diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
index f9c50efa..faadd1cd 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ import { normalizeNFC } from '../../base/common/normalization.js';
 import { ICSSDevelopmentService, CSSDevelopmentService } from '../../platform/cssDev/node/cssDevService.js';
 import { ExtensionSignatureVerificationService, IExtensionSignatureVerificationService } from '../../platform/extensionManagement/node/extensionSignatureVerificationService.js';
 
-import { LLMMessageChannel } from '../../platform/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.js';
-import { IMetricsService } from '../../platform/void/common/metricsService.js';
-import { MetricsMainService } from '../../platform/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.js';
-import { VoidMainUpdateService } from '../../platform/void/electron-main/voidUpdateMainService.js';
-import { IVoidUpdateService } from '../../platform/void/common/voidUpdateService.js';
+import { LLMMessageChannel } from '../../workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.js';
+import { IMetricsService } from '../../workbench/contrib/void/common/metricsService.js';
+import { MetricsMainService } from '../../workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.js';
+import { VoidMainUpdateService } from '../../workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/voidUpdateMainService.js';
+import { IVoidUpdateService } from '../../workbench/contrib/void/common/voidUpdateService.js';
 /**
  * The main VS Code application. There will only ever be one instance,
  * even if the user starts many instances (e.g. from the command line).
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/browser/void.contribution.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/browser/void.contribution.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 276d6e72..00000000
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/browser/void.contribution.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright 2025 Glass Devtools, Inc. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-// ---------- common ----------
-
-// llmMessage
-import '../common/llmMessageService.js'
-
-// voidSettings
-import '../common/voidSettingsService.js'
-
-// refreshModel
-import '../common/refreshModelService.js'
-
-// metrics
-import '../common/metricsService.js'
-
-// updates
-import '../common/voidUpdateService.js'
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/greptile.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/greptile.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f61f87af..00000000
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/greptile.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright 2025 Glass Devtools, Inc. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-// // Greptile
-// // https://docs.greptile.com/api-reference/query
-// // https://docs.greptile.com/quickstart#sample-response-streamed
-
-// import { SendLLMMessageFnTypeInternal } from '../../common/llmMessageTypes.js';
-
-// export const sendGreptileMsg: SendLLMMessageFnTypeInternal = ({ messages, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, _setAborter }) => {
-
-// 	let fullText = ''
-
-// 	const thisConfig = settingsOfProvider.greptile
-
-// 	fetch('https://api.greptile.com/v2/query', {
-// 		method: 'POST',
-// 		headers: {
-// 			'Authorization': `Bearer ${thisConfig.apikey}`,
-// 			'X-Github-Token': `${thisConfig.githubPAT}`,
-// 			'Content-Type': `application/json`,
-// 		},
-// 		body: JSON.stringify({
-// 			messages,
-// 			stream: true,
-// 			repositories: [thisConfig.repoinfo],
-// 		}),
-// 	})
-// 		// this is {message}\n{message}\n{message}...\n
-// 		.then(async response => {
-// 			const text = await response.text()
-// 			console.log('got greptile', text)
-// 			return JSON.parse(`[${text.trim().split('\n').join(',')}]`)
-// 		})
-// 		// TODO make this actually stream, right now it just sends one message at the end
-// 		// TODO add _setAborter() when add streaming
-// 		.then(async responseArr => {
-
-// 			for (const response of responseArr) {
-// 				const type: string = response['type']
-// 				const message = response['message']
-
-// 				// when receive text
-// 				if (type === 'message') {
-// 					fullText += message
-// 					onText({ newText: message, fullText })
-// 				}
-// 				else if (type === 'sources') {
-// 					const { filepath, linestart: _, lineend: _2 } = message as { filepath: string; linestart: number | null; lineend: number | null }
-// 					fullText += filepath
-// 					onText({ newText: filepath, fullText })
-// 				}
-// 				// type: 'status' with an empty 'message' means last message
-// 				else if (type === 'status') {
-// 					if (!message) {
-// 						onFinalMessage({ fullText })
-// 					}
-// 				}
-// 			}
-
-// 		})
-// 		.catch(error => {
-// 			onError({ error })
-// 		});
-
-// }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadInlineDiff.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadInlineDiff.ts
index 344458f9..d43fc633 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadInlineDiff.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadInlineDiff.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import { WorkspaceEdit } from '../../../editor/common/languages.js';
 // import { IHistoryService } from '../../services/history/common/history.js';
 
 
+// VOID: THIS FILE IS OUTDATED!!!!!! No longer used anywhere.
+
 @extHostNamedCustomer(MainContext.MainThreadInlineDiff)
 export class MainThreadInlineDiff extends Disposable implements MainThreadInlineDiffShape {
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/autocompleteService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/autocompleteService.ts
index 6b67c6be..aa8902f3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/autocompleteService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/autocompleteService.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { Position } from '../../../../editor/common/core/position.js';
 import { InlineCompletion, InlineCompletionContext, } from '../../../../editor/common/languages.js';
 import { CancellationToken } from '../../../../base/common/cancellation.js';
 import { Range } from '../../../../editor/common/core/range.js';
-import { ILLMMessageService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/llmMessageService.js';
 import { IEditorService } from '../../../services/editor/common/editorService.js';
 import { isCodeEditor } from '../../../../editor/browser/editorBrowser.js';
 import { EditorResourceAccessor } from '../../../common/editor.js';
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ import { IModelService } from '../../../../editor/common/services/model.js';
 import { extractCodeFromRegular } from './helpers/extractCodeFromResult.js';
 import { isWindows } from '../../../../base/common/platform.js';
 import { registerWorkbenchContribution2, WorkbenchPhase } from '../../../common/contributions.js';
+import { ILLMMessageService } from '../common/llmMessageService.js';
 // import { IContextGatheringService } from './contextGatheringService.js';
 
 // The extension this was called from is here - https://github.com/voideditor/void/blob/autocomplete/extensions/void/src/extension/extension.ts
@@ -784,8 +784,7 @@ export class AutocompleteService extends Disposable implements IAutocompleteServ
 			_newlineCount: 0,
 		}
 
-		console.log('BB')
-		console.log('type', predictionType)
+		console.log('starting autocomplete...', predictionType)
 
