return {
    'echasnovski/mini.pairs',
    event = 'VeryLazy',
    opts = {
        modes = { insert = true, command = true, terminal = false },
        -- skip autopair when next character is one of these
        skip_next = [=[[%w%%%'%[%"%.%`%$]]=],
        -- skip autopair when the cursor is inside these treesitter nodes
        skip_ts = { "string" },
        -- skip autopair when next character is closing pair
        -- and there are more closing pairs than opening pairs
        skip_unbalanced = true,
        -- better deal with markdown code blocks
        markdown = true,
    },

    config = function(_, opts)
        local pairs = require("mini.pairs")
        pairs.setup(opts)
        local open = pairs.open
        pairs.open = function(pair, neigh_pattern)
            if vim.fn.getcmdline() ~= "" then
                return open(pair, neigh_pattern)
            end
            local o, c = pair:sub(1, 1), pair:sub(2, 2)
            local line = vim.api.nvim_get_current_line()
            local cursor = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)
            local next = line:sub(cursor[2] + 1, cursor[2] + 1)
            local before = line:sub(1, cursor[2])
            if opts.markdown and o == "`" and vim.bo.filetype == "markdown" and before:match("^%s*``") then
                return "`\n```" .. vim.api.nvim_replace_termcodes("<up>", true, true, true)
            end
            if opts.skip_next and next ~= "" and next:match(opts.skip_next) then
                return o
            end
            if opts.skip_ts and #opts.skip_ts > 0 then
                local ok, captures = pcall(vim.treesitter.get_captures_at_pos, 0, cursor[1] - 1,
                    math.max(cursor[2] - 1, 0))
                for _, capture in ipairs(ok and captures or {}) do
                    if vim.tbl_contains(opts.skip_ts, capture.capture) then
                        return o
                    end
                end
            end
            if opts.skip_unbalanced and next == c and c ~= o then
                local _, count_open = line:gsub(vim.pesc(pair:sub(1, 1)), "")
                local _, count_close = line:gsub(vim.pesc(pair:sub(2, 2)), "")
                if count_close > count_open then
                    return o
                end
            end
            return open(pair, neigh_pattern)
        end
    end,
}