Nix Best Practices

Purpose

Expert guidance on Nix, NixOS, and home-manager following best practices.

Context Detection

This skill activates when:

• Current directory contains flake.nix, default.nix, shell.nix, or configuration.nix
• Git repository contains Nix configuration files
• User is working with .nix files
• User explicitly mentions NixOS, home-manager, flakes, or Nix packages
• Commands like nix build, nixos-rebuild, or home-manager are mentioned

Workflow Routing

When the user's request matches specific Nix operations, route to the appropriate workflow: