diff --git a/ql/src/codeql/IDE.qll b/ql/src/codeql/IDE.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e58b1d878b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/src/codeql/IDE.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+private import codeql.files.FileSystem
+
+/**
+ * Returns an appropriately encoded version of a filename `name`
+ * passed by the VS Code extension in order to coincide with the
+ * output of `.getFile()` on locatable entities.
+ */
+cached
+File getFileBySourceArchiveName(string name) {
+  // The name provided for a file in the source archive by the VS Code extension
+  // has some differences from the absolute path in the database:
+  // 1. colons are replaced by underscores
+  // 2. there's a leading slash, even for Windows paths: "C:/foo/bar" ->
+  //    "/C_/foo/bar"
+  // 3. double slashes in UNC prefixes are replaced with a single slash
+  // We can handle 2 and 3 together by unconditionally adding a leading slash
+  // before replacing double slashes.
+  name = ("/" + result.getAbsolutePath().replaceAll(":", "_")).replaceAll("//", "/")
+}
diff --git a/ql/src/localDefinitions.ql b/ql/src/localDefinitions.ql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3054a6e4ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/src/localDefinitions.ql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * @name Jump-to-definition links
+ * @description Generates use-definition pairs that provide the data
+ *              for jump-to-definition in the code viewer.
+ * @kind definitions
+ * @id ruby/ide-jump-to-definition
+ * @tags ide-contextual-queries/local-definitions
+ */
+
+import codeql.IDE
+import codeql_ruby.AST
+
+external string selectedSourceFile();
+
+from AstNode e, Variable def, string kind
+where
+  e = def.getAnAccess() and
+  kind = "local variable" and
+  e.getLocation().getFile() = getFileBySourceArchiveName(selectedSourceFile())
+select e, def, kind
diff --git a/ql/src/localReferences.ql b/ql/src/localReferences.ql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..42a7168ace6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/src/localReferences.ql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * @name Find-references links
+ * @description Generates use-definition pairs that provide the data
+ *              for find-references in the code viewer.
+ * @kind definitions
+ * @id ruby/ide-find-references
+ * @tags ide-contextual-queries/local-references
+ */
+
+import codeql.IDE
+import codeql_ruby.AST
+import codeql_ruby.ast.Variable
+
+external string selectedSourceFile();
+
+from AstNode e, Variable def, string kind
+where
+  e = def.getAnAccess() and
+  kind = "local variable" and
+  def.getLocation().getFile() = getFileBySourceArchiveName(selectedSourceFile())
+select e, def, kind
diff --git a/ql/src/printAst.ql b/ql/src/printAst.ql
index 92898a25228..c69ca543f6b 100644
--- a/ql/src/printAst.ql
+++ b/ql/src/printAst.ql
@@ -8,31 +8,13 @@
  */
 
 import codeql_ruby.printAst
-import codeql.files.FileSystem
+import codeql.IDE
 
 /**
  * The source file to generate an AST from.
  */
 external string selectedSourceFile();
 
-/**
- * Returns an appropriately encoded version of a filename `name`
- * passed by the VS Code extension in order to coincide with the
- * output of `.getFile()` on locatable entities.
- */
-cached
-File getFileBySourceArchiveName(string name) {
-  // The name provided for a file in the source archive by the VS Code extension
-  // has some differences from the absolute path in the database:
-  // 1. colons are replaced by underscores
-  // 2. there's a leading slash, even for Windows paths: "C:/foo/bar" ->
-  //    "/C_/foo/bar"
-  // 3. double slashes in UNC prefixes are replaced with a single slash
-  // We can handle 2 and 3 together by unconditionally adding a leading slash
-  // before replacing double slashes.
-  name = ("/" + result.getAbsolutePath().replaceAll(":", "_")).replaceAll("//", "/")
-}
-
 /**
  * Overrides the configuration to print only nodes in the selected source file.
  */