return {
  {
    "windwp/nvim-autopairs",
    event = { "InsertEnter" },
    dependencies = {
      "hrsh7th/nvim-cmp",
    },
    config = function()
      -- import nvim-autopairs
      local autopairs = require("nvim-autopairs")

      -- configure autopairs
      autopairs.setup({
        check_ts = true, -- enable treesitter
      })

      -- import nvim-autopairs completion functionality
      local cmp_autopairs = require("nvim-autopairs.completion.cmp")

      -- import nvim-cmp plugin (completions plugin)
      local cmp = require("cmp")

      -- make autopairs and completion work together
      cmp.event:on("confirm_done", cmp_autopairs.on_confirm_done())
    end,
  },
}