diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 11e7f6e..72205a9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
  "regex",
  "shellwords",
+ "strum",
+ "strum_macros",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -283,6 +285,12 @@ version = "0.6.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f497285884f3fcff424ffc933e56d7cbca511def0c9831a7f9b5f6153e3cc89b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustversion"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0a5f7c728f5d284929a1cccb5bc19884422bfe6ef4d6c409da2c41838983fcf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shellwords"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -299,6 +307,28 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strum"
+version = "0.24.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "063e6045c0e62079840579a7e47a355ae92f60eb74daaf156fb1e84ba164e63f"
+dependencies = [
+ "strum_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum_macros"
+version = "0.24.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4faebde00e8ff94316c01800f9054fd2ba77d30d9e922541913051d1d978918b"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustversion",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.86"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 06529ec..c54a7b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ evalexpr = "7"
 kakplugin = {path = "./kakplugin/"}
 linked-hash-map = "0.5.4"
 linked_hash_set = "0.1.4"
+strum_macros = "0.24"
+strum = { version = "0.24", features = ["derive"] }
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
diff --git a/kakplugin/src/lib.rs b/kakplugin/src/lib.rs
index 82f189f..e505db9 100644
--- a/kakplugin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kakplugin/src/lib.rs
@@ -212,3 +212,24 @@ pub fn get_var(var_name: &str) -> Result<String, KakError> {
         }
     })
 }
+
+/// Prints a list of shell script candidates for kakoune to ingest
+pub fn generate_shell_script_candidates<S>(variants: &[S]) -> Result<(), KakError>
+where
+    S: AsRef<str>,
+{
+    let token_to_complete = get_var("kak_token_to_complete")?.parse::<u8>()?;
+
+    match token_to_complete {
+        0 => {
+            for v in variants {
+                println!("{}", v.as_ref());
+            }
+        }
+        1_u8..=u8::MAX => {
+            // We can't see which command was selected, so none of these will do anything
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e2d1333..2ad47a5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ mod utils;
 // mod xargs;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use kakplugin::{display_message, get_var, KakError};
+use std::env;
+use strum::VariantNames;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[clap(about, version, author)]
@@ -34,7 +36,8 @@ struct Cli {
     // kak_response_fifo_name: PathBuf,
 }
 
-#[derive(Subcommand, Debug)]
+#[derive(Subcommand, Debug, strum::EnumVariantNames)]
+#[strum(serialize_all = "kebab_case")]
 enum Commands {
     #[clap(about = "Sorts selections based on content or content regex match")]
     Sort(sort::Options),
@@ -57,6 +60,16 @@ enum Commands {
 }
 
 fn main() {
+    // First, check if we are just getting candidates to run the program. kak_command_fifo is not needed for this
+    let args = env::args().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    if args.len() == 2 && args[1] == "shell-script-candidates" {
+        match kakplugin::generate_shell_script_candidates(Commands::VARIANTS) {
+            Err(e) => eprintln!("{e:?}"),
+            Ok(()) => {}
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
     if get_var("kak_command_fifo")
         .and(get_var("kak_response_fifo"))
         .is_err()