diff --git a/deno.lock b/deno.lock
index 6811a38e8..308164e67 100644
--- a/deno.lock
+++ b/deno.lock
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     "npm:@arizeai/openinference-semantic-conventions@^1.1.0": "1.1.0",
     "npm:@arizeai/openinference-vercel@^2.0.1": "2.3.1_@opentelemetry+api@1.9.0",
     "npm:@babel/standalone@^7.28.2": "7.28.2",
+    "npm:@codemirror/autocomplete@^6.15.0": "6.18.6",
     "npm:@codemirror/lang-css@^6.3.1": "6.3.1",
     "npm:@codemirror/lang-html@^6.4.9": "6.4.9",
     "npm:@codemirror/lang-javascript@^6.2.2": "6.2.4",
@@ -2153,6 +2154,7 @@
       },
       "packages/ui": {
         "dependencies": [
+          "npm:@codemirror/autocomplete@^6.15.0",
           "npm:@codemirror/lang-css@^6.3.1",
           "npm:@codemirror/lang-html@^6.4.9",
           "npm:@codemirror/lang-javascript@^6.2.2",
diff --git a/packages/patterns/chatbot-note.tsx b/packages/patterns/chatbot-note.tsx
index 77018fcd7..ec06bc8b0 100644
--- a/packages/patterns/chatbot-note.tsx
+++ b/packages/patterns/chatbot-note.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export const Note = recipe<NoteInput>(
         <ct-code-editor
           $value={content}
           $mentionable={allCharms}
-          oncharm-link-click={handleCharmLinkClick({})}
+          onbacklink-click={handleCharmLinkClick({})}
           language="text/markdown"
           style="min-height: 400px;"
         />
@@ -170,11 +170,7 @@ export default recipe<LLMTestInput, LLMTestResult>(
                 />
               </div>
 
-              <ct-vscroll flex showScrollbar fadeEdges snapToBottom>
-                <ct-vstack data-label="Tools">
-                  <Note content={content} allCharms={allCharms} />
-                </ct-vstack>
-              </ct-vscroll>
+              <Note content={content} allCharms={allCharms} />
             </ct-screen>
 
             {ifElse(
diff --git a/packages/ui/deno.json b/packages/ui/deno.json
index cc8d0e81e..f1035bd8a 100644
--- a/packages/ui/deno.json
+++ b/packages/ui/deno.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "@codemirror/lang-css": "npm:@codemirror/lang-css@^6.3.1",
     "@codemirror/lang-html": "npm:@codemirror/lang-html@^6.4.9",
     "@codemirror/lang-json": "npm:@codemirror/lang-json@^6.0.1",
-    "@codemirror/theme-one-dark": "npm:@codemirror/theme-one-dark@^6.1.2"
+    "@codemirror/theme-one-dark": "npm:@codemirror/theme-one-dark@^6.1.2",
+    "@codemirror/autocomplete": "npm:@codemirror/autocomplete@^6.15.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/v2/components/ct-code-editor/ct-code-editor.ts b/packages/ui/src/v2/components/ct-code-editor/ct-code-editor.ts
index 9e5026604..cb156835c 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/v2/components/ct-code-editor/ct-code-editor.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/v2/components/ct-code-editor/ct-code-editor.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { html, PropertyValues } from "lit";
 import { BaseElement } from "../../core/base-element.ts";
 import { styles } from "./styles.ts";
 import { basicSetup } from "codemirror";
-import { EditorView, placeholder } from "@codemirror/view";
+import { EditorView, keymap, placeholder } from "@codemirror/view";
 import { Compartment, EditorState, Extension } from "@codemirror/state";
 import { LanguageSupport } from "@codemirror/language";
 import { javascript as createJavaScript } from "@codemirror/lang-javascript";
@@ -11,9 +11,23 @@ import { css as createCss } from "@codemirror/lang-css";
 import { html as createHtml } from "@codemirror/lang-html";
 import { json as createJson } from "@codemirror/lang-json";
 import { oneDark } from "@codemirror/theme-one-dark";
-import { type Cell } from "@commontools/runner";
+import {
+  autocompletion,
+  Completion,
+  CompletionContext,
+  CompletionResult,
+} from "@codemirror/autocomplete";
+import {
+  Decoration,
+  DecorationSet,
+  ViewPlugin,
+  ViewUpdate,
+  WidgetType,
+} from "@codemirror/view";
+import { type Cell, getEntityId, NAME } from "@commontools/runner";
 import { type InputTimingOptions } from "../../core/input-timing-controller.ts";
 import { createStringCellController } from "../../core/cell-controller.ts";
+import { Charm } from "@commontools/charm";
 
