diff --git a/clients/vscode/src/chat/createClient.ts b/clients/vscode/src/chat/createClient.ts
index 924ee0f546d0..4020beb0875a 100644
--- a/clients/vscode/src/chat/createClient.ts
+++ b/clients/vscode/src/chat/createClient.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export function createClient(webview: Webview, api: ClientApiMethods): ServerApi
       openExternal: api.openExternal,
       readWorkspaceGitRepositories: api.readWorkspaceGitRepositories,
       getActiveEditorSelection: api.getActiveEditorSelection,
+      listFileInWorkspace: api.listFileInWorkspace,
+      readFileContent: api.readFileContent,
     },
   });
 }
diff --git a/clients/vscode/src/chat/utils.ts b/clients/vscode/src/chat/utils.ts
index 721468c01069..0bd8076f00a6 100644
--- a/clients/vscode/src/chat/utils.ts
+++ b/clients/vscode/src/chat/utils.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import path from "path";
-import { TextEditor, Position as VSCodePosition, Range as VSCodeRange, Uri, workspace } from "vscode";
+import { Position as VSCodePosition, Range as VSCodeRange, Uri, workspace, TextEditor } from "vscode";
 import type {
   Filepath,
   Position as ChatPanelPosition,
   LineRange,
   PositionRange,
   Location,
+  ListFileItem,
   FilepathInGitRepository,
 } from "tabby-chat-panel";
 import type { GitProvider } from "../git/GitProvider";
@@ -221,3 +222,15 @@ export function generateLocalNotebookCellUri(notebook: Uri, handle: number): Uri
   const fragment = `${p}${s}s${Buffer.from(notebook.scheme).toString("base64")}`;
   return notebook.with({ scheme: DocumentSchemes.vscodeNotebookCell, fragment });
 }
+
+export function uriToListFileItem(uri: Uri, gitProvider: GitProvider): ListFileItem {
+  return {
+    label: workspace.asRelativePath(uri),
+    filepath: localUriToChatPanelFilepath(uri, gitProvider),
+  };
+}
+
+export function escapeGlobPattern(query: string): string {
+  // escape special glob characters: * ? [ ] { } ( ) ! @
+  return query.replace(/[*?[\]{}()!@]/g, "\\$&");
+}
diff --git a/clients/vscode/src/chat/webview.ts b/clients/vscode/src/chat/webview.ts
index 9cef59828d50..52f8b50293c5 100644
--- a/clients/vscode/src/chat/webview.ts
+++ b/clients/vscode/src/chat/webview.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   ProgressLocation,
   Location,
   LocationLink,
+  TabInputText,
 } from "vscode";
 import { TABBY_CHAT_PANEL_API_VERSION } from "tabby-chat-panel";
 import type {
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ import type {
   FileLocation,
   GitRepository,
   EditorFileContext,
+  ListFilesInWorkspaceParams,
+  ListFileItem,
+  FileRange,
 } from "tabby-chat-panel";
 import * as semver from "semver";
 import type { StatusInfo, Config } from "tabby-agent";
@@ -42,6 +46,8 @@ import {
   vscodeRangeToChatPanelPositionRange,
   chatPanelLocationToVSCodeRange,
   isValidForSyncActiveEditorSelection,
+  uriToListFileItem,
+  escapeGlobPattern,
 } from "./utils";
 import mainHtml from "./html/main.html";
 import errorHtml from "./html/error.html";
@@ -456,6 +462,41 @@ export class ChatWebview {
         const fileContext = await getFileContextFromSelection(editor, this.gitProvider);
         return fileContext;
       },
+      listFileInWorkspace: async (params: ListFilesInWorkspaceParams): Promise<ListFileItem[]> => {
+        const maxResults = params.limit || 50;
+        const query = params.query?.toLowerCase();
+
+        if (!query) {
+          // TODO: check tab file stat, check if exists
+          const openTabs = window.tabGroups.all.flatMap((group) => group.tabs);
+          this.logger.info(`No query provided, listing ${openTabs.length} opened editors.`);
+          return openTabs.map((tab) => uriToListFileItem((tab.input as TabInputText).uri, this.gitProvider));
+        }
+
+        const globPattern = `**/${escapeGlobPattern(query)}*`;
+
+        // validate the glob pattern
+        this.logger.info(`Searching files with pattern: ${globPattern}, limit: ${maxResults}.`);
+        try {
+          const files = await workspace.findFiles(globPattern, null, maxResults);
+          this.logger.info(`Found ${files.length} files.`);
+          return files.map((uri) => uriToListFileItem(uri, this.gitProvider));
+        } catch (error) {
+          this.logger.warn("Failed to find files:", error);
+          window.showErrorMessage("Failed to find files.");
+          return [];
+        }
+      },
+
+      readFileContent: async (info: FileRange): Promise<string | null> => {
+        const uri = chatPanelFilepathToLocalUri(info.filepath, this.gitProvider);
+        if (!uri) {
+          this.logger.warn(`Could not resolve URI from filepath: ${JSON.stringify(info.filepath)}`);
+          return null;
+        }
+        const document = await workspace.openTextDocument(uri);
+        return document.getText(chatPanelLocationToVSCodeRange(info.range) ?? undefined);
+      },
     });
   }