diff --git a/src/tui/mode/mini/open_file.zig b/src/tui/mode/mini/open_file.zig
index 7097c18..613a5fe 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/mini/open_file.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/mini/open_file.zig
@@ -1,27 +1,35 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const tp = @import("thespian");
+const log = @import("log");
 
 const key = @import("renderer").input.key;
 const mod = @import("renderer").input.modifier;
 const event_type = @import("renderer").input.event_type;
 const ucs32_to_utf8 = @import("renderer").ucs32_to_utf8;
+const project_manager = @import("project_manager");
 
 const tui = @import("../../tui.zig");
 const mainview = @import("../../mainview.zig");
 const command = @import("../../command.zig");
 const EventHandler = @import("../../EventHandler.zig");
+const MessageFilter = @import("../../MessageFilter.zig");
 
 const Self = @This();
 
 a: std.mem.Allocator,
 file_path: std.ArrayList(u8),
+query: std.ArrayList(u8),
+query_pending: bool = false,
+complete_trigger_count: usize = 0,
 
 pub fn create(a: std.mem.Allocator, _: command.Context) !*Self {
     const self: *Self = try a.create(Self);
     self.* = .{
         .a = a,
         .file_path = std.ArrayList(u8).init(a),
+        .query = std.ArrayList(u8).init(a),
     };
+    try tui.current().message_filters.add(MessageFilter.bind(self, receive_project_manager));
     if (tui.current().mainview.dynamic_cast(mainview)) |mv_| if (mv_.get_editor()) |editor| {
         if (editor.is_dirty()) return tp.exit("unsaved changes");
         if (editor.file_path) |old_path|
@@ -39,6 +47,8 @@ pub fn create(a: std.mem.Allocator, _: command.Context) !*Self {
 }
 
 pub fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
+    tui.current().message_filters.remove_ptr(self);
+    self.query.deinit();
     self.file_path.deinit();
     self.a.destroy(self);
 }
@@ -108,9 +118,11 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
             else {},
         },
         0 => switch (keypress) {
+            key.TAB => self.try_complete_file(),
             key.ESC => self.cancel(),
             key.ENTER => self.navigate(),
             key.BACKSPACE => if (self.file_path.items.len > 0) {
+                self.complete_trigger_count = 0;
                 self.file_path.shrinkRetainingCapacity(self.file_path.items.len - 1);
             },
             else => if (!key.synthesized_p(keypress))
@@ -124,16 +136,19 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
 fn mapRelease(_: *Self, _: u32, _: u32, _: u32) !void {}
 
 fn insert_code_point(self: *Self, c: u32) !void {
+    self.complete_trigger_count = 0;
     var buf: [32]u8 = undefined;
     const bytes = try ucs32_to_utf8(&[_]u32{c}, &buf);
     try self.file_path.appendSlice(buf[0..bytes]);
 }
 
 fn insert_bytes(self: *Self, bytes: []const u8) !void {
+    self.complete_trigger_count = 0;
     try self.file_path.appendSlice(bytes);
 }
 
-fn cmd(_: *Self, name_: []const u8, ctx: command.Context) tp.result {
+fn cmd(self: *Self, name_: []const u8, ctx: command.Context) tp.result {
+    self.complete_trigger_count = 0;
     return command.executeName(name_, ctx);
 }
 
@@ -146,3 +161,48 @@ fn navigate(self: *Self) void {
         tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "navigate", .{ .file = self.file_path.items } }) catch {};
     command.executeName("exit_mini_mode", .{}) catch {};
 }
+
+fn try_complete_file(self: *Self) !void {
+    self.complete_trigger_count += 1;
+    if (self.complete_trigger_count == 1) {
+        self.query.clearRetainingCapacity();
+        try self.query.appendSlice(self.file_path.items);
+    }
+    if (self.query_pending) return;
+    self.query_pending = true;
+    try project_manager.query_recent_files(self.complete_trigger_count, self.query.items);
+}
+
+fn receive_project_manager(self: *Self, _: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) error{Exit}!bool {
+    if (try m.match(.{ "PRJ", tp.more })) {
+        self.process_project_manager(m) catch |e| return tp.exit_error(e, @errorReturnTrace());
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+fn process_project_manager(self: *Self, m: tp.message) !void {
+    defer {
+        if (tui.current().mini_mode) |*mini_mode| {
+            mini_mode.text = self.file_path.items;
+            mini_mode.cursor = self.file_path.items.len;
+        }
+    }
+    var file_name: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var query: []const u8 = undefined;
+    if (try m.match(.{ "PRJ", "recent", tp.any, tp.extract(&file_name), tp.any })) {
+        self.file_path.clearRetainingCapacity();
+        try self.file_path.appendSlice(file_name);
+        tui.need_render();
+    } else if (try m.match(.{ "PRJ", "recent", tp.any, tp.extract(&file_name) })) {
+        self.file_path.clearRetainingCapacity();
+        try self.file_path.appendSlice(file_name);
+        tui.need_render();
+    } else if (try m.match(.{ "PRJ", "recent_done", tp.any, tp.extract(&query) })) {
+        self.query_pending = false;
+        if (!std.mem.eql(u8, self.query.items, query))
+            try self.try_complete_file();
+    } else {
+        log.logger("open_recent").err("receive", tp.unexpected(m));
+    }
+}