diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands.rs b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
index cf6bb2703..d9f041911 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
@@ -2337,6 +2337,229 @@ fn global_search(cx: &mut Context) {
     );
 }
 
+fn search_in_directory(cx: &mut Context, search_root: PathBuf) {
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    struct FileResult {
+        path: PathBuf,
+        /// 0 indexed lines
+        line_num: usize,
+    }
+
+    impl FileResult {
+        fn new(path: &Path, line_num: usize) -> Self {
+            Self {
+                path: path.to_path_buf(),
+                line_num,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl ui::menu::Item for FileResult {
+        type Data = Option<PathBuf>;
+
+        fn format(&self, current_path: &Self::Data) -> Row {
+            let relative_path = helix_core::path::get_relative_path(&self.path)
+                .to_string_lossy()
+                .into_owned();
+            if current_path
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|p| p == &self.path)
+                .unwrap_or(false)
+            {
+                format!("{} (*)", relative_path).into()
+            } else {
+                relative_path.into()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let config = cx.editor.config();
+    let smart_case = config.search.smart_case;
+    let file_picker_config = config.file_picker.clone();
+
+    let reg = cx.register.unwrap_or('/');
+    let completions = search_completions(cx, Some(reg));
+    ui::regex_prompt(
+        cx,
+        "global-search:".into(),
+        Some(reg),
+        move |_editor: &Editor, input: &str| {
+            completions
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|comp| comp.starts_with(input))
+                .map(|comp| (0.., std::borrow::Cow::Owned(comp.clone())))
+                .collect()
+        },
+        move |cx, regex, event| {
+            if event != PromptEvent::Validate {
+                return;
+            }
+            cx.editor.registers.last_search_register = reg;
+
+            let current_path = doc_mut!(cx.editor).path().cloned();
+            let documents: Vec<_> = cx
+                .editor
+                .documents()
+                .map(|doc| (doc.path().cloned(), doc.text().to_owned()))
+                .collect();
+
+            if let Ok(matcher) = RegexMatcherBuilder::new()
+                .case_smart(smart_case)
+                .build(regex.as_str())
+            {
+                let search_root = search_root.clone();
+
+                if !search_root.exists() {
+                    cx.editor
+                        .set_error("Current working directory does not exist");
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                let (picker, injector) = Picker::stream(current_path);
+
+                let dedup_symlinks = file_picker_config.deduplicate_links;
+                let absolute_root = search_root
+                    .canonicalize()
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| search_root.clone());
+                let injector_ = injector.clone();
+
+                std::thread::spawn(move || {
+                    let searcher = SearcherBuilder::new()
+                        .binary_detection(BinaryDetection::quit(b'\x00'))
+                        .build();
+                    WalkBuilder::new(search_root)
+                        .hidden(file_picker_config.hidden)
+                        .parents(file_picker_config.parents)
+                        .ignore(file_picker_config.ignore)
+                        .follow_links(file_picker_config.follow_symlinks)
+                        .git_ignore(file_picker_config.git_ignore)
+                        .git_global(file_picker_config.git_global)
+                        .git_exclude(file_picker_config.git_exclude)
+                        .max_depth(file_picker_config.max_depth)
+                        .filter_entry(move |entry| {
+                            filter_picker_entry(entry, &absolute_root, dedup_symlinks)
+                        })
+                        .build_parallel()
+                        .run(|| {
+                            let mut searcher = searcher.clone();
+                            let matcher = matcher.clone();
+                            let injector = injector_.clone();
+                            let documents = &documents;
+                            Box::new(move |entry: Result<DirEntry, ignore::Error>| -> WalkState {
+                                let entry = match entry {
+                                    Ok(entry) => entry,
+                                    Err(_) => return WalkState::Continue,
+                                };
+
+                                match entry.file_type() {
+                                    Some(entry) if entry.is_file() => {}
+                                    // skip everything else
+                                    _ => return WalkState::Continue,
+                                };
+
+                                let mut stop = false;
+                                let sink = sinks::UTF8(|line_num, _| {
+                                    stop = injector
+                                        .push(FileResult::new(entry.path(), line_num as usize - 1))
+                                        .is_err();
+
+                                    Ok(!stop)
+                                });
+                                let doc = documents.iter().find(|&(doc_path, _)| {
+                                    doc_path
+                                        .as_ref()
+                                        .map_or(false, |doc_path| doc_path == entry.path())
+                                });
+
+                                let result = if let Some((_, doc)) = doc {
+                                    // there is already a buffer for this file
+                                    // search the buffer instead of the file because it's faster
+                                    // and captures new edits without requiring a save
+                                    if searcher.multi_line_with_matcher(&matcher) {
+                                        // in this case a continous buffer is required
+                                        // convert the rope to a string
+                                        let text = doc.to_string();
+                                        searcher.search_slice(&matcher, text.as_bytes(), sink)
+                                    } else {
+                                        searcher.search_reader(
+                                            &matcher,
+                                            RopeReader::new(doc.slice(..)),
+                                            sink,
+                                        )
+                                    }
+                                } else {
+                                    searcher.search_path(&matcher, entry.path(), sink)
+                                };
+
+                                if let Err(err) = result {
+                                    log::error!(
+                                        "Global search error: {}, {}",
+                                        entry.path().display(),
+                                        err
+                                    );
+                                }
+                                if stop {
+                                    WalkState::Quit
+                                } else {
+                                    WalkState::Continue
+                                }
+                            })
+                        });
+                });
+
+                cx.jobs.callback(async move {
+                    let call = move |_: &mut Editor, compositor: &mut Compositor| {
+                        let picker = Picker::with_stream(
+                            picker,
+                            injector,
+                            move |cx, FileResult { path, line_num }, action| {
+                                let doc = match cx.editor.open(path, action) {
+                                    Ok(id) => doc_mut!(cx.editor, &id),
+                                    Err(e) => {
+                                        cx.editor.set_error(format!(
+                                            "Failed to open file '{}': {}",
+                                            path.display(),
+                                            e
+                                        ));
+                                        return;
+                                    }
+                                };
+
+                                let line_num = *line_num;
+                                let view = view_mut!(cx.editor);
+                                let text = doc.text();
+                                if line_num >= text.len_lines() {
+                                    cx.editor.set_error(
+                    "The line you jumped to does not exist anymore because the file has changed.",
+                );
+                                    return;
+                                }
+                                let start = text.line_to_char(line_num);
+                                let end = text.line_to_char((line_num + 1).min(text.len_lines()));
+
+                                doc.set_selection(view.id, Selection::single(start, end));
+                                if action.align_view(view, doc.id()) {
+                                    align_view(doc, view, Align::Center);
+                                }
+                            },
+                        )
+                        .with_preview(
+                            |_editor, FileResult { path, line_num }| {
+                                Some((path.clone().into(), Some((*line_num, *line_num))))
+                            },
+                        );
+                        compositor.push(Box::new(overlaid(picker)))
+                    };
+                    Ok(Callback::EditorCompositor(Box::new(call)))
+                })
+            } else {
+                // Otherwise do nothing
+                // log::warn!("Global Search Invalid Pattern")
+            }
+        },
+    );
+}
+
 enum Extend {
     Above,
     Below,
diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands/engine.rs b/helix-term/src/commands/engine.rs
index 93c06a328..7e7230231 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands/engine.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands/engine.rs
@@ -64,23 +64,6 @@ impl ScriptingEngine {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_keybindings() -> Option<HashMap<Mode, KeyTrie>> {
-        let mut map = HashMap::new();
-
-        // Overlay these in reverse, so the precedence applies correctly
-        for kind in PLUGIN_PRECEDENCE.iter().rev() {
-            if let Some(keybindings) = manual_dispatch!(kind, get_keybindings()) {
-                map.extend(keybindings);
-            }
-        }
-
-        if map.is_empty() {
-            None
-        } else {
-            Some(map)
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn handle_keymap_event(
         editor: &mut ui::EditorView,
         mode: Mode,
@@ -169,12 +152,6 @@ pub trait PluginSystem {
     /// run anything here that could modify the context before the main editor is available.
     fn run_initialization_script(&self, _cx: &mut Context) {}
 
