diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 367f9a6..48ba28d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,3 +6,11 @@
 
 Forked starter template for [LazyVim](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim).
 Refer to the [documentation](https://lazyvim.github.io/installation) to get started.
+
+## Installing avante
+
+```
+brew install ollama
+ollama serve &
+ollama pull mistral # or ollama pull llama3:8b-q4_0
+ollama run mistral
diff --git a/lazy-lock.json b/lazy-lock.json
index 2f162f1..c9a8121 100644
--- a/lazy-lock.json
+++ b/lazy-lock.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "SchemaStore.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "ad028f85ec81d58fc5e128c705b8d0f1365898a4" },
   "aerial.nvim": { "branch": "master", "commit": "2e00d1d4248f08dddfceacb8d2996e51e13e00f6" },
   "ag.vim": { "branch": "master", "commit": "4a0dd6e190f446e5a016b44fdaa2feafc582918e" },
+  "avante.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "f755861d939df35b9d28ca3eb667af798750747f" },
   "blink-cmp-copilot": { "branch": "main", "commit": "439cff78780c033aa23cf061d7315314b347e3c1" },
   "blink.cmp": { "branch": "main", "commit": "cb5e346d9e0efa7a3eee7fd4da0b690c48d2a98e" },
   "bufferline.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "655133c3b4c3e5e05ec549b9f8cc2894ac6f51b3" },
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
   "mini.hipatterns": { "branch": "main", "commit": "e5083df391171dc9d8172645606f8496d9443374" },
   "mini.icons": { "branch": "main", "commit": "397ed3807e96b59709ef3292f0a3e253d5c1dc0a" },
   "mini.pairs": { "branch": "main", "commit": "69864a2efb36c030877421634487fd90db1e4298" },
-  "mini.surround": { "branch": "main", "commit": "5aab42fcdcf31fa010f012771eda5631c077840a" },
   "neo-tree.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "b2843296548622937322b19fd602cadaa34432c5" },
   "neoconf.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "06d7354fe5555ebabaf51b9991c8e5df04ca8f03" },
   "neogen": { "branch": "main", "commit": "05d754004da8c89115b291f2a23ca530a8cac8fd" },
diff --git a/lua/plugins/avante.lua b/lua/plugins/avante.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..164ba53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/avante.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+return {
+  "yetone/avante.nvim",
+  dependencies = { "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim" },
+  event = "VeryLazy",
+  opts = {
+    provider = "ollama",
+    ollama = {
+      model = "mistral", -- you can also try "llama3:8b-q4_0" or "gemma"
+    },
+  },
+  build = "make",
+  cmd = { "AvantePrompt", "AvanteToggle" },
+  keys = {
+    { "<leader>aa", "<cmd>AvantePrompt<cr>", desc = "Avante Prompt" },
+    { "<leader>at", "<cmd>AvanteToggle<cr>", desc = "Toggle Avante Window" },
+  },
+}