 		// set parameters of `newAutocompletion` appropriately
 		newAutocompletion.llmPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/chatThreadService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/chatThreadService.ts
index 03683732..a3452eb2 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/chatThreadService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/chatThreadService.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { IStorageService, StorageScope, StorageTarget } from '../../../../platfo
 import { URI } from '../../../../base/common/uri.js';
 import { Emitter, Event } from '../../../../base/common/event.js';
 import { IRange } from '../../../../editor/common/core/range.js';
-import { ILLMMessageService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/llmMessageService.js';
+import { ILLMMessageService } from '../common/llmMessageService.js';
 import { IModelService } from '../../../../editor/common/services/model.js';
 import { chat_userMessage, chat_systemMessage } from './prompt/prompts.js';
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/helpers/readFile.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/helpers/readFile.ts
index 60e5dc5c..b0f154d1 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/helpers/readFile.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/helpers/readFile.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 import { URI } from '../../../../../base/common/uri'
 import { EndOfLinePreference } from '../../../../../editor/common/model'
 import { IModelService } from '../../../../../editor/common/services/model.js'
+import { IFileService } from '../../../../../platform/files/common/files'
 
-// read files from VSCode
+// read files from VSCode. preferred (but appears to only work if the model of this URI already exists. If it doesn't use the other function.)
 export const VSReadFile = async (modelService: IModelService, uri: URI): Promise<string | null> => {
 	const model = modelService.getModel(uri)
 	if (!model) return null
 	return model.getValue(EndOfLinePreference.LF)
 }
+
+export const VSReadFileRaw = async (fileService: IFileService, uri: URI) => {
+	const res = await fileService.readFile(uri)
+	const str = res.value.toString()
+	return str
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/inlineDiffsService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/inlineDiffsService.ts
index 546065e8..998a286f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/inlineDiffsService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/inlineDiffsService.ts
@@ -26,14 +26,11 @@ import { Widget } from '../../../../base/browser/ui/widget.js';
 import { URI } from '../../../../base/common/uri.js';
 import { IConsistentEditorItemService, IConsistentItemService } from './helperServices/consistentItemService.js';
 import { voidPrefixAndSuffix, ctrlKStream_userMessage, ctrlKStream_systemMessage, fastApply_rewritewholething_userMessage, fastApply_rewritewholething_systemMessage, defaultFimTags, fastApply_searchreplace_systemMessage, fastApply_searchreplace_userMessage } from './prompt/prompts.js';
-import { ILLMMessageService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/llmMessageService.js';
 
 import { mountCtrlK } from '../browser/react/out/quick-edit-tsx/index.js'
 import { QuickEditPropsType } from './quickEditActions.js';
-import { errorDetails, LLMChatMessage } from '../../../../platform/void/common/llmMessageTypes.js';
 import { IModelContentChangedEvent } from '../../../../editor/common/textModelEvents.js';
 import { extractCodeFromFIM, extractCodeFromRegular } from './helpers/extractCodeFromResult.js';
-import { IMetricsService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/metricsService.js';
 import { filenameToVscodeLanguage } from './helpers/detectLanguage.js';
 import { INotificationService, Severity } from '../../../../platform/notification/common/notification.js';
 import { isMacintosh } from '../../../../base/common/platform.js';
@@ -41,6 +38,9 @@ import { EditorOption } from '../../../../editor/common/config/editorOptions.js'
 import { Emitter } from '../../../../base/common/event.js';
 import { VOID_OPEN_SETTINGS_ACTION_ID } from './voidSettingsPane.js';
 import { ICommandService } from '../../../../platform/commands/common/commands.js';
+import { ILLMMessageService } from '../common/llmMessageService.js';
+import { LLMChatMessage, errorDetails } from '../common/llmMessageTypes.js';
+import { IMetricsService } from '../common/metricsService.js';
 
 const configOfBG = (color: Color) => {
 	return { dark: color, light: color, hcDark: color, hcLight: color, }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/prompt/prompts.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/prompt/prompts.ts
index 44e70e44..b3fb4482 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/prompt/prompts.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/prompt/prompts.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import { CodeSelection, StagingSelectionItem, FileSelection } from '../chatThrea
 import { VSReadFile } from '../helpers/readFile.js';
 import { IModelService } from '../../../../../editor/common/services/model.js';
 
+
+// this is just for ease of readability
+const tripleTick = ['```', '```']
+
 export const chat_systemMessage = `\
 You are a coding assistant. You are given a list of instructions to follow \`INSTRUCTIONS\`, and optionally a list of relevant files \`FILES\`, and selections inside of files \`SELECTIONS\`.
 
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ Do not tell the user anything about the examples below.
 ## EXAMPLE 1
 FILES
 math.ts
-\`\`\`typescript
+${tripleTick[0]}typescript
 const addNumbers = (a, b) => a + b
 const multiplyNumbers = (a, b) => a * b
 const subtractNumbers = (a, b) => a - b
@@ -58,21 +62,21 @@ const normalized = (vector: number[]) => {
 	const v2 = [...vector] // clone vector
 	return normalize(v2)
 }
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[1]}
 
 
 SELECTIONS
 math.ts (lines 3:3)
-\`\`\`typescript
+${tripleTick[0]}typescript
 const subtractNumbers = (a, b) => a - b
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[1]}
 
 INSTRUCTIONS
 add a function that exponentiates a number below this, and use it to make a power function that raises all entries of a vector to a power
 
 ACCEPTED OUTPUT
 We can add the following code to the file:
-\`\`\`typescript
+${tripleTick[0]}typescript
 // existing code...
 const subtractNumbers = (a, b) => a - b
 const exponentiateNumbers = (a, b) => Math.pow(a, b)
@@ -84,13 +88,13 @@ const raiseAll = (vector: number[], power: number) => {
 		vector[i] = exponentiateNumbers(vector[i], power)
 	return vector
 }
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[1]}
 
 
 ## EXAMPLE 2
 FILES
 fib.ts
-\`\`\`typescript
+${tripleTick[0]}typescript
 
 const dfs = (root) => {
 	if (!root) return;
@@ -102,20 +106,20 @@ const fib = (n) => {
 	if (n < 1) return 1
 	return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2)
 }
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[1]}
 
 SELECTIONS
 fib.ts (lines 10:10)
-\`\`\`typescript
+${tripleTick[0]}typescript
 	return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2)
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[1]}
 
 INSTRUCTIONS
 memoize results
 
 ACCEPTED OUTPUT
 To implement memoization in your Fibonacci function, you can use a JavaScript object to store previously computed results. This will help avoid redundant calculations and improve performance. Here's how you can modify your function:
-\`\`\`typescript
+${tripleTick[0]}typescript
 // existing code...
 const fib = (n, memo = {}) => {
     if (n < 1) return 1;
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ const fib = (n, memo = {}) => {
     memo[n] = fib(n - 1, memo) + fib(n - 2, memo); // Store result in memo
     return memo[n];
 }
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[1]}
 Explanation:
 Memoization Object: A memo object is used to store the results of Fibonacci calculations for each n.
 Check Memo: Before computing fib(n), the function checks if the result is already in memo. If it is, it returns the stored result.
@@ -133,21 +137,21 @@ Store Result: After computing fib(n), the result is stored in memo for future re
 `
 