-    /// Fetch the keybindings so that these can be loaded in to the keybinding map. These are
-    /// keybindings that overwrite the default ones.
-    fn get_keybindings(&self) -> Option<HashMap<Mode, KeyTrie>> {
-        None
-    }
-
     /// Allow the engine to directly handle a keymap event. This is some of the tightest integration
     /// with the engine, directly intercepting any keymap events. By default, this just delegates to the
     /// editors default keybindings.
diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands/engine/scheme.rs b/helix-term/src/commands/engine/scheme.rs
index f88000009..7f1100aa7 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands/engine/scheme.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands/engine/scheme.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 use helix_core::{
     extensions::steel_implementations::{rope_module, SteelRopeSlice},
     graphemes,
+    path::expand_tilde,
     shellwords::Shellwords,
     Range, Selection, Tendril,
 };
+use helix_loader::{current_working_dir, set_current_working_dir};
 use helix_view::{
     document::Mode,
     editor::{Action, ConfigEvent},
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 use steel::{
     gc::unsafe_erased_pointers::CustomReference,
     rerrs::ErrorKind,
-    rvals::{as_underlying_type, AsRefMutSteelValFromRef, FromSteelVal, IntoSteelVal},
+    rvals::{as_underlying_type, AsRefMutSteelValFromRef, FromSteelVal, IntoSteelVal, SteelString},
     steel_vm::{engine::Engine, register_fn::RegisterFn},
     SteelErr, SteelVal,
 };
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ thread_local! {
 
     pub static REVERSE_BUFFER_MAP: SteelVal =
         SteelVal::boxed(SteelVal::empty_hashmap());
+
+    pub static GLOBAL_KEYBINDING_MAP: SteelVal = get_keymap().into_steelval().unwrap();
 }
 
 fn load_keymap_api(engine: &mut Engine, api: KeyMapApi) {
@@ -119,6 +123,11 @@ fn load_keymap_api(engine: &mut Engine, api: KeyMapApi) {
         REVERSE_BUFFER_MAP.with(|x| x.clone()),
     );
 
+    module.register_value(
+        "*global-keybinding-map*",
+        GLOBAL_KEYBINDING_MAP.with(|x| x.clone()),
+    );
+
     engine.register_module(module);
 }
 
@@ -198,10 +207,6 @@ impl super::PluginSystem for SteelScriptingEngine {
         run_initialization_script(cx);
     }
 
-    fn get_keybindings(&self) -> Option<HashMap<Mode, KeyTrie>> {
-        crate::commands::engine::scheme::SharedKeyBindingsEventQueue::get()
-    }
-
     fn handle_keymap_event(
         &self,
         editor: &mut ui::EditorView,
@@ -423,7 +428,8 @@ impl SteelScriptingEngine {
             }
         }
 
-        None
+        // Refer to the global keybinding map for the rest
+        Some(GLOBAL_KEYBINDING_MAP.with(|x| x.clone()))
     }
 }
 
@@ -654,8 +660,8 @@ fn run_initialization_script(cx: &mut Context) {
     });
 }
 
-pub static KEYBINDING_QUEUE: Lazy<SharedKeyBindingsEventQueue> =
-    Lazy::new(|| SharedKeyBindingsEventQueue::new());
+// pub static KEYBINDING_QUEUE: Lazy<SharedKeyBindingsEventQueue> =
+//     Lazy::new(|| SharedKeyBindingsEventQueue::new());
 
 pub static CALLBACK_QUEUE: Lazy<CallbackQueue> = Lazy::new(|| CallbackQueue::new());
 
@@ -725,44 +731,44 @@ impl CallbackQueue {
 /// In order to send events from the engine back to the configuration, we can created a shared
 /// queue that the engine and the config push and pull from. Alternatively, we could use a channel
 /// directly, however this was easy enough to set up.
-pub struct SharedKeyBindingsEventQueue {
-    raw_bindings: Arc<Mutex<Vec<String>>>,
-}
+// pub struct SharedKeyBindingsEventQueue {
+//     raw_bindings: Arc<Mutex<Vec<String>>>,
+// }
 
-impl SharedKeyBindingsEventQueue {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            raw_bindings: std::sync::Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new())),
-        }
-    }
+// impl SharedKeyBindingsEventQueue {
+//     pub fn new() -> Self {
+//         Self {
+//             raw_bindings: std::sync::Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new())),
+//         }
+//     }
 
-    pub fn merge(other_as_json: String) {
-        KEYBINDING_QUEUE
-            .raw_bindings
-            .lock()
-            .unwrap()
-            .push(other_as_json);
-    }
+//     pub fn merge(other_as_json: String) {
+//         KEYBINDING_QUEUE
+//             .raw_bindings
+//             .lock()
+//             .unwrap()
+//             .push(other_as_json);
+//     }
 
-    pub fn get() -> Option<HashMap<Mode, KeyTrie>> {
-        let guard = KEYBINDING_QUEUE.raw_bindings.lock().unwrap();
+//     pub fn get() -> Option<HashMap<Mode, KeyTrie>> {
+//         let guard = KEYBINDING_QUEUE.raw_bindings.lock().unwrap();
 
-        if let Some(first) = guard.get(0).clone() {
-            let mut initial = serde_json::from_str(first).unwrap();
+//         if let Some(first) = guard.get(0).clone() {
+//             let mut initial = serde_json::from_str(first).unwrap();
 
-            // while let Some(remaining_event) = guard.pop_front() {
-            for remaining_event in guard.iter() {
-                let bindings = serde_json::from_str(remaining_event).unwrap();
+//             // while let Some(remaining_event) = guard.pop_front() {
+//             for remaining_event in guard.iter() {
+//                 let bindings = serde_json::from_str(remaining_event).unwrap();
 
-                merge_keys(&mut initial, bindings);
-            }
+//                 merge_keys(&mut initial, bindings);
+//             }
 
-            return Some(initial);
-        }
+//             return Some(initial);
+//         }
 
