diff --git a/cmd/generateschema/main-generateschema.go b/cmd/generateschema/main-generateschema.go
index bb0d09d6a4..a102899851 100644
--- a/cmd/generateschema/main-generateschema.go
+++ b/cmd/generateschema/main-generateschema.go
@@ -15,25 +15,50 @@ import (
 )
 
 const WaveSchemaSettingsFileName = "schema/settings.json"
+const WaveSchemaConnectionsFileName = "schema/connections.json"
 
-func main() {
+func generateSettingsSchema() error {
 	settingsSchema := jsonschema.Reflect(&wconfig.SettingsType{})
 
 	jsonSettingsSchema, err := json.MarshalIndent(settingsSchema, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("failed to parse local schema: %v", err)
-	}
-	/*
-		err = os.MkdirAll(WaveSchemaSettingsFileName, 0755)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("failed to create schema dir: %v", err)
-		}
-	*/
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse local schema: %v", err)
+	}
 	written, err := utilfn.WriteFileIfDifferent(WaveSchemaSettingsFileName, jsonSettingsSchema)
 	if !written {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "no changes to %s\n", WaveSchemaSettingsFileName)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("failed to write local schema: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write local schema: %v", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func generateConnectionsSchema() error {
+	connExample := make(map[string]wconfig.ConnKeywords)
+	connectionSchema := jsonschema.Reflect(connExample)
+
+	jsonSettingsSchema, err := json.MarshalIndent(connectionSchema, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse local schema: %v", err)
+	}
+	written, err := utilfn.WriteFileIfDifferent(WaveSchemaConnectionsFileName, jsonSettingsSchema)
+	if !written {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "no changes to %s\n", WaveSchemaConnectionsFileName)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write local schema: %v", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	err := generateSettingsSchema()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("settings schema error: %v", err)
+	}
+	err = generateConnectionsSchema()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("connections schema error: %v", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/frontend/app/view/codeeditor/schemaendpoints.ts b/frontend/app/view/codeeditor/schemaendpoints.ts
index 19b1a546a6..4c9d98670a 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/codeeditor/schemaendpoints.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/view/codeeditor/schemaendpoints.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ type EndpointInfo = {
 
 const allFilepaths: Map<string, Array<string>> = new Map();
 allFilepaths.set(`${getWebServerEndpoint()}/schema/settings.json`, [`${getApi().getConfigDir()}/settings.json`]);
+allFilepaths.set(`${getWebServerEndpoint()}/schema/connections.json`, [`${getApi().getConfigDir()}/connections.json`]);
 
 async function getSchemaEndpointInfo(endpoint: string): Promise<EndpointInfo> {
     let schema: Object;
     try {
         const data = await fetch(endpoint);
-        const fullSchema: object = await data.json();
-        const schemaRef: string = fullSchema?.["$ref"];
-        schema = fullSchema?.[schemaRef];
+        schema = await data.json();
     } catch (e) {
         console.log("cannot find schema:", e);
         schema = {};
diff --git a/schema/connections.json b/schema/connections.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..014a569dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/connections.json
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$defs": {
+    "ConnKeywords": {
+      "properties": {
+        "conn:wshenabled": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "conn:askbeforewshinstall": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "conn:wshpath": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "conn:shellpath": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "conn:ignoresshconfig": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "display:hidden": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "display:order": {
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "term:*": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "term:fontsize": {
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "term:fontfamily": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "term:theme": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "cmd:env": {
+          "additionalProperties": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "cmd:initscript": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "cmd:initscript.sh": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "cmd:initscript.bash": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "cmd:initscript.zsh": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "cmd:initscript.pwsh": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "cmd:initscript.fish": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "ssh:user": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "ssh:hostname": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "ssh:port": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "ssh:identityfile": {
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        "ssh:batchmode": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "ssh:pubkeyauthentication": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "ssh:passwordauthentication": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "ssh:kbdinteractiveauthentication": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "ssh:preferredauthentications": {
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        "ssh:addkeystoagent": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "ssh:identityagent": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "ssh:identitiesonly": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "ssh:proxyjump": {
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        "ssh:userknownhostsfile": {
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        "ssh:globalknownhostsfile": {
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": {
+    "$ref": "#/$defs/ConnKeywords"
+  },
+  "type": "object"
+}
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