diff --git a/web/app/components/editor/blocks/code-block/languages.test.ts b/web/app/components/editor/blocks/code-block/languages.test.ts
index b78b8bb7..a616682f 100644
--- a/web/app/components/editor/blocks/code-block/languages.test.ts
+++ b/web/app/components/editor/blocks/code-block/languages.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { common } from "lowlight"
+import { common, createLowlight } from "lowlight"
 import { describe, it } from "vitest"
 import {
 	defaultExtendedCodeBlockLanguage,
@@ -19,6 +19,52 @@ describe("extendedCodeBlockLanguages", () => {
 	})
 })
 
+describe("function calls", () => {
+	const extended = createLowlight(extendedCodeBlockLanguages)
+	const stock = createLowlight(common)
+
+	it.for([
+		{ key: "csharp", code: "Console.WriteLine(Foo(1));" },
+		{ key: "go", code: "fmt.Println(foo(1))" },
+		{ key: "java", code: "System.out.println(foo(1));" },
+		{ key: "kotlin", code: "a.println(foo(1))" },
+		{ key: "python", code: "os.path.join(foo(1))" },
+		{ key: "ruby", code: "a.puts(foo(1))" },
+		{ key: "swift", code: "a.write(foo(1))" },
+	])("marks $key calls, nested ones included", ({ key, code }, { expect }) => {
+		expect(callNames(extended.highlight(key, code))).toHaveLength(2)
+		expect(callNames(stock.highlight(key, code))).toEqual([])
+	})
+
+	it.for([
+		{ name: "a keyword before a parenthesis", code: "if (a) { }" },
+		{ name: "a type conversion", code: "x := string(a)" },
+		{ name: "a built-in", code: "n := len(a)" },
+		{ name: "a comment", code: "// foo(1)" },
+		{ name: "a string", code: 's := "foo(1)"' },
+	])("leaves $name alone", ({ code }, { expect }) => {
+		expect(callNames(extended.highlight("go", code))).toEqual([])
+	})
+
+	it.for([
+		{ key: "python", code: "def run(a=make(1)): pass", expected: ["make"] },
+		{ key: "swift", code: 'let s = "\\(fmt(a))"', expected: ["fmt"] },
+	])(
+		"marks a $key call inside a nested mode",
+		({ key, code, expected }, { expect }) => {
+			expect(callNames(extended.highlight(key, code))).toEqual(expected)
+		},
+	)
+
+	it("keeps the relevance score of the stock grammar", ({ expect }) => {
+		const code = 'func main() {\n\tfmt.Println(foo("a"))\n}'
+
+		expect(extended.highlight("go", code).data?.relevance).toBe(
+			stock.highlight("go", code).data?.relevance,
+		)
+	})
+})
+
 describe("extendedCodeBlockLanguageOptions", () => {
 	it("lists every registered grammar", ({ expect }) => {
 		expect(Object.keys(extendedCodeBlockLanguageOptions).toSorted()).toEqual(
@@ -62,3 +108,25 @@ describe("defaultExtendedCodeBlockLanguage", () => {
 		).toBeTypeOf("function")
 	})
 })
+
+type Root = ReturnType<ReturnType<typeof createLowlight>["highlight"]>
+
+function callNames(node: Root | Root["children"][number]): string[] {
+	if (!("children" in node)) {
+		return []
+	}
+
+	const nested = node.children.flatMap(callNames)
+	if (node.type !== "element") {
+		return nested
+	}
+
+	const classes = node.properties.className
+	if (!Array.isArray(classes) || !classes.includes("invoke__")) {
+		return nested
+	}
+
+	const text = node.children[0]
+
+	return text?.type === "text" ? [text.value] : nested
+}
diff --git a/web/app/components/editor/blocks/code-block/languages.ts b/web/app/components/editor/blocks/code-block/languages.ts
index 66c01dc0..c59788ef 100644
--- a/web/app/components/editor/blocks/code-block/languages.ts
+++ b/web/app/components/editor/blocks/code-block/languages.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { common } from "lowlight"
-import type { LanguageFn } from "highlight.js"
+import type { LanguageFn, Mode } from "highlight.js"
 import curl from "highlightjs-curl"
 
 const languageNames: Record<string, string> = {
@@ -42,9 +42,25 @@ const languageNames: Record<string, string> = {
 	xml: "XML / HTML",
 	yaml: "YAML",
 }
+// grammars that leave function calls unmarked
+const callLanguages = [
+	"csharp",
+	"go",
+	"java",
+	"kotlin",
+	"python",
+	"ruby",
+	"swift",
+]
 export const extendedCodeBlockLanguages = { ...common }
 extendedCodeBlockLanguages.curl = curl as LanguageFn
 
+for (const [key, grammar] of Object.entries(common)) {
+	if (callLanguages.includes(key)) {
+		extendedCodeBlockLanguages[key] = withFunctionCalls(grammar)
+	}
+}
+
 export const extendedCodeBlockLanguageOptions = Object.fromEntries(
 	Object.keys(extendedCodeBlockLanguages)
 		.sort((a, b) => (a < b ? -1 : 1))
@@ -53,3 +69,56 @@ export const extendedCodeBlockLanguageOptions = Object.fromEntries(
 		}),
 )
 export const defaultExtendedCodeBlockLanguage = "plaintext"
+
+function withFunctionCalls(grammar: LanguageFn): LanguageFn {
+	return (hljs) => {
+		const language = grammar(hljs)
+		// each of these grammars groups its keywords by scope
+		const groups = language.keywords as Record<string, string | string[]>
+		const keywords = new Set(
+			Object.entries(groups)
+				.filter(([scope]) => !scope.startsWith("$"))
+				.flatMap(([, names]) =>
+					typeof names === "string" ? names.split(/\s+/) : names,
+				)
+				// a name may carry a relevance suffix: "name|0"
+				.map((name) => name.replace(/\|.*/, "")),
+		)
+		const call: Mode = {
+			scope: "title.function.invoke",
+			match: /\b[A-Za-z_]\w*(?=\s*\()/,
+			// language detection compares relevance scores. A call must not
+			// add to them.
+			relevance: 0,
+			// a mode match wins over a keyword, so `if (` would turn into
+			// a call
+			"on:begin": (match, response) => {
+				if (keywords.has(match[0])) {
+					response.ignoreMatch()
+				}
+			},
+		}
+		const seen = new Set<Mode>([call])
+
+		// nested modes do not inherit the top level rules. Modes with keywords
+		// hold code, such as parameters and string interpolation.
+		const visit = (mode: Mode | "self" | undefined | null) => {
+			if (!mode || mode === "self" || seen.has(mode)) {
+				return
+			}
+
+			seen.add(mode)
+			mode.contains?.forEach(visit)
+			mode.variants?.forEach(visit)
+			visit(mode.starts)
+
+			if ((mode === language || mode.keywords) && mode.contains) {
+				mode.contains.push(call)
+			}
+		}
+
+		visit(language)
+
+		return language
+	}
+}