 
-type FileSelnLocal = FileSelection & { content: string }
-const stringifyFileSelection = ({ fileURI, selectionStr, range, content }: FileSelnLocal) => {
+type FileSelnLocal = { fileURI: URI, content: string }
+const stringifyFileSelection = ({ fileURI, content }: FileSelnLocal) => {
 	return `\
 ${fileURI.fsPath}
-\`\`\`${filenameToVscodeLanguage(fileURI.fsPath) ?? ''}
+${tripleTick[0]}${filenameToVscodeLanguage(fileURI.fsPath) ?? ''}
 ${content}
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[1]}
 `
 }
 const stringifyCodeSelection = ({ fileURI, selectionStr, range }: CodeSelection) => {
 	return `\
 ${fileURI.fsPath} (lines ${range.startLineNumber}:${range.endLineNumber})
-\`\`\`${filenameToVscodeLanguage(fileURI.fsPath) ?? ''}
+${tripleTick[0]}${filenameToVscodeLanguage(fileURI.fsPath) ?? ''}
 ${selectionStr}
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[1]}
 `
 }
 
@@ -201,14 +205,14 @@ export const fastApply_rewritewholething_userMessage = ({ originalCode, applyStr
 
 	return `\
 ORIGINAL_FILE
-\`\`\`${language}
+${tripleTick[0]}${language}
 ${originalCode}
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[1]}
 
 CHANGE
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[0]}
 ${applyStr}
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[1]}
 
 INSTRUCTIONS
 Please finish writing the new file by applying the change to the original file. Return ONLY the completion of the file, without any explanation.
@@ -345,9 +349,9 @@ export const ctrlKStream_userMessage = ({ selection, prefix, suffix, instruction
 	return `\
 
 CURRENT SELECTION
-\`\`\`${language}
+${tripleTick[0]}${language}
 <${midTag}>${selection}</${midTag}>
-\`\`\`
+${tripleTick[1]}
 
 INSTRUCTIONS
 ${instructions}
@@ -355,8 +359,8 @@ ${instructions}
 <${preTag}>${prefix}</${preTag}>
 <${sufTag}>${suffix}</${sufTag}>
 
-Return only the completion block of code (of the form \`\`\`${language}
+Return only the completion block of code (of the form ${tripleTick[0]}${language}
 <${midTag}>...new code</${midTag}>
-\`\`\`).`
+${tripleTick[1]}).`
 };
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/quickEditActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/quickEditActions.ts
index 1498c8f6..1a6e0deb 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/quickEditActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/quickEditActions.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import { KeyCode, KeyMod } from '../../../../base/common/keyCodes.js';
 import { Action2, registerAction2 } from '../../../../platform/actions/common/actions.js';
 import { ServicesAccessor } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
 import { KeybindingWeight } from '../../../../platform/keybinding/common/keybindingsRegistry.js';
-import { IMetricsService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/metricsService.js';
 import { ICodeEditorService } from '../../../../editor/browser/services/codeEditorService.js';
 import { IInlineDiffsService } from './inlineDiffsService.js';
 import { roundRangeToLines } from './sidebarActions.js';
 import { VOID_CTRL_K_ACTION_ID } from './actionIDs.js';
 import { localize2 } from '../../../../nls.js';
+import { IMetricsService } from '../common/metricsService.js';
 
 
 export type QuickEditPropsType = {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/quick-edit-tsx/QuickEditChat.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/quick-edit-tsx/QuickEditChat.tsx
index 7edf1e5b..37dd91bf 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/quick-edit-tsx/QuickEditChat.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/quick-edit-tsx/QuickEditChat.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { ModelDropdown } from '../void-settings-tsx/ModelDropdown.js';
 import { VOID_CTRL_K_ACTION_ID } from '../../../actionIDs.js';
 import { useRefState } from '../util/helpers.js';
 import { useScrollbarStyles } from '../util/useScrollbarStyles.js';
-import { isFeatureNameDisabled } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.js';
+import { isFeatureNameDisabled } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.js';
 
 export const QuickEditChat = ({
 	diffareaid,
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/ErrorDisplay.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/ErrorDisplay.tsx
index 425ce3c9..9aef4b72 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/ErrorDisplay.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/ErrorDisplay.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { AlertCircle, ChevronDown, ChevronUp, X } from 'lucide-react';
-import { errorDetails } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/llmMessageTypes.js';
+import { errorDetails } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/llmMessageTypes.js';
 import { useSettingsState } from '../util/services.js';
 
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
index 791eb634..2aaf9dd2 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { VOID_CTRL_L_ACTION_ID } from '../../../actionIDs.js';
 import { filenameToVscodeLanguage } from '../../../helpers/detectLanguage.js';
 import { VOID_OPEN_SETTINGS_ACTION_ID } from '../../../voidSettingsPane.js';
 import { Pencil, X } from 'lucide-react';
-import { FeatureName, isFeatureNameDisabled } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.js';
+import { FeatureName, isFeatureNameDisabled } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.js';
 import { WarningBox } from '../void-settings-tsx/WarningBox.js';
 import { ChatLocation } from '../../../searchAndReplaceService.js';
 
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ const ChatBubble = ({ chatMessage, isLoading, messageIdx }: { chatMessage: ChatM
 			`}
 		>
 			{chatbubbleContents}
-			{isLoading && <IconLoading className='opacity-50 text-sm' />}
+			{isLoading && <IconLoading className='opacity-50 text-sm px-2' />}
 		</div>
 
 		{/* edit button */}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/services.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/services.tsx
index e5280c14..52af76f2 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/services.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/services.tsx
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
 import { ThreadStreamState, ThreadsState } from '../../../chatThreadService.js'
-import { RefreshableProviderName, SettingsOfProvider } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.js'
+import { RefreshableProviderName, SettingsOfProvider } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.js'
 import { IDisposable } from '../../../../../../../base/common/lifecycle.js'
 import { VoidSidebarState } from '../../../sidebarStateService.js'
-import { VoidSettingsState } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidSettingsService.js'
+import { VoidSettingsState } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsService.js'
 import { ColorScheme } from '../../../../../../../platform/theme/common/theme.js'
 import { VoidUriState } from '../../../voidUriStateService.js';
 import { VoidQuickEditState } from '../../../quickEditStateService.js'
-import { RefreshModelStateOfProvider } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/refreshModelService.js'
+import { RefreshModelStateOfProvider } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/refreshModelService.js'
 
 
 
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import { IContextViewService, IContextMenuService } from '../../../../../../../p
 import { IFileService } from '../../../../../../../platform/files/common/files.js';
 import { IHoverService } from '../../../../../../../platform/hover/browser/hover.js';
 import { IThemeService } from '../../../../../../../platform/theme/common/themeService.js';
-import { ILLMMessageService } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/llmMessageService.js';
-import { IRefreshModelService } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/refreshModelService.js';
-import { IVoidSettingsService } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidSettingsService.js';
+import { ILLMMessageService } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/llmMessageService.js';
+import { IRefreshModelService } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/refreshModelService.js';
+import { IVoidSettingsService } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsService.js';
 import { IInlineDiffsService } from '../../../inlineDiffsService.js';
 import { IVoidUriStateService } from '../../../voidUriStateService.js';
 import { IQuickEditStateService } from '../../../quickEditStateService.js';
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import { IKeybindingService } from '../../../../../../../platform/keybinding/com
 import { IEnvironmentService } from '../../../../../../../platform/environment/common/environment.js'
 import { IConfigurationService } from '../../../../../../../platform/configuration/common/configuration.js'
 import { IPathService } from '../../../../../../../workbench/services/path/common/pathService.js'
-import { IMetricsService } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/metricsService.js'
+import { IMetricsService } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/metricsService.js'
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-settings-tsx/ModelDropdown.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-settings-tsx/ModelDropdown.tsx
index 8016b4b8..2931b671 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-settings-tsx/ModelDropdown.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-settings-tsx/ModelDropdown.tsx
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { FeatureName, featureNames, isFeatureNameDisabled, ModelSelection, modelSelectionsEqual, ProviderName, providerNames, SettingsOfProvider } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.js'
+import { FeatureName, featureNames, isFeatureNameDisabled, ModelSelection, modelSelectionsEqual, ProviderName, providerNames, SettingsOfProvider } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.js'
 import { useSettingsState, useRefreshModelState, useAccessor } from '../util/services.js'
 import { _VoidSelectBox, VoidCustomDropdownBox } from '../util/inputs.js'
 import { SelectBox } from '../../../../../../../base/browser/ui/selectBox/selectBox.js'
 import { IconWarning } from '../sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.js'
 import { VOID_OPEN_SETTINGS_ACTION_ID, VOID_TOGGLE_SETTINGS_ACTION_ID } from '../../../voidSettingsPane.js'
-import { ModelOption } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidSettingsService.js'
+import { ModelOption } from '../../../../../../../workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsService.js'
 import { WarningBox } from './WarningBox.js'
 
 const optionsEqual = (m1: ModelOption[], m2: ModelOption[]) => {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-settings-tsx/Settings.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-settings-tsx/Settings.tsx
index 0cd796e4..62511563 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-settings-tsx/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-settings-tsx/Settings.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { InputBox } from '../../../../../../../base/browser/ui/inputbox/inputBox.js'
-import { ProviderName, SettingName, displayInfoOfSettingName, providerNames, VoidModelInfo, globalSettingNames, customSettingNamesOfProvider, RefreshableProviderName, refreshableProviderNames, displayInfoOfProviderName, defaultProviderSettings, nonlocalProviderNames, localProviderNames, GlobalSettingName, featureNames, displayInfoOfFeatureName, isProviderNameDisabled } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.js'
+import { ProviderName, SettingName, displayInfoOfSettingName, providerNames, VoidModelInfo, globalSettingNames, customSettingNamesOfProvider, RefreshableProviderName, refreshableProviderNames, displayInfoOfProviderName, defaultProviderSettings, nonlocalProviderNames, localProviderNames, GlobalSettingName, featureNames, displayInfoOfFeatureName, isProviderNameDisabled } from '../../../../common/voidSettingsTypes.js'
 import ErrorBoundary from '../sidebar-tsx/ErrorBoundary.js'
 import { VoidButton, VoidCheckBox, VoidCustomDropdownBox, VoidInputBox, VoidInputBox2, VoidSwitch } from '../util/inputs.js'
 import { useAccessor, useIsDark, useRefreshModelListener, useRefreshModelState, useSettingsState } from '../util/services.js'
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/sidebarActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/sidebarActions.ts
index 0b60ae8f..d65c51a7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/sidebarActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/sidebarActions.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { ICodeEditorService } from '../../../../editor/browser/services/codeEdit
 import { IRange } from '../../../../editor/common/core/range.js';
 import { ITextModel } from '../../../../editor/common/model.js';
 import { VOID_VIEW_CONTAINER_ID, VOID_VIEW_ID } from './sidebarPane.js';
-import { IMetricsService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/metricsService.js';
+import { IMetricsService } from '../common/metricsService.js';
 import { ISidebarStateService } from './sidebarStateService.js';
 import { ICommandService } from '../../../../platform/commands/common/commands.js';
 import { VOID_TOGGLE_SETTINGS_ACTION_ID } from './voidSettingsPane.js';
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/void.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/void.contribution.ts
index 110a5a26..19d20201 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/void.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/void.contribution.ts
@@ -33,3 +33,26 @@ import './media/void.css'
 
 // update (frontend part, also see platform/)
 import './voidUpdateActions.js'
+
+
+
+
+// ---------- common (unclear if these actually need to be imported, because they're already imported wherever they're used) ----------
+
+// llmMessage
+import '../common/llmMessageService.js'
+
+// voidSettings
+import '../common/voidSettingsService.js'
+
+// refreshModel
+import '../common/refreshModelService.js'
+
+// metrics
+import '../common/metricsService.js'
+
+// updates
+import '../common/voidUpdateService.js'
+
+// tools
+import '../common/toolsService.js'
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/voidUpdateActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/voidUpdateActions.ts
index 04b263b4..9d161b4e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/voidUpdateActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/voidUpdateActions.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import { ServicesAccessor } from '../../../../editor/browser/editorExtensions.js
 import { localize2 } from '../../../../nls.js';
 import { Action2, registerAction2 } from '../../../../platform/actions/common/actions.js';
 import { INotificationService } from '../../../../platform/notification/common/notification.js';
-import { IMetricsService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/metricsService.js';
-import { IVoidUpdateService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/voidUpdateService.js';
+import { IMetricsService } from '../common/metricsService.js';
+import { IVoidUpdateService } from '../common/voidUpdateService.js';
 import { IWorkbenchContribution, registerWorkbenchContribution2, WorkbenchPhase } from '../../../common/contributions.js';
 
