skills/smithery.ai/upgrade-nixos

upgrade-nixos

Installation
SKILL.md

Upgrade NixOS Release

Upgrade NixOS to a new stable release version. This involves updating version-pinned flake inputs and handling any breaking changes.

Process

  1. Check current state

    nixos-version
    nix --version
    
  2. Identify version-pinned inputs in flake/flake.nix that need updating:

    • nixpkgs (e.g., nixos-25.05 → nixos-25.11)
    • home-manager (e.g., release-25.05 → release-25.11)
    • nix-darwin (e.g., nix-darwin-25.05 → nix-darwin-25.11)
    • stylix (e.g., release-25.05 → release-25.11)
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Apr 2, 2026