diff --git a/src/compiler/debug.ts b/src/compiler/debug.ts
index 2e6b87a30e6..705ab949899 100644
--- a/src/compiler/debug.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/debug.ts
@@ -351,6 +351,10 @@ namespace ts {
             return formatEnum(kind, (ts as any).SyntaxKind, /*isFlags*/ false);
         }
 
+        export function formatSnippetKind(kind: SnippetKind | undefined): string {
+            return formatEnum(kind, (ts as any).SnippetKind, /*isFlags*/ false);
+        }
+
         export function formatNodeFlags(flags: NodeFlags | undefined): string {
             return formatEnum(flags, (ts as any).NodeFlags, /*isFlags*/ true);
         }
diff --git a/src/compiler/emitter.ts b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
index 5667e792b46..5c9aaf23c11 100644
--- a/src/compiler/emitter.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
@@ -1302,7 +1302,13 @@ namespace ts {
             currentParenthesizerRule = undefined;
         }
 
-        function pipelineEmitWithHintWorker(hint: EmitHint, node: Node): void {
+        function pipelineEmitWithHintWorker(hint: EmitHint, node: Node, allowSnippets = true): void {
+            if (allowSnippets) {
+                const snippet = getSnippetElement(node);
+                if (snippet) {
+                    return emitSnippetNode(hint, node, snippet);
+                }
+            }
             if (hint === EmitHint.SourceFile) return emitSourceFile(cast(node, isSourceFile));
             if (hint === EmitHint.IdentifierName) return emitIdentifier(cast(node, isIdentifier));
             if (hint === EmitHint.JsxAttributeValue) return emitLiteral(cast(node, isStringLiteral), /*jsxAttributeEscape*/ true);
@@ -1937,6 +1943,30 @@ namespace ts {
             }
         }
 
+        //
+        // Snippet Elements
+        //
+
+        function emitSnippetNode(hint: EmitHint, node: Node, snippet: SnippetElement) {
+            switch (snippet.kind) {
+                case SnippetKind.Placeholder:
+                    return emitPlaceholder(hint, node, snippet);
+                case SnippetKind.TabStop:
+                    return emitTabStop(snippet);
+            }
+        }
+
+        function emitPlaceholder(hint: EmitHint, node: Node, snippet: Placeholder) {
+            // write(`\$\{${order}:${defaultText}\}`);
+            write(`\$\{${snippet.order}:`);
+            pipelineEmitWithHintWorker(hint, node, /*allowSnippets*/ false);
+            write(`\}`);
+        }
+
+        function emitTabStop(snippet: TabStop) {
+            write(`\$${snippet.order}`);
+        }
+
         //
         // Identifiers
         //
diff --git a/src/compiler/factory/emitNode.ts b/src/compiler/factory/emitNode.ts
index 8f032fd8b76..fa4489ee7da 100644
--- a/src/compiler/factory/emitNode.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/factory/emitNode.ts
@@ -256,6 +256,22 @@ namespace ts {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the SnippetElement of a node.
+     */
+    export function getSnippetElement(node: Node): SnippetElement | undefined {
+        return node.emitNode?.snippetElement;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the SnippetElement of a node.
+     */
+    export function setSnippetElement<T extends Node>(node: T, snippet: SnippetElement): T {
+        const emitNode = getOrCreateEmitNode(node);
+        emitNode.snippetElement = snippet;
+        return node;
+    }
+
     /* @internal */
     export function ignoreSourceNewlines<T extends Node>(node: T): T {
         getOrCreateEmitNode(node).flags |= EmitFlags.IgnoreSourceNewlines;
diff --git a/src/compiler/types.ts b/src/compiler/types.ts
index 0888e880729..55e452fb30c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/types.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/types.ts
@@ -6740,16 +6740,14 @@ namespace ts {
         snippetElement?: SnippetElement;         // Snippet element of the node
     }
 
-    export interface SnippetElement {
-        kind: SnippetKind;
-    }
+    export type SnippetElement = TabStop | Placeholder;
 
-    export interface TabStop extends SnippetElement {
+    export interface TabStop {
         kind: SnippetKind.TabStop;
         order: number;
     }
 
-    export interface PlaceHolder extends SnippetElement {
+    export interface Placeholder {
         kind: SnippetKind.Placeholder;
         order: number;
     }
diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index 19784af87c0..a96753dcf08 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -3142,7 +3142,7 @@ namespace ts {
         return undefined;
     }
 
-    export function isKeyword(token: SyntaxKind): boolean {
+    export function isKeyword(token: SyntaxKind): token is KeywordSyntaxKind {
         return SyntaxKind.FirstKeyword <= token && token <= SyntaxKind.LastKeyword;
     }
 
@@ -3327,7 +3327,7 @@ namespace ts {
         return node.escapedText === "push" || node.escapedText === "unshift";
     }
 
-    export function isParameterDeclaration(node: VariableLikeDeclaration) {
+    export function isParameterDeclaration(node: VariableLikeDeclaration): node is ParameterDeclaration {
         const root = getRootDeclaration(node);
         return root.kind === SyntaxKind.Parameter;
     }
diff --git a/src/services/completions.ts b/src/services/completions.ts
index c1ba3f4045a..3f0447347d2 100644
--- a/src/services/completions.ts
+++ b/src/services/completions.ts
@@ -760,8 +760,11 @@ namespace ts.Completions {
         let body;
         if (preferences.includeCompletionsWithSnippetText) {
             isSnippet = true;
-            const tabStopStatement = factory.createExpressionStatement(factory.createIdentifier("$1"));
-            body = factory.createBlock([tabStopStatement], /* multiline */ true);
+            // const tabStopStatement = factory.createExpressionStatement(factory.createIdentifier("$1"));
+            // body = factory.createBlock([tabStopStatement], /* multiline */ true);
+            const emptyStatement = factory.createExpressionStatement(factory.createIdentifier(""));
+            setSnippetElement(emptyStatement, { kind: SnippetKind.TabStop, order: 0 });
+            body = factory.createBlock([emptyStatement], /* multiline */ true);
         }
         else {
             body = factory.createBlock([], /* multiline */ true);
@@ -813,6 +816,7 @@ namespace ts.Completions {
                         concatenate([factory.createModifier(SyntaxKind.OverrideKeyword)], node.modifiers),
                     );
                 }
+                addSnippets(node);
                 completionNodes.push(node);
             },
             body);
@@ -823,6 +827,32 @@ namespace ts.Completions {
         return { insertText, isSnippet };
     }
 
+
+    function addSnippets(node: Node): void {
+        let order = 1;
+        addSnippetsWorker(node);
+
+        function addSnippetsWorker(node: Node) {
+            if (isVariableLike(node) && isParameterDeclaration(node)) {
+                // Placeholder
+                setSnippetElement(node.name, { kind: SnippetKind.Placeholder, order });
+                order += 1;
+                if (node.type) {
+                    setSnippetElement(node.type, { kind: SnippetKind.Placeholder, order });
+                    order += 1;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (isFunctionLikeDeclaration(node)) {
+                if (node.type) {
+                    setSnippetElement(node.type, { kind: SnippetKind.Placeholder, order });
+                    order += 1;
+                }
+            }
+
+            forEachChild(node, addSnippetsWorker);
+        }
+    }
+
     function originToCompletionEntryData(origin: SymbolOriginInfoExport): CompletionEntryData | undefined {
         return {
             exportName: origin.exportName,
diff --git a/src/services/snippets.ts b/src/services/snippets.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1590d57c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/snippets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* @internal */
+namespace ts.snippets {
+    // interface SnippetWriter extends EmitTextWriter, PrintHandlers {}
+
+    // function createSnippetWriter(newLine: string): SnippetWriter {
+    //     const substituteNode = (hint: EmitHint, node: Node) => {
+    //         switch (hint) {
+    //             case EmitHint.IdentifierName:
+    //                 // >> TODO: do escaping here
+    //                 return node;
+    //         }
+    //         return node;
+    //     };
+
+    //     const writer = createTextWriter(newLine);
+
+
+    //     return {
+    //         ...writer,
+    //         substituteNode,
+    //     };
+    // }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/tsconfig.json b/src/services/tsconfig.json
index 1e0934804ed..729386a3b77 100644
--- a/src/services/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/services/tsconfig.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
         "preProcess.ts",
         "rename.ts",
         "smartSelection.ts",
+        "snippets.ts",
         "signatureHelp.ts",
         "inlayHints.ts",
         "sourcemaps.ts",