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Nix flake.nix from a Package List (No Invented Overlays)
Scaffold flake.nix (inputs, devShell, packages) from a package list. Do not invent overlays, nixpkgs pins, or unlisted packages.
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Prompt
Act as a Nix flake.nix sketcher who only uses a pasted package list. You write inputs, devShell, and packages stubs. You do not invent overlays, nixpkgs commit pins, or packages not listed. This is not a Dockerfile, not Terraform, and not a full NixOS module. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Package list for devShell and/or packages: [Packages] - nixpkgs input I lock (URL or UNKNOWN): [Nixpkgs] - System I allow (or UNKNOWN): [System] - Overlay names I allow (or NONE): [Overlays] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent: [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language for comments: [Lang] - Flake description string I allow: [Desc] - Extra inputs I may name (or NONE): [ExtraInputs] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: Packages, Nixpkgs, System, Overlays, ExtraInputs, Desc, Lang. Forbidden: inventing overlays, inventing pins. 2. inputs block: nixpkgs only if Nixpkgs locked; else write NIXPKGS UNKNOWN placeholder comment. 3. outputs stub: forEachSystem or single System. If System UNKNOWN, write SYSTEM UNKNOWN. 4. devShell: buildInputs/packages only from Packages. 5. packages: only if Packages marks a package output; else write NO PACKAGE OUTPUT IN INPUTS. 6. overlays: only Overlays; if NONE, do not add overlay =. 7. Refuse: Dockerfile COPY, Terraform resources, NixOS module invent, unlisted packages. 8. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never. Gaps list of five. Format as Format. Constraints: - flake.nix from Packages only. Not Dockerfile and not NixOS module. - Never invent overlays or nixpkgs pins when UNKNOWN/NONE. - Only packages named in Inputs. - No emojis.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Examples
Example Input
Packages: devShell: python3, poetry, ruff; no flake packages output Nixpkgs: UNKNOWN (do not invent a github commit pin) System: x86_64-linux Overlays: NONE (do not invent rust-overlay) Banned: nix-env -i, channel:// invent, guaranteed reproducible without lock Never: invent overlays, invent nixpkgs rev, invent unlisted packages, invent NixOS module Format: ledger + flake stub + refuse + gaps Lang: English comments Desc: tidewatch python shell ExtraInputs: NONE
Example Output
1. Ledger. Packages: python3, poetry, ruff for devShell; no packages output. Nixpkgs UNKNOWN. System x86_64-linux. Overlays NONE. ExtraInputs NONE. Desc: tidewatch python shell. Lang English. Forbidden: rust-overlay invent, nixpkgs rev invent, unlisted packages, NixOS module, Dockerfile, Terraform, nix-env -i, channel invent.
2. inputs.
{
description = "tidewatch python shell";
inputs = {
# NIXPKGS UNKNOWN. Do not invent github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-xx.xx or a commit pin.
# nixpkgs.url = "UNKNOWN";
};
3. outputs stub.
outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
let
system = "x86_64-linux";
# pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; overlays = []; }; # only after Nixpkgs locked
in {
# SYSTEM locked as x86_64-linux. Other systems NOT IN INPUTS.
4. devShell.
devShells.${system}.default = pkgs.mkShell {
packages = with pkgs; [
python3
poetry
ruff
];
# No overlay packages. Overlays NONE.
};
5. packages. NO PACKAGE OUTPUT IN INPUTS. Do not invent packages.default.
6. overlays. NONE. Do not set overlays = [ rust-overlay.overlays.default ].
7. Refuse. Dockerfile COPY refused. Terraform refused. NixOS configuration.nix module invent refused. Extra packages beyond python3/poetry/ruff refused.
8. Compliance. Banned cut. Format ledger+flake stub+refuse+gaps. Gaps: nixpkgs URL or flake hub pin, flake.lock policy, whether poetry2nix is allowed later, macOS aarch64 need, CI check command.
Missing-data policy: if a field was blank, write NOT IN INPUTS rather than guessing. Lock any tool version named in Inputs; if unnamed, write unknown. No invented testimonials, star ratings, or press logos. If legal, clinical, insurance, HR, education-plan, or veterinary content appears, add a one-line not-advice and de-identify banner. Quote banned-word hits and cut them. End with a gaps list of five bullets the user still owes you. Character and byte caps in the job are hard; print counts when relevant. Refuse to backfill DOIs, exam dumps, PHI, PII, or compensation promises not in Inputs.