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/llmMessageService.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageService.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/llmMessageService.ts
index 4718e6c2..314031d4 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/llmMessageService.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import { EventLLMMessageOnTextParams, EventLLMMessageOnErrorParams, EventLLMMessageOnFinalMessageParams, ServiceSendLLMMessageParams, MainSendLLMMessageParams, MainLLMMessageAbortParams, ServiceModelListParams, EventModelListOnSuccessParams, EventModelListOnErrorParams, MainModelListParams, OllamaModelResponse, OpenaiCompatibleModelResponse, } from './llmMessageTypes.js';
-import { IChannel } from '../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
-import { IMainProcessService } from '../../ipc/common/mainProcessService.js';
-import { InstantiationType, registerSingleton } from '../../instantiation/common/extensions.js';
-import { generateUuid } from '../../../base/common/uuid.js';
-import { createDecorator } from '../../instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
-import { Event } from '../../../base/common/event.js';
-import { Disposable } from '../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
+
+import { createDecorator } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
+import { registerSingleton, InstantiationType } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/extensions.js';
+import { IChannel } from '../../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
+import { IMainProcessService } from '../../../../platform/ipc/common/mainProcessService.js';
+import { generateUuid } from '../../../../base/common/uuid.js';
+import { Event } from '../../../../base/common/event.js';
+import { Disposable } from '../../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
 import { IVoidSettingsService } from './voidSettingsService.js';
 import { displayInfoOfProviderName, isFeatureNameDisabled } from './voidSettingsTypes.js';
 // import { INotificationService } from '../../notification/common/notification.js';
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageTypes.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/llmMessageTypes.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageTypes.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/llmMessageTypes.ts
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/metricsService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/metricsService.ts
similarity index 74%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/common/metricsService.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/metricsService.ts
index a3aeb6a8..d6892dd8 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/common/metricsService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/metricsService.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { createDecorator } from '../../instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
-import { ProxyChannel } from '../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
-import { IMainProcessService } from '../../ipc/common/mainProcessService.js';
-import { InstantiationType, registerSingleton } from '../../instantiation/common/extensions.js';
-import { Action2, registerAction2 } from '../../actions/common/actions.js';
-import { localize2 } from '../../../nls.js';
-import { ServicesAccessor } from '../../../editor/browser/editorExtensions.js';
-import { INotificationService } from '../../notification/common/notification.js';
+import { createDecorator } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
+import { ProxyChannel } from '../../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
+import { registerSingleton, InstantiationType } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/extensions.js';
+import { IMainProcessService } from '../../../../platform/ipc/common/mainProcessService.js';
+import { localize2 } from '../../../../nls.js';
+import { ServicesAccessor } from '../../../../editor/browser/editorExtensions.js';
+import { registerAction2, Action2 } from '../../../../platform/actions/common/actions.js';
+import { INotificationService } from '../../../../platform/notification/common/notification.js';
 
 export interface IMetricsService {
 	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/refreshModelService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/refreshModelService.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/common/refreshModelService.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/refreshModelService.ts
index 7ef6a068..ff61e8a8 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/common/refreshModelService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/refreshModelService.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { createDecorator } from '../../instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
-import { InstantiationType, registerSingleton } from '../../instantiation/common/extensions.js';
 import { IVoidSettingsService } from './voidSettingsService.js';
 import { ILLMMessageService } from './llmMessageService.js';
-import { Emitter, Event } from '../../../base/common/event.js';
-import { Disposable, IDisposable } from '../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
+import { Emitter, Event } from '../../../../base/common/event.js';
+import { Disposable, IDisposable } from '../../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
 import { RefreshableProviderName, refreshableProviderNames, SettingsOfProvider } from './voidSettingsTypes.js';
 import { OllamaModelResponse, OpenaiCompatibleModelResponse } from './llmMessageTypes.js';
+import { registerSingleton, InstantiationType } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/extensions.js';
+import { createDecorator } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/toolsService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/toolsService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ffd6b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/toolsService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+import { CancellationToken } from '../../../../base/common/cancellation.js'
+import { URI } from '../../../../base/common/uri.js'
+import { IFileService, IFileStat } from '../../../../platform/files/common/files.js'
+import { registerSingleton, InstantiationType } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/extensions.js'
+import { createDecorator, IInstantiationService } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/instantiation.js'
+import { IWorkspaceContextService } from '../../../../platform/workspace/common/workspace.js'
+import { VSReadFileRaw } from '../../../../workbench/contrib/void/browser/helpers/readFile.js'
+import { QueryBuilder } from '../../../../workbench/services/search/common/queryBuilder.js'
+import { ISearchService } from '../../../../workbench/services/search/common/search.js'
+
+
+// tool use for AI
+
+
+
+// we do this using Anthropic's style and convert to OpenAI style later
+export type InternalToolInfo = {
+	description: string,
+	params: {
+		[paramName: string]: { type: string, description: string | undefined } // name -> type
+	},
+	required: string[], // required paramNames
+}
+
+// helper
+const pagination = {
+	desc: `Very large results may be paginated (indicated in the result). Pagination fails gracefully if out of bounds or invalid page number.`,
+	param: { pageNumber: { type: 'number', description: 'The page number (optional, default is 1).' }, }
+} as const
+
+export const contextTools = {
+	read_file: {
+		description: 'Returns file contents of a given URI.',
+		params: {
+			uri: { type: 'string', description: undefined },
+		},
+		required: ['uri'],
+	},
+
+	list_dir: {
+		description: `Returns all file names and folder names in a given URI. ${pagination.desc}`,
+		params: {
+			uri: { type: 'string', description: undefined },
+			...pagination.param
+		},
+		required: ['uri'],
+	},
+
+	pathname_search: {
+		description: `Returns all pathnames that match a given grep query. You should use this when looking for a file with a specific name or path. This does NOT search file content. ${pagination.desc}`,
+		params: {
+			query: { type: 'string', description: undefined },
+			...pagination.param,
+		},
+		required: ['query']
+	},
+
+	search: {
+		description: `Returns all code excerpts containing the given string or grep query. This does NOT search pathname. As a follow-up, you may want to use read_file to view the full file contents of the results. ${pagination.desc}`,
+		params: {
+			query: { type: 'string', description: undefined },
+			...pagination.param,
+		},
+		required: ['query'],
+	},
+
+	// semantic_search: {
+	// 	description: 'Searches files semantically for the given string query.',
+	// 	// RAG
+	// },
+
+} as const satisfies { [name: string]: InternalToolInfo }
+
+export type ContextToolName = keyof typeof contextTools
+type ContextToolParamNames<T extends ContextToolName> = keyof typeof contextTools[T]['params']
+type ContextToolParams<T extends ContextToolName> = { [paramName in ContextToolParamNames<T>]: unknown }
+
+type AllContextToolCallFns = {
+	[ToolName in ContextToolName]: ((p: (ContextToolParams<ToolName>)) => Promise<string>)
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+// TODO check to make sure in workspace
+// TODO check to make sure is not gitignored
+
+
+async function generateDirectoryTreeMd(fileService: IFileService, rootURI: URI): Promise<string> {
+	let output = ''
+	function traverseChildren(children: IFileStat[], depth: number) {
+		const indentation = '  '.repeat(depth);
+		for (const child of children) {
+			output += `${indentation}- ${child.name}\n`;
+			traverseChildren(child.children ?? [], depth + 1);
+		}
+	}
+	const stat = await fileService.resolve(rootURI, { resolveMetadata: false });
+
+	// kickstart recursion
+	output += `${stat.name}\n`;
+	traverseChildren(stat.children ?? [], 1);
+
+	return output;
+}
+
+
+const validateURI = (uriStr: unknown) => {
+	if (typeof uriStr !== 'string') throw new Error('(uri was not a string)')
+	const uri = URI.file(uriStr)
+	return uri
+}
+
+export interface IToolService {
+	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
+	callContextTool: <T extends ContextToolName>(toolName: T, params: ContextToolParams<T>) => Promise<string>
+}
+
+export const IToolService = createDecorator<IToolService>('ToolService');
+
+export class ToolService implements IToolService {
+
+	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
+
+	contextToolCallFns: AllContextToolCallFns
+
+	constructor(
+		@IFileService fileService: IFileService,
+		@IWorkspaceContextService workspaceContextService: IWorkspaceContextService,
+		@ISearchService searchService: ISearchService,
+		@IInstantiationService instantiationService: IInstantiationService,
+	) {
+
+
+		const queryBuilder = instantiationService.createInstance(QueryBuilder);
+
+		this.contextToolCallFns = {
+			read_file: async ({ uri: uriStr }) => {
+				const uri = validateURI(uriStr)
+				const fileContents = await VSReadFileRaw(fileService, uri)
+				return fileContents ?? '(could not read file)'
+			},
+			list_dir: async ({ uri: uriStr }) => {
+				const uri = validateURI(uriStr)
+				const treeStr = await generateDirectoryTreeMd(fileService, uri)
+				return treeStr
+			},
+			pathname_search: async ({ query: queryStr }) => {
+				if (typeof queryStr !== 'string') return '(Error: query was not a string)'
+				const query = queryBuilder.file(workspaceContextService.getWorkspace().folders.map(f => f.uri), { filePattern: queryStr, });
+
+				const data = await searchService.fileSearch(query, CancellationToken.None);
+				const str = data.results.map(({ resource, results }) => resource.fsPath).join('\n')
+				return str
+			},
+			search: async ({ query: queryStr }) => {
+				if (typeof queryStr !== 'string') return '(Error: query was not a string)'
+				const query = queryBuilder.text({ pattern: queryStr, }, workspaceContextService.getWorkspace().folders.map(f => f.uri));
+
+				const data = await searchService.textSearch(query, CancellationToken.None);
+				const str = data.results.map(({ resource, results }) => resource.fsPath).join('\n')
+				return str
+			},
+
+		}
+
+
+
+	}
+
+	callContextTool: IToolService['callContextTool'] = (toolName, params) => {
+		return this.contextToolCallFns[toolName](params)
+	}
+
+
+}
+
+registerSingleton(IToolService, ToolService, InstantiationType.Eager);
+
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidSettingsService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsService.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/common/voidSettingsService.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsService.ts
index e9c57aa2..4322eaf4 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidSettingsService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsService.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { Emitter, Event } from '../../../base/common/event.js';
-import { Disposable } from '../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
-import { deepClone } from '../../../base/common/objects.js';
-import { IEncryptionService } from '../../encryption/common/encryptionService.js';
-import { registerSingleton, InstantiationType } from '../../instantiation/common/extensions.js';
-import { createDecorator } from '../../instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
-import { IStorageService, StorageScope, StorageTarget } from '../../storage/common/storage.js';
+import { Emitter, Event } from '../../../../base/common/event.js';
+import { Disposable } from '../../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
+import { deepClone } from '../../../../base/common/objects.js';
+import { IEncryptionService } from '../../../../platform/encryption/common/encryptionService.js';
+import { registerSingleton, InstantiationType } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/extensions.js';
+import { createDecorator } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
+import { IStorageService, StorageScope, StorageTarget } from '../../../../platform/storage/common/storage.js';
 import { IMetricsService } from './metricsService.js';
 import { defaultSettingsOfProvider, FeatureName, ProviderName, ModelSelectionOfFeature, SettingsOfProvider, SettingName, providerNames, ModelSelection, modelSelectionsEqual, featureNames, modelInfoOfDefaultModelNames, VoidModelInfo, GlobalSettings, GlobalSettingName, defaultGlobalSettings, displayInfoOfProviderName, defaultProviderSettings } from './voidSettingsTypes.js';
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.ts
index c9eadefd..0a5bdc64 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.ts
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export const displayInfoOfProviderName = (providerName: ProviderName): DisplayIn
 	}
 	else if (providerName === 'groq') {
 		return {
-			title: 'Groq API',
+			title: 'Groq.com API',
 		}
 	}
 	else if (providerName === 'mistral') {
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidUpdateService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/voidUpdateService.ts
similarity index 78%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/common/voidUpdateService.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/voidUpdateService.ts
index fd3467dd..f552594f 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidUpdateService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/voidUpdateService.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { createDecorator } from '../../instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
-import { ProxyChannel } from '../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
-import { IMainProcessService } from '../../ipc/common/mainProcessService.js';
-import { InstantiationType, registerSingleton } from '../../instantiation/common/extensions.js';
+import { ProxyChannel } from '../../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
+import { registerSingleton, InstantiationType } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/extensions.js';
+import { createDecorator } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
+import { IMainProcessService } from '../../../../platform/ipc/common/mainProcessService.js';
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/anthropic.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/anthropic.ts
similarity index 84%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/anthropic.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/anthropic.ts
index ea220eed..91461b16 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/anthropic.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/anthropic.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,27 @@
 import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';
 import { _InternalSendLLMChatMessageFnType } from '../../common/llmMessageTypes.js';
 import { anthropicMaxPossibleTokens } from '../../common/voidSettingsTypes.js';
+import { InternalToolInfo } from '../../common/toolsService.js';
+
+
+
+
+export const toAnthropicTool = (toolName: string, toolInfo: InternalToolInfo) => {
+	const { description, params, required } = toolInfo
+	return {
+		name: toolName,
+		description: description,
+		input_schema: {
+			type: 'object',
+			properties: params,
+			required: required,
+		}
+	} satisfies Anthropic.Messages.Tool
+}
+
+
+
+
 
