diff --git a/src/components/CodeEditor/rowy.d.ts b/src/components/CodeEditor/rowy.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35511fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/CodeEditor/rowy.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * utility functions
+ */
+declare namespace rowy {
+  /**
+   * uploads a file to the cloud storage from a url
+   */
+  function url2storage(
+    url: string,
+    storagePath: string,
+    fileName?: string
+  ): Promise<{
+    downloadURL: string;
+    name: string;
+    type: string;
+    lastModifiedTS: Date;
+  }>;
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the secret defined in Google Cloud Secret
+   */
+  async function getSecret(name: string, v?: string): Promise<string | null>;
+}
diff --git a/src/components/CodeEditor/useMonacoCustomizations.ts b/src/components/CodeEditor/useMonacoCustomizations.ts
index 74931c6c..d33c7277 100644
--- a/src/components/CodeEditor/useMonacoCustomizations.ts
+++ b/src/components/CodeEditor/useMonacoCustomizations.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import firestoreDefs from "!!raw-loader!./firestore.d.ts";
 import firebaseAuthDefs from "!!raw-loader!./firebaseAuth.d.ts";
 import firebaseStorageDefs from "!!raw-loader!./firebaseStorage.d.ts";
 import utilsDefs from "!!raw-loader!./utils.d.ts";
+import rowyUtilsDefs from "!!raw-loader!./rowy.d.ts";
 import extensionsDefs from "!!raw-loader!./extensions.d.ts";
 
 export interface IUseMonacoCustomizationsProps {
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ export default function useMonacoCustomizations({
         utilsDefs,
         "ts:filename/utils.d.ts"
       );
+      monaco.languages.typescript.javascriptDefaults.addExtraLib(rowyUtilsDefs);
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(
         "An error occurred during initialization of Monaco: ",