 /**
  * Supported MIME types for syntax highlighting
@@ -66,10 +80,12 @@ const getLangExtFromMimeType = (mime: MimeType) => {
  * @attr {string} placeholder - Placeholder text when empty
  * @attr {string} timingStrategy - Input timing strategy: "immediate" | "debounce" | "throttle" | "blur"
  * @attr {number} timingDelay - Delay in milliseconds for debounce/throttle (default: 500)
+ * @attr {Array} mentionable - Array of mentionable items with Charm structure for backlink autocomplete
  *
  * @fires ct-change - Fired when content changes with detail: { value, oldValue, language }
  * @fires ct-focus - Fired on focus
  * @fires ct-blur - Fired on blur
+ * @fires backlink-click - Fired when a backlink is clicked with Cmd/Ctrl+Enter with detail: { text, charm }
  *
  * @example
  * <ct-code-editor language="text/javascript" placeholder="Enter code..."></ct-code-editor>
@@ -85,6 +101,7 @@ export class CTCodeEditor extends BaseElement {
     placeholder: { type: String },
     timingStrategy: { type: String },
     timingDelay: { type: Number },
+    mentionable: { type: Array },
   };
 
   declare value: Cell<string> | string;
@@ -94,6 +111,7 @@ export class CTCodeEditor extends BaseElement {
   declare placeholder: string;
   declare timingStrategy: InputTimingOptions["strategy"];
   declare timingDelay: number;
+  declare mentionable: Cell<Charm[]>;
 