 export const sendAnthropicChat: _InternalSendLLMChatMessageFnType = ({ messages, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, modelName, _setAborter }) => {
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/gemini.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/gemini.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/gemini.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/gemini.ts
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/groq.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/groq.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/groq.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/groq.ts
index b8c29981..8f7efd14 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/groq.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/groq.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ export const sendGroqChat: _InternalSendLLMChatMessageFnType = async ({ messages
 			messages: messages,
 			model: modelName,
 			stream: true,
-			// temperature: 0.7,
-			// max_tokens: parseMaxTokensStr(thisConfig.maxTokens),
 		})
 		.then(async response => {
 			_setAborter(() => response.controller.abort())
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/mistral.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/mistral.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/mistral.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/mistral.ts
index 8fddaf2e..cfddc2a5 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/mistral.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/mistral.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ export const sendMistralChat: _InternalSendLLMChatMessageFnType = async ({ messa
 			messages: messages,
 			model: modelName,
 			stream: true,
-			// temperature: 0.7,
-			// maxTokens: 2048,
 		})
 		.then(async response => {
 			// Mistral has a really nonstandard API - no interrupt and weird stream types
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/ollama.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/ollama.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/ollama.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/ollama.ts
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/openai.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/openai.ts
similarity index 75%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/openai.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/openai.ts
index 268eadfb..df4d2322 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/openai.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/openai.ts
@@ -6,43 +6,34 @@
 import OpenAI from 'openai';
 import { _InternalModelListFnType, _InternalSendLLMFIMMessageFnType, _InternalSendLLMChatMessageFnType } from '../../common/llmMessageTypes.js';
 import { Model } from 'openai/resources/models.js';
+import { InternalToolInfo } from '../../common/toolsService.js';
 // import { parseMaxTokensStr } from './util.js';
 
 
+// developer command - https://cdn.openai.com/spec/model-spec-2024-05-08.html#follow-the-chain-of-command
+// prompting - https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/reasoning#advice-on-prompting
 
-export const openaiCompatibleList: _InternalModelListFnType<Model> = async ({ onSuccess: onSuccess_, onError: onError_, settingsOfProvider }) => {
-	const onSuccess = ({ models }: { models: Model[] }) => {
-		onSuccess_({ models })
-	}
 
-	const onError = ({ error }: { error: string }) => {
-		onError_({ error })
-	}
-
-	try {
-		const thisConfig = settingsOfProvider.openAICompatible
-		const openai = new OpenAI({ baseURL: thisConfig.endpoint, apiKey: thisConfig.apiKey, dangerouslyAllowBrowser: true })
-
-		openai.models.list()
-			.then(async (response) => {
-				const models: Model[] = []
-				models.push(...response.data)
-				while (response.hasNextPage()) {
-					models.push(...(await response.getNextPage()).data)
-				}
-				onSuccess({ models })
-			})
-			.catch((error) => {
-				onError({ error: error + '' })
-			})
-	}
-	catch (error) {
-		onError({ error: error + '' })
-	}
+export const toOpenAITool = (toolName: string, toolInfo: InternalToolInfo) => {
+	const { description, params, required } = toolInfo
+	return {
+		type: 'function',
+		function: {
+			name: toolName,
+			description: description,
+			parameters: {
+				type: 'object',
+				properties: params,
+				required: required,
+			}
+		}
+	} satisfies OpenAI.Chat.Completions.ChatCompletionTool
 }
 
 
 
+
+
 type NewParams = Pick<Parameters<_InternalSendLLMChatMessageFnType>[0] & Parameters<_InternalSendLLMFIMMessageFnType>[0], 'settingsOfProvider' | 'providerName'>
 const newOpenAI = ({ settingsOfProvider, providerName }: NewParams) => {
 
@@ -81,26 +72,46 @@ const newOpenAI = ({ settingsOfProvider, providerName }: NewParams) => {
 
 
 
+// might not currently be used in the code
+export const openaiCompatibleList: _InternalModelListFnType<Model> = async ({ onSuccess: onSuccess_, onError: onError_, settingsOfProvider }) => {
+	const onSuccess = ({ models }: { models: Model[] }) => {
+		onSuccess_({ models })
+	}
+
+	const onError = ({ error }: { error: string }) => {
+		onError_({ error })
+	}
+
+	try {
+		const openai = newOpenAI({ providerName: 'openAICompatible', settingsOfProvider })
+
+		openai.models.list()
+			.then(async (response) => {
+				const models: Model[] = []
+				models.push(...response.data)
+				while (response.hasNextPage()) {
+					models.push(...(await response.getNextPage()).data)
+				}
+				onSuccess({ models })
+			})
+			.catch((error) => {
+				onError({ error: error + '' })
+			})
+	}
+	catch (error) {
+		onError({ error: error + '' })
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+
 export const sendOpenAIFIM: _InternalSendLLMFIMMessageFnType = ({ messages, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, modelName, _setAborter, providerName }) => {
 
 
-	const openai: OpenAI = newOpenAI({ providerName, settingsOfProvider })
+	// openai.completions has a FIM parameter called `suffix`, but it's deprecated and only works for ~GPT 3 era models
 
-	const options: OpenAI.Completions.CompletionCreateParamsStreaming = {
-		prompt: messages.prefix,
-		suffix: messages.suffix,
-		model: modelName,
-		stream: true,
-		// max_completion_tokens: parseMaxTokensStr(thisConfig.maxTokens)
-	}
-
-
-	openai.completions
-		.create(options)
-		.then(async response => {
-			// TODO!!!
-			console.log('RESPONSE', response)
-		})
+	onFinalMessage({ fullText: 'TODO' })
 
 }
 
@@ -116,7 +127,7 @@ export const sendOpenAIChat: _InternalSendLLMChatMessageFnType = ({ messages, on
 		model: modelName,
 		messages: messages,
 		stream: true,
-		// max_completion_tokens: parseMaxTokensStr(thisConfig.maxTokens)
+		// tools: Object.keys(contextTools).map(name => toOpenAITool(name, contextTools[name as ContextToolName])),
 	}
 
 	openai.chat.completions
@@ -125,7 +136,11 @@ export const sendOpenAIChat: _InternalSendLLMChatMessageFnType = ({ messages, on
 			_setAborter(() => response.controller.abort())
 			// when receive text
 			for await (const chunk of response) {
-				const newText = chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.content || '';
+
+				let newText = ''
+				newText += chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.tool_calls?.[0]?.function?.name ?? ''
+				newText += chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.tool_calls?.[0]?.function?.arguments ?? ''
+				newText += chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.content ?? ''
 				fullText += newText;
 				onText({ newText, fullText });
 			}
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/sendLLMMessage.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/sendLLMMessage.ts
similarity index 85%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/sendLLMMessage.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/sendLLMMessage.ts
index 7cea9d5a..1364e251 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/sendLLMMessage.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/sendLLMMessage.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { IMetricsService } from '../../common/metricsService.js';
 
 import { sendAnthropicChat } from './anthropic.js';
 import { sendOllamaFIM, sendOllamaChat } from './ollama.js';
-import { sendOpenAIChat } from './openai.js';
+import { sendOpenAIChat, sendOpenAIFIM } from './openai.js';
 import { sendGeminiChat } from './gemini.js';
 import { sendGroqChat } from './groq.js';
 import { sendMistralChat } from './mistral.js';
@@ -65,9 +65,14 @@ export const sendLLMMessage = ({
 
 	metricsService: IMetricsService
 ) => {
-	// messages.unshift({ role: 'system', content: aiInstructions })
 
