AGENTS.md

Overview

Nix flake managing 3 devices: Mac Mini, MacBook Air (both aarch64-darwin via nix-darwin), and a Windows PC via NixOS-WSL (x86_64-linux). Single user imbytecat everywhere.

Architecture

flake.nix
├── darwinConfigurations.mac-mini    (aarch64-darwin)
├── darwinConfigurations.macbook-air (aarch64-darwin)
└── nixosConfigurations.wsl          (x86_64-linux)

lib/default.nix — builders: mkDarwin, mkNixos, mkHome. All hosts get shared modules + home-manager + catppuccin.
modules/shared/ — both platforms: nixpkgs config, overlays, nix settings, Lix
modules/darwin/ — macOS: system preferences, homebrew (casks/brews/masApps), fonts, fish shell, user
modules/nixos/ — NixOS: base packages, docker, locale, user
home/ — home-manager (shared across all hosts via useGlobalPkgs)
hosts/*/ — per-host overrides (minimal; mostly stateVersion + Touch ID)
overlays/ + pkgs/ — custom packages (comment-checker)
secrets/ — sops-encrypted secrets (age key derived from ~/.ssh/id_ed25519)

Config flows: hosts/* (host-specific) -> modules/* (platform) -> home/* (user-level, cross-platform)

Nix implementation

All platforms use Lix (nix.package = pkgs.lix in modules/shared/nix.nix). Channels are disabled (nix.channel.enable = false) — flakes only.

Commands

# Justfile shortcuts (preferred)
just darwin mac-mini       # rebuild macOS host
just darwin macbook-air
just nixos                 # rebuild WSL (linux only)
just check                 # eval configs without building (platform-aware)
just update                # nix flake update
just secrets               # sops secrets/secrets.yaml
just gc                    # nix-collect-garbage -d
just show                  # nix flake show

# Direct (when just isn't available)
sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake .#mac-mini
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#wsl
nix build .#darwinConfigurations.mac-mini.system --dry-run   # validate (eval only)
nix build .#darwinConfigurations.mac-mini.system             # validate (full build)

# First-time bootstrap (nix-darwin not yet installed)
sudo nix run nix-darwin -- switch --flake .#mac-mini

Fish abbreviations rebuild and update are also available in the shell (defined in home/shell/fish.nix). rebuild auto-detects the platform and derives the flake attr from hostname.

Critical gotchas

catppuccin.nvim workaround active: catppuccin.enable = true works, but home/dev/neovim.nix overrides catppuccin.sources.nvim to add catppuccin.lib.detect_integrations to nvimSkipModule. Upstream fix pending in catppuccin/nix. Cleanup condition: after nix flake update, if removing the override still builds, delete it. See TODO.md.
catppuccin module name: Uses catppuccin.homeModules.catppuccin (not the old homeManagerModules). NixOS uses catppuccin.nixosModules.catppuccin.
Homebrew tap casks: Casks from taps need full path (e.g. "goooler/repo/fl-clash"), not just the short name.
onActivation.cleanup = "zap": Any brew formula/cask NOT declared in modules/darwin/default.nix WILL be removed on rebuild. Be comprehensive.
Repo location: Must be at ~/Developer/nix-config. Fish abbreviations and rebuild reference this path.
First-time bootstrap requires sudo: sudo nix run nix-darwin -- switch --flake .#mac-mini (not darwin-rebuild which doesn't exist yet).

Secrets (sops-nix)

Encrypted with age, key derived from ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 (see .sops.yaml)
Secrets file: secrets/secrets.yaml — edit with just secrets (runs sops)
Decrypted at runtime via home/secrets.nix, exposed as env vars in fish (AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL, AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY)
sops-nix integrated via home-manager shared module in lib/default.nix
Never commit *.dec.yaml, *.dec.json, *.plaintext (in .gitignore)

Shell

Fish (not zsh). All tool integrations use enableFishIntegration. Key files:

home/shell/fish.nix — abbreviations, interactiveShellInit, dynamic rebuild abbr
home/shell/tools.nix — fzf, atuin, zoxide (--cmd cd), direnv, bat, eza, yazi, btop, zellij
home/shell/starship.nix — prompt

Home Manager option API

These options were renamed in recent home-manager; use the new names:

programs.git.settings.user.{name,email} (not userName/userEmail)
programs.git.settings.* (not extraConfig)
programs.delta.{enable,options} (not programs.git.delta.*)
programs.delta.enableGitIntegration = true (must be explicit)
programs.ssh.matchBlocks."*".addKeysToAgent (not top-level addKeysToAgent)
programs.ssh.enableDefaultConfig = false (set explicitly)

Nix LSP & formatter

LSP: nixd (not nil). Provides nixpkgs/option completion.
Formatter: nixfmt. Run: nixfmt <file.nix>
Both installed via home/dev/languages.nix.

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