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+# LSP Extensions
+
+This document describes LSP extensions used by rust-analyzer.
+It's a best effort document, when in doubt, consult the source (and send a PR with clarification ;-) ).
+We aim to upstream all non Rust-specific extensions to the protocol, but this is not a top priority.
+All capabilities are enabled via `experimental` field of `ClientCapabilities`.
+
+## `SnippetTextEdit`
+
+**Capability**
+
+```typescript
+{
+    "snippetTextEdit": boolean
+}
+```
+
+If this capability is set, `WorkspaceEdit`s returned from `codeAction` requests might contain `SnippetTextEdit`s instead of usual `TextEdit`s:
+
+```typescript
+interface SnippetTextEdit extends TextEdit {
+    insertTextFormat?: InsertTextFormat;
+}
+```
+
+```typescript
+export interface TextDocumentEdit {
+        textDocument: VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier;
+        edits: (TextEdit | SnippetTextEdit)[];
+}
+```
+
+When applying such code action, the editor should insert snippet, with tab stops and placeholder.
+At the moment, rust-analyzer guarantees that only a single edit will have `InsertTextFormat.Snippet`.