-	const messagesArr = messagesType === 'chatMessages' ? cleanChatMessages(messages_) : []
+	let messagesArr: _InternalLLMChatMessage[] = []
+	if (messagesType === 'chatMessages') {
+		messagesArr = cleanChatMessages([
+			{ role: 'system', content: aiInstructions },
+			...messages_
+		])
+	}
 
 	// only captures number of messages and message "shape", no actual code, instructions, prompts, etc
 	const captureLLMEvent = (eventId: string, extras?: object) => {
@@ -138,21 +143,16 @@ export const sendLLMMessage = ({
 			case 'openRouter':
 			case 'deepseek':
 			case 'openAICompatible':
-				sendOpenAIChat({ messages: messagesArr, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, modelName, _setAborter, providerName });
+				if (messagesType === 'FIMMessage') sendOpenAIFIM({ messages: messages_, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, modelName, _setAborter, providerName });
+				else /*                         */ sendOpenAIChat({ messages: messagesArr, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, modelName, _setAborter, providerName });
+				break;
+			case 'ollama':
+				if (messagesType === 'FIMMessage') sendOllamaFIM({ messages: messages_, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, modelName, _setAborter, providerName })
+				else /*                         */ sendOllamaChat({ messages: messagesArr, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, modelName, _setAborter, providerName })
 				break;
 			case 'gemini':
 				sendGeminiChat({ messages: messagesArr, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, modelName, _setAborter, providerName });
 				break;
-			case 'ollama':
-				if ( // TODO @andrew in future we want to use our own templates instead of using ollamaFIM
-					messagesType === 'FIMMessage'
-					&& settingsOfProvider['ollama']._didFillInProviderSettings
-					&& settingsOfProvider['ollama'].models.some(m => !m.isHidden)
-				)
-					sendOllamaFIM({ messages: messages_, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, modelName, _setAborter, providerName })
-				else
-					sendOllamaChat({ messages: messagesArr, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, modelName, _setAborter, providerName });
-				break;
 			case 'groq':
 				sendGroqChat({ messages: messagesArr, onText, onFinalMessage, onError, settingsOfProvider, modelName, _setAborter, providerName });
 				break;
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.ts
index 2c44e2ec..98725631 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 // registered in app.ts
 // code convention is to make a service responsible for this stuff, and not a channel, but having fewer files is simpler...
 
-import { IServerChannel } from '../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
-import { Emitter, Event } from '../../../base/common/event.js';
+import { IServerChannel } from '../../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
+import { Emitter, Event } from '../../../../base/common/event.js';
 import { EventLLMMessageOnTextParams, EventLLMMessageOnErrorParams, EventLLMMessageOnFinalMessageParams, MainSendLLMMessageParams, AbortRef, SendLLMMessageParams, MainLLMMessageAbortParams, MainModelListParams, ModelListParams, EventModelListOnSuccessParams, EventModelListOnErrorParams, OllamaModelResponse, OpenaiCompatibleModelResponse, } from '../common/llmMessageTypes.js';
 import { sendLLMMessage } from './llmMessage/sendLLMMessage.js'
 import { IMetricsService } from '../common/metricsService.js';
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class LLMMessageChannel implements IServerChannel {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// browser uses this to call
+	// browser uses this to call (see this.channel.call() in llmMessageService.ts for all usages)
 	async call(_: unknown, command: string, params: any): Promise<any> {
 		try {
 			if (command === 'sendLLMMessage') {
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.ts
similarity index 86%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.ts
index cd8abf2b..592f79c4 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { Disposable } from '../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
-import { isLinux, isMacintosh, isWindows } from '../../../base/common/platform.js';
-import { generateUuid } from '../../../base/common/uuid.js';
-import { IEnvironmentMainService } from '../../environment/electron-main/environmentMainService.js';
-
-import { IProductService } from '../../product/common/productService.js';
-import { StorageScope, StorageTarget } from '../../storage/common/storage.js';
-import { IApplicationStorageMainService } from '../../storage/electron-main/storageMainService.js';
+import { Disposable } from '../../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
+import { isLinux, isMacintosh, isWindows } from '../../../../base/common/platform.js';
+import { generateUuid } from '../../../../base/common/uuid.js';
+import { IEnvironmentMainService } from '../../../../platform/environment/electron-main/environmentMainService.js';
+import { IProductService } from '../../../../platform/product/common/productService.js';
+import { StorageTarget, StorageScope } from '../../../../platform/storage/common/storage.js';
+import { IApplicationStorageMainService } from '../../../../platform/storage/electron-main/storageMainService.js';
 
 import { IMetricsService } from '../common/metricsService.js';
 import { PostHog } from 'posthog-node'
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/templates/templates.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/templates/templates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..138f7be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/templates/templates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+
+modelName -> {
+	system_message_type: 'system' | 'developer' (openai) | null // if null, we will just do a string of system message
+	supports_tools: boolean // we will just do a string of tool use if it doesn't support
+	supports_autocomplete_FIM (suffix) // we will just do a description of FIM if it doens't support <|fim_hole|>
+
+	supports_streaming: boolean // (o1 does NOT) we will just dump the final result if doesn't support it
+	max_tokens: number // required, DEFAULT is Infinity
+
+}
+
+*/
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/voidUpdateMainService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/voidUpdateMainService.ts
similarity index 82%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/voidUpdateMainService.ts
rename to src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/voidUpdateMainService.ts
index 029db5f4..c691ff56 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/voidUpdateMainService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/voidUpdateMainService.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { Disposable } from '../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
-import { IEnvironmentMainService } from '../../environment/electron-main/environmentMainService.js';
-
-import { IProductService } from '../../product/common/productService.js';
+import { Disposable } from '../../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
+import { IEnvironmentMainService } from '../../../../platform/environment/electron-main/environmentMainService.js';
+import { IProductService } from '../../../../platform/product/common/productService.js';
 
 import { IVoidUpdateService } from '../common/voidUpdateService.js';
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/workbench.common.main.ts b/src/vs/workbench/workbench.common.main.ts
index 14f3fec1..394da127 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/workbench.common.main.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/workbench.common.main.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import './browser/workbench.contribution.js';
 //#region --- Void
 // Void added this:
 import './contrib/void/browser/void.contribution.js';
-import '../platform/void/browser/void.contribution.js';
 //#endregion