diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/local-kakrc.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/local-kakrc.kak
index b6118f7f..2783eeb6 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/local-kakrc.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/local-kakrc.kak
@@ -1,4 +1,31 @@
 provide-module local-kakrc %—
+    declare-option str local_kakrc_trusted %exp{%val{config}/local_kakrc_trusted.txt}
+
+    # ensures that the file exists
+    define-command -hidden local-kakrc-ensure-file %{
+        nop %sh{
+            if [ ! -f "$kak_opt_local_kakrc_trusted" ]; then
+                mkdir -p "$kak_opt_local_kakrc_trusted"
+                touch "$kak_opt_local_kakrc_trusted"
+            fi
+        }
+    }
+
+    define-command -params 0..1 local-kakrc-add-trusted %{
+        nop %sh{
+            if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
+                arg="$PWD"
+            else
+                arg="$(realpath "$1")"
+            fi
+            notify-send "$arg"
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete-command local-kakrc-add-trusted shell-script-candidates %{
+        fd -td --exclude '.git' --base-directory "$PWD" .
+    }
+    
     # syntax highlighting
     hook global BufCreate (.*/)?\.kakrc %{
         set-option buffer filetype kak