return {
  "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
  dependencies = {
    "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim", -- required
  },
  lazy = false,  -- load immediately
  config = function()
    local telescope = require("telescope")
    telescope.setup({
      defaults = {
        file_ignore_patterns = { "node_modules", ".git/" },
        prompt_prefix = "🔍 ",
        selection_caret = "➤ ",
      },
    })

    -- Optional: basic keymaps
    local keymap = vim.keymap
    keymap.set("n", "<leader>ff", "<cmd>Telescope find_files<cr>", { silent = true })
    keymap.set("n", "<leader>fg", "<cmd>Telescope live_grep<cr>", { silent = true })
  end,
}