR>'] = function(prompt_bufnr)
              -- close first, then center -- this is the correct order
              actions.select_default(prompt_bufnr)
              vim.cmd('normal! zz')
            end,
          },
        },
      },
      extensions = { fzf = {} },
    })

    telescope.load_extension('fzf')

    local function find_git_root()
      local current_file = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0)
      local current_dir = current_file ~= '' and vim.fn.fnamemodify(current_file, ':h') or vim.fn.getcwd()
      local git_root =
        vim.fn.systemlist('git -C ' .. vim.fn.escape(current_dir, ' ') .. ' rev-parse --show-toplevel')[1]
      if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
        return vim.fn.getcwd()
      end
      return git_root
    end

    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command('LiveGrepGitRoot', function()
      require('telescope.builtin').live_grep({ search_dirs = { find_git_root() } })
    end, { desc = 'Live grep in Git root' })
  end,
}