diff --git a/core/handlers/completion/complete_link_handler.go b/core/handlers/completion/complete_link_handler.go
index 4e460ef..4ea8f17 100644
--- a/core/handlers/completion/complete_link_handler.go
+++ b/core/handlers/completion/complete_link_handler.go
@@ -4,20 +4,25 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"log/slog"
+
+	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/persistence/repositories"
 )
 
 type completeLinkCommand struct {
 	Query string `json:"query"`
 }
 
-type completionItem struct {
-	Slug string `json:"slug"`
+type completeLinkResult struct {
+	Slug    string `json:"slug"`
+	Display string `json:"display"`
 }
 
-type CompleteLinkHandler struct{}
+type CompleteLinkHandler struct {
+	linkRepo repositories.ILinkRepository
+}
 
-func NewCompleteLinkHandler() *CompleteLinkHandler {
-	return &CompleteLinkHandler{}
+func NewCompleteLinkHandler(lr repositories.ILinkRepository) *CompleteLinkHandler {
+	return &CompleteLinkHandler{linkRepo: lr}
 }
 
 func (h *CompleteLinkHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, raw json.RawMessage) (any, error) {
@@ -25,12 +30,16 @@ func (h *CompleteLinkHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, raw json.RawMessage) (
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &cmd); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	slog.Debug("handling complete link command", "query", cmd.Query)
+	links, err := h.linkRepo.Search(ctx, cmd.Query)
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("Failed to search links", "error", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
-	// this is just a stub and the client is expecting the title/display too
-	return []completionItem{
-		{Slug: "standard-streams"},
-		{Slug: "unit-of-work"},
-		{Slug: "treesitter-basics"},
-	}, nil
+	items := make([]completeLinkResult, len(links))
+	for i, link := range links {
+		items[i] = completeLinkResult{Slug: link.TargetSlug(), Display: link.Display()}
+	}
+
+	return items, nil
 }
diff --git a/persistence/repositories/link_repository.go b/persistence/repositories/link_repository.go
index dc45cbe..957b921 100644
--- a/persistence/repositories/link_repository.go
+++ b/persistence/repositories/link_repository.go
@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@ type ILinkRepository interface {
 	Insert(ctx context.Context, dbContext persistence.IDbContext, links []*models.Link) error
 	GetByNoteID(ctx context.Context, dbContext persistence.IDbContext, fromNoteID string) ([]*models.Link, error)
 	GetBySlug(ctx context.Context, dbContext persistence.IDbContext, targetSlug string) ([]*models.Link, error)
-	Search(ctx context.Context, dbContext persistence.IDbContext, query string) ([]*models.Link, error)
+	Search(ctx context.Context, query string) ([]*models.Link, error)
 	Delete(ctx context.Context, dbContext persistence.IDbContext, fromNoteID string) error
 }
 
-type linkRepository struct{}
+type linkRepository struct {
+	readDBContext persistence.ReadContext
+}
 
-func NewLinkRepository() ILinkRepository {
-	return &linkRepository{}
+func NewLinkRepository(rdb persistence.ReadContext) ILinkRepository {
+	return &linkRepository{readDBContext: rdb}
 }
 
 func (r *linkRepository) Insert(ctx context.Context, dbContext persistence.IDbContext, links []*models.Link) error {
@@ -81,8 +83,8 @@ func (r *linkRepository) GetBySlug(ctx context.Context, dbContext persistence.ID
 	return links, nil
 }
 
-func (r *linkRepository) Search(ctx context.Context, dbContext persistence.IDbContext, query string) ([]*models.Link, error) {
-	rows, err := dbContext.QueryContext(ctx, `SELECT id, from_note_id, target_slug, raw, display, line, col FROM link WHERE raw LIKE ?`, "%"+query+"%")
+func (r *linkRepository) Search(ctx context.Context, query string) ([]*models.Link, error) {
+	rows, err := r.readDBContext.QueryContext(ctx, `SELECT id, from_note_id, target_slug, raw, display, line, col FROM link WHERE raw LIKE ?`, "%"+query+"%")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}