   private _editorView: EditorView | undefined;
   private _lang = new Compartment();
@@ -124,6 +142,218 @@ export class CTCodeEditor extends BaseElement {
     this.timingDelay = 500;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a backlink completion source for [[backlinks]]
+   */
+  private createBacklinkCompletionSource() {
+    return (context: CompletionContext): CompletionResult | null => {
+      // Look for incomplete backlinks: [[ followed by optional text
+      const backlink = context.matchBefore(/\[\[([^\]]*)?/);
+
+      if (!backlink) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      // Check what comes after the cursor
+      const afterCursor = context.state.doc.sliceString(
+        context.pos,
+        context.pos + 2,
+      );
+
+      // Allow completion inside existing backlinks - we'll replace the content between [[ and ]]
+      const query = backlink.text.slice(2); // Remove [[ prefix
+
+      const mentionable = this.getFilteredMentionable(query);
+
+      if (mentionable.length === 0) return null;
+
+      const options: Completion[] = mentionable.map((charm) => {
+        const charmIdObj = getEntityId(charm);
+        const charmId = charmIdObj?.["/"] || "";
+        const charmName = charm[NAME] || "";
+        const insertText = `${charmName} (${charmId})`;
+        return {
+          label: charmName,
+          apply: afterCursor === "]]" ? insertText : insertText + "]]",
+          type: "text",
+          info: "Backlink to " + charmName,
+        };
+      });
+
+      return {
+        from: backlink.from + 2, // Start after [[
+        to: afterCursor === "]]" ? context.pos : undefined,
+        options,
+        validFor: /^[^\]]*$/,
+      };
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get filtered mentionable items based on query
+   */
+  private getFilteredMentionable(query: string): Charm[] {
+    if (!this.mentionable) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const mentionableData = this.mentionable.getAsQueryResult();
+
+    if (!mentionableData || mentionableData.length === 0) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const queryLower = query.toLowerCase();
+    const matches: Charm[] = [];
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < mentionableData.length; i++) {
+      const mention = this.mentionable.key(i).getAsQueryResult();
+      if (mention && mention[NAME]?.toLowerCase()?.includes(queryLower)) {
+        matches.push(mention);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return matches;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Handle backlink clicks with Cmd/Ctrl+Click
+   */
+  private createBacklinkClickHandler() {
+    return EditorView.domEventHandlers({
+      click: (event, view) => {
+        if (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) {
+          return this.handleBacklinkActivation(view, event);
+        }
+        return false;
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Handle backlink activation (Cmd/Ctrl+Click on a backlink)
+   */
+  private handleBacklinkActivation(
+    view: EditorView,
+    event?: MouseEvent,
+  ): boolean {
+    const state = view.state;
+    const pos = state.selection.main.head;
+    const doc = state.doc;
+
+    // Find backlinks around cursor position
+    const lineStart = doc.lineAt(pos).from;
+    const lineEnd = doc.lineAt(pos).to;
+    const lineText = doc.sliceString(lineStart, lineEnd);
+
+    // Find all [[...]] patterns in the line
+    const backlinkRegex = /\[\[([^\]]+)\]\]/g;
+    let match;
+
+    while ((match = backlinkRegex.exec(lineText)) !== null) {
+      const matchStart = lineStart + match.index;
+      const matchEnd = matchStart + match[0].length;
+
+      // Check if cursor is within this backlink
+      if (pos >= matchStart && pos <= matchEnd) {
+        const backlinkText = match[1]; // This is "Name (id)" format
+        // Extract ID from "Name (id)" format
+        const idMatch = backlinkText.match(/\(([^)]+)\)$/);
+        const backlinkId = idMatch ? idMatch[1] : backlinkText;
+        const charm = this.findCharmById(backlinkId);
+
+        if (charm) {
+          this.emit("backlink-click", {
+            id: backlinkId,
+            text: backlinkText,
+            charm: charm,
+          });
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find a charm by ID in the mentionable list
+   */
+  private findCharmById(id: string): Charm | null {
+    if (!this.mentionable) return null;
+
+    const mentionableData = this.mentionable.getAsQueryResult();
+    if (!mentionableData) return null;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < mentionableData.length; i++) {
+      const charm = this.mentionable.key(i).getAsQueryResult();
+      if (charm) {
+        const charmIdObj = getEntityId(charm);
+        const charmId = charmIdObj?.["/"] || "";
+        if (charmId === id) {
+          return charm;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a plugin to decorate backlinks with special styling
+   */
+  private createBacklinkDecorationPlugin() {
+    const backlinkMark = Decoration.mark({ class: "cm-backlink" });
+
+    return ViewPlugin.fromClass(
+      class {
+        decorations: DecorationSet;
+
+        constructor(view: EditorView) {
+          this.decorations = this.getBacklinkDecorations(view);
+        }
+
+        update(update: ViewUpdate) {
+          if (update.docChanged || update.viewportChanged) {
+            this.decorations = this.getBacklinkDecorations(update.view);
+          }
+        }
+
+        getBacklinkDecorations(view: EditorView) {
+          const decorations = [];
+          const doc = view.state.doc;
+          const backlinkRegex = /\[\[([^\]]+)\]\]/g;
+
+          for (const { from, to } of view.visibleRanges) {
+            for (let pos = from; pos <= to;) {
+              const line = doc.lineAt(pos);
+              const text = line.text;
+              let match;
+
+              backlinkRegex.lastIndex = 0; // Reset regex
+              while ((match = backlinkRegex.exec(text)) !== null) {
+                const start = line.from + match.index;
+                const end = start + match[0].length;
+
+                // Only decorate if within visible range
+                if (start >= from && end <= to) {
+                  decorations.push(backlinkMark.range(start, end));
+                }
+              }
+
+              pos = line.to + 1;
+            }
+          }
+
+          return Decoration.set(decorations);
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        decorations: (v) => v.decorations,
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
   private getValue(): string {
     return this._cellController.getValue();
   }
@@ -279,6 +509,16 @@ export class CTCodeEditor extends BaseElement {
           return false;
         },
       }),
+      // Add backlink click handler for Cmd/Ctrl+Click
+      this.createBacklinkClickHandler(),
+      // Add backlink decoration plugin to visually style [[backlinks]]
+      this.createBacklinkDecorationPlugin(),
+      // Add autocompletion with backlink support
+      autocompletion({
+        override: [this.createBacklinkCompletionSource()],
+        activateOnTyping: true,
+        closeOnBlur: true,
+      }),
     ];
 
     // Add placeholder extension if specified
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/v2/components/ct-code-editor/styles.ts b/packages/ui/src/v2/components/ct-code-editor/styles.ts
index fc3ce23b3..394bb3c15 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/v2/components/ct-code-editor/styles.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/v2/components/ct-code-editor/styles.ts
@@ -49,4 +49,22 @@ export const styles = css`
   .cm-editor {
     border-radius: var(--radius, 0.375rem);
   }
+
+  /* Backlink styling - make [[backlinks]] visually distinct */
+  .cm-content .cm-line {
+    position: relative;
+  }
+
+  /* Style for backlinks - we'll use a highlight mark */
+  .cm-backlink {
+    background-color: var(--ring-alpha, hsla(212, 100%, 47%, 0.1));
+    border-radius: 0.25rem;
+    padding: 0.125rem 0.25rem;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    transition: background-color 0.2s;
+  }
+
+  .cm-backlink:hover {
+    background-color: var(--ring-alpha, hsla(212, 100%, 47%, 0.2));
+  }
 `;