What is nix-platform-specific-options?
Write Nix modules with platform-specific options (NixOS vs Darwin) without infinite recursion. Use when mkIf causes evaluation errors or options don't exist across platforms. Source: edmundmiller/dotfiles.
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nix-platform-specific-options
✓Write Nix modules with platform-specific options (NixOS vs Darwin) without infinite recursion. Use when mkIf causes evaluation errors or options don't exist across platforms.
Installation
How to Install nix-platform-specific-options
Quickly install nix-platform-specific-options AI skill to your development environment via command line
- Open Terminal: Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.)
- Run Installation Command: Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/edmundmiller/dotfiles --skill nix-platform-specific-options
- Verify Installation: Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw
Source: edmundmiller/dotfiles.
SKILL.md
View rawWhen writing Nix modules that need to hide platform-specific options (NixOS vs Darwin), using mkIf alone causes infinite recursion. This skill documents the correct pattern.
mkIf is evaluated lazily but the option path is still visible during module evaluation. This causes errors like:
Or infinite recursion when config is referenced in option defaults or optionalAttrs conditions.
Write Nix modules with platform-specific options (NixOS vs Darwin) without infinