diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 24a0ada5..22f7178f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pyrightconfig.json
 .idea/
 t
+*~
 .dccache
 *~
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
index 373f1831..7b97781e 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
@@ -2089,6 +2089,37 @@ paths:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Secret"
 
+  /connector-proxy/type-ahead/{category}:
+    parameters:
+      - name: category
+        in: path
+        required: true
+        description: The category for the type-ahead search
+        schema:
+          type: string
+      - name: prefix
+        in: query
+        required: true
+        description: The prefix to search for
+        schema:
+          type: string
+      - name: limit
+        in: query
+        required: true
+        description: The maximum number of search results
+        schema:
+          type: integer
+    get:
+      operationId: spiffworkflow_backend.routes.connector_proxy_controller.type_ahead
+      summary: Return type ahead search results
+      tags:
+        - Type Ahead
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: We return type ahead search results
+          #content:
+          #  - application/json
+
 components:
   securitySchemes:
     jwt:
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
index 4ba0efd9..dec4c444 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_URL = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_URL", default="ht
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_URL = environ.get(
     "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_URL", default="http://localhost:7004"
 )
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_TYPE_AHEAD_URL = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_TYPE_AHEAD_URL",
+    default="https://emehvlxpwodjawtgi7ctkbvpse0vmaow.lambda-url.us-east-1.on.aws",
+)
 
 # Open ID server
 # use "http://localhost:7000/openid" for running with simple openid
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/connector_proxy_controller.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/connector_proxy_controller.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45c0bd28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/connector_proxy_controller.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+import flask.wrappers
+import requests
+from flask import current_app
+from flask.wrappers import Response
+
+
+def connector_proxy_type_ahead_url() -> Any:
+    """Returns the connector proxy type ahead url."""
+    return current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_TYPE_AHEAD_URL"]
+
+
+def type_ahead(category: str, prefix: str, limit: int) -> flask.wrappers.Response:
+    url = f"{connector_proxy_type_ahead_url()}/v1/type-ahead/{category}?prefix={prefix}&limit={limit}"
+
+    proxy_response = requests.get(url)
+    status = proxy_response.status_code
+    if status // 100 == 2:
+        response = proxy_response.text
+    else:
+        # supress pop up errors on the client
+        status = 200
+        response = "[]"
+    return Response(response, status=status, mimetype="application/json")
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
index d343d1a1..863ee5f3 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useNavigate, useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import validator from '@rjsf/validator-ajv8';
 
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   Tabs,
   Grid,
   Column,
+  ComboBox,
   Button,
   ButtonSet,
   // @ts-ignore
@@ -22,6 +23,73 @@ import { modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam } from '../helpers';
 import { ProcessInstanceTask } from '../interfaces';
 import ProcessBreadcrumb from '../components/ProcessBreadcrumb';
 
+// TODO: move this somewhere else
+function TypeAheadWidget({
+  id,
+  onChange,
+  options: { category, itemFormat },
+}: {
+  id: string;
+  onChange: any;
+  options: any;
+}) {
+  const pathForCategory = (inputText: string) => {
+    return `/connector-proxy/type-ahead/${category}?prefix=${inputText}&limit=100`;
+  };
+
+  const lastSearchTerm = useRef('');
+  const [items, setItems] = useState<any[]>([]);
+  const [selectedItem, setSelectedItem] = useState<any>(null);
+  const itemFormatRegex = /[^{}]+(?=})/g;
+  const itemFormatSubstitutions = itemFormat.match(itemFormatRegex);
+
+  const itemToString = (item: any) => {
+    if (!item) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    let str = itemFormat;
+    itemFormatSubstitutions.forEach((key: string) => {
+      str = str.replace(`{${key}}`, item[key]);
+    });
+    return str;
+  };
+
+  const handleTypeAheadResult = (result: any, inputText: string) => {
+    if (lastSearchTerm.current === inputText) {
+      setItems(result);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const typeAheadSearch = (inputText: string) => {
+    if (inputText) {
+      lastSearchTerm.current = inputText;
+      // TODO: check cache of prefixes -> results
+      HttpService.makeCallToBackend({
+        path: pathForCategory(inputText),
+        successCallback: (result: any) =>
+          handleTypeAheadResult(result, inputText),
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <ComboBox
+      onInputChange={typeAheadSearch}
+      onChange={(event: any) => {
+        setSelectedItem(event.selectedItem);
+        onChange(itemToString(event.selectedItem));
+      }}
+      id={id}
+      items={items}
+      itemToString={itemToString}
+      placeholder={`Start typing to search for ${category}...`}
+      titleText={`Type ahead search for ${category}`}
+      selectedItem={selectedItem}
+    />
+  );
+}
+
 class UnexpectedHumanTaskType extends Error {
   constructor(message: string) {
     super(message);
@@ -294,6 +362,8 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
       return getFieldsWithDateValidations(jsonSchema, formData, errors);
     };
 
+    const widgets = { typeAhead: TypeAheadWidget };
+
     return (
       <Grid fullWidth condensed>
         <Column sm={4} md={5} lg={8}>
@@ -303,6 +373,7 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
             onSubmit={handleFormSubmit}
             schema={jsonSchema}
             uiSchema={formUiSchema}
+            widgets={widgets}
             validator={validator}
             onChange={updateFormData}
             customValidate={customValidate}