-        None
-    }
-}
+//         None
+//     }
+// }
 
 impl Custom for PromptEvent {}
 
@@ -1122,7 +1128,7 @@ fn configure_engine() -> std::rc::Rc<std::cell::RefCell<steel::steel_vm::engine:
     );
 
     let mut module = BuiltInModule::new("helix/core/keybindings".to_string());
-    module.register_fn("set-keybindings!", SharedKeyBindingsEventQueue::merge);
+    // module.register_fn("set-keybindings!", SharedKeyBindingsEventQueue::merge);
 
     RegisterFn::<
         _,
@@ -1278,6 +1284,11 @@ fn configure_engine() -> std::rc::Rc<std::cell::RefCell<steel::steel_vm::engine:
     module.register_fn("run-in-engine!", run_in_engine);
     module.register_fn("get-helix-scm-path", get_helix_scm_path);
     module.register_fn("get-init-scm-path", get_init_scm_path);
+
+    module.register_fn("get-helix-cwd", get_helix_cwd);
+
+    module.register_fn("search-in-directory", search_in_directory);
+
     module.register_fn("block-on-shell-command", run_shell_command_text);
 
     module.register_fn("cx->current-file", current_path);
@@ -1721,6 +1732,13 @@ pub fn cx_pos_within_text(cx: &mut Context) -> usize {
     pos
 }
 
+pub fn get_helix_cwd(cx: &mut Context) -> Option<String> {
+    helix_loader::current_working_dir()
+        .as_os_str()
+        .to_str()
+        .map(|x| x.into())
+}
+
 // Special newline...
 pub fn custom_insert_newline(cx: &mut Context, indent: String) {
     let (view, doc) = current_ref!(cx.editor);
@@ -1819,3 +1837,8 @@ pub fn custom_insert_newline(cx: &mut Context, indent: String) {
     let (view, doc) = current!(cx.editor);
     doc.apply(&transaction, view.id);
 }
+
+fn search_in_directory(cx: &mut Context, directory: String) {
+    let search_path = expand_tilde(&PathBuf::from(directory));
+    crate::commands::search_in_directory(cx, search_path);
+}
diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
index 623769d77..5310ee0ad 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
@@ -3111,13 +3111,15 @@ pub(super) fn command_mode(cx: &mut Context) {
                 //     .collect()
                 fuzzy_match(
                     input,
-                    TYPABLE_COMMAND_LIST.iter().map(|command| Cow::from(command.name)).chain(crate::commands::engine::ScriptingEngine::available_commands()),
+                    TYPABLE_COMMAND_LIST
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|command| Cow::from(command.name))
+                        .chain(crate::commands::engine::ScriptingEngine::available_commands()),
                     false,
                 )
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(|(name, _)| (0.., name.into()))
                 .collect()
-
             } else {
                 // Otherwise, use the command's completer and the last shellword
                 // as completion input.
diff --git a/helix-term/src/config.rs b/helix-term/src/config.rs
index e083d911f..a0873c16c 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/config.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/config.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::keymap;
-use crate::keymap::{merge_keys, KeyTrie, Keymaps};
+use crate::keymap::{merge_keys, KeyTrie};
 use helix_loader::merge_toml_values;
 use helix_view::document::Mode;
 use serde::Deserialize;
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ impl Config {
     pub fn load(
         global: Result<String, ConfigLoadError>,
         local: Result<String, ConfigLoadError>,
-        engine_overlay: Option<HashMap<Mode, KeyTrie>>,
     ) -> Result<Config, ConfigLoadError> {
         let global_config: Result<ConfigRaw, ConfigLoadError> =
             global.and_then(|file| toml::from_str(&file).map_err(ConfigLoadError::BadConfig));
@@ -76,10 +75,6 @@ impl Config {
                     merge_keys(&mut keys, local_keys)
                 }
 
-                if let Some(overlay) = engine_overlay {
-                    merge_keys(&mut keys, overlay);
-                }
-
                 let editor = match (global.editor, local.editor) {
                     (None, None) => helix_view::editor::Config::default(),
                     (None, Some(val)) | (Some(val), None) => {
@@ -107,10 +102,6 @@ impl Config {
                     merge_keys(&mut keys, keymap);
                 }
 
-                if let Some(overlay) = engine_overlay {
-                    merge_keys(&mut keys, overlay);
-                }
-
                 Config {
                     theme: config.theme,
                     keys,
@@ -134,9 +125,7 @@ impl Config {
         let local_config = fs::read_to_string(helix_loader::workspace_config_file())
             .map_err(ConfigLoadError::Error);
 
-        let bindings = crate::commands::engine::ScriptingEngine::get_keybindings();
-
-        Config::load(global_config, local_config, bindings)
+        Config::load(global_config, local_config)
     }
 }
 
@@ -146,7 +135,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     impl Config {
         fn load_test(config: &str) -> Config {
-            Config::load(Ok(config.to_owned()), Err(ConfigLoadError::default()), None).unwrap()
+            Config::load(Ok(config.to_owned()), Err(ConfigLoadError::default())).unwrap()
         }
     }