diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/language-server.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/language-server.hoon
index 88b249157f..a93e57c7fc 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/language-server.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/language-server.hoon
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     easy-print=language-server-easy-print,
     rune-snippet=language-server-rune-snippet,
     build=language-server-build,
-    default-agent
+    default-agent, verb
 |%
 +$  card  card:agent:gall
 +$  lsp-req
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   ==
 --
 ^-  agent:gall
+%+  verb  |
 =|  state-zero
 =*  state  -
 =<
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@
     |=  old-state=vase
     ^-  (quip card _this)
     ~&  >  %lsp-upgrade
-    [~ this(state *state-zero)]
+    [~ this(state !<(state-zero old-state))]
   ::
   ++  on-poke
     ^+  on-poke:*agent:gall
@@ -275,12 +276,14 @@
 ++  handle-did-open
   |=  item=text-document-item:lsp-sur
   ^-  (quip card _state)
+  =/  =path
+    (uri-to-path:build uri.item)
+  ?:  ?=(%sys -.path)
+    `state
   =/  buf=wall
     (to-wall (trip text.item))
   =.  bufs
     (~(put by bufs) uri.item buf)
-  =/  =path
-    (uri-to-path:build uri.item)
   :_  state
   %+  weld
     (give-rpc-notification (get-diagnostics uri.item))
@@ -318,12 +321,12 @@
   ?~  p.tab-list  ~
   ?~  u.p.tab-list  ~
   :-  ~
-  %-  crip
-  ;:  weld
-    "`"
-    ~(ram re ~(duck easy-print detail.i.u.p.tab-list))
-    "`"
-  ==
+  =-  (crip :(weld "```hoon\0a" tape "\0a```"))
+  ^-  =tape
+  %-  zing
+  %+  join  "\0a"
+  %+  scag  40
+  (~(win re ~(duck easy-print detail.i.u.p.tab-list)) 0 140)
 ::
 ++  sync-buf
   |=  [buf=wall changes=(list change:lsp-sur)]
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/gen/tally.hoon b/pkg/arvo/gen/tally.hoon
index 75e3a53cc0..fbaf04e0a9 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/gen/tally.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/gen/tally.hoon
@@ -61,14 +61,24 @@
   ::NOTE  we only count graphs for now
   ?.  &(=(%graph app-name.m) =(our creator.metadatum))  ~
   `[module.metadatum resource.m]
+::  for sanity checks
+::
+=/  real=(set resource:re)
+  =/  upd=update:ga
+    %+  scry  update:ga
+    [%x %graph-store /keys/graph-update]
+  ?>  ?=(%keys -.q.upd)
+  resources.q.upd
 ::  count activity per channel
 ::
 =/  activity=(list [resource:re members=@ud (list [resource:re mod=term week=@ud authors=@ud])])
   %+  turn  crowds
   |=  [g=resource:re m=@ud]
   :+  g  m
-  %+  turn  (~(got by channels) g)
+  %+  murn  (~(got by channels) g)
   |=  [m=term r=resource:re]
+  ?.  (~(has in real) r)  ~
+  %-  some
   :+  r  m
   ::NOTE  graph-store doesn't use the full resource-style path here!
   =/  upd=update:ga
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/lib/language-server/complete.hoon b/pkg/arvo/lib/language-server/complete.hoon
index 6e352e8196..e2beefcc0f 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/lib/language-server/complete.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/lib/language-server/complete.hoon
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
       [%zpmc *]  (both p.gen q.gen)
       [%zpts *]  loop(gen p.gen)
       [%zppt *]  (both q.gen r.gen)
+      [%zpgl *]  (spec-and-hoon p.gen q.gen)
       [%zpzp *]  ~
       *
     =+  doz=~(open ap gen)
@@ -245,15 +246,25 @@
   ^-  (unit [term type])
   ~
 ::
+++  get-id-sym
+  |=  [pos=@ud =tape]
+  %^  get-id  pos  tape
+  ^-  $-(nail (like (unit @t)))
+  ;~(sfix (punt sym) (star ;~(pose prn (just `@`10))))
+::
+++  get-id-cord
+   |=  [pos=@ud =tape]
+   %^  get-id  pos  tape
+   ^-  $-(nail (like (unit @t)))
+   ;~(sfix (punt (cook crip (star prn))) (star ;~(pose prn (just `@`10))))
+::
 ++  get-id
-  |=  [pos=@ud txt=tape]
+  |=  [pos=@ud txt=tape seek=$-(nail (like (unit @t)))]
   ^-  [forward=(unit @t) backward=(unit @t) id=(unit @t)]
-  =/  seek
-    ;~(sfix (punt (cook crip (star prn))) (star ;~(pose prn (just `@`10))))
   =/  forward=(unit @t)
     (scan (slag pos txt) seek)
   =/  backward=(unit @t)
-    %-  (lift |=(t=@tas (swp 3 t)))
+    %-  (lift |=(t=@t (swp 3 t)))
     (scan (flop (scag pos txt)) seek)
   =/  id=(unit @t)
     ?~  forward
@@ -272,7 +283,7 @@
   ^-  [back-pos=@ud fore-pos=@ud txt=tape]
   ::  Find beg-pos by searching backward to where the current term
   ::  begins
-  =+  (get-id pos txt)
+  =+  (get-id-sym pos txt)
   =/  back-pos
     ?~  backward
       pos
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/lib/shoe.hoon b/pkg/arvo/lib/shoe.hoon
index d3769ad00f..0348e10e52 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/lib/shoe.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/lib/shoe.hoon
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
     ++  tab
       |=  pos=@ud
       ^-  (quip card _cli-state)
-      =+  (get-id:auto pos (tufa buf.cli-state))
+      =+  (get-id-cord:auto pos (tufa buf.cli-state))
       =/  needle=term
         (fall id %$)
       ::  autocomplete empty command iff user at start of command
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/mar/png.hoon b/pkg/arvo/mar/png.hoon
index e68e502cd1..6a60a6a27b 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/mar/png.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/mar/png.hoon
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-|_  dat=@t
+|_  dat=@
 ++  grow
   |%
   ++  mime  [/image/png (as-octs:mimes:html dat)]
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ++  grab
   |%
   ++  mime  |=([p=mite q=octs] q.q)
-  ++  noun  @t
+  ++  noun  @
   --
 ++  grad  %mime
 --