diff --git a/cloudcannon.config.yml b/cloudcannon.config.yml
index 85d39b1730..06472385b8 100755
--- a/cloudcannon.config.yml
+++ b/cloudcannon.config.yml
@@ -208,3 +208,36 @@ _snippets:
         label: Button Icon
         comment: >
           Search available icons <a href="https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/reference/icons-emojis/#search">here</a>. Remove the colons on each side when pasting.
+#brandon added this for annotations
+  mkdoc_annotation:
+    snippet: "[[annotated_text]] (1)\n{ .annotate }\n\n1.  [[annotation_content]]"
+    preview:
+      text:
+        - key: annotated_text
+        - 'Annotation'
+      subtext:
+        - key: annotation_content
+    picker_preview:
+      text: Annotation
+    params:
+      annotated_text:
+        parser: content
+        options:
+          editor_key: annotated_text
+          style:
+            trim_text: true
+      annotation_content:
+        parser: content
+        options:
+          editor_key: annotation_content
+          style:
+            trim_text: true
+    _inputs:
+      annotated_text:
+        type: text
+        label: Visible text
+        comment: The text the reader sees, with a hover/tap marker after it.
+      annotation_content:
+        type: text
+        label: Annotation content
+        comment: The hidden note revealed when the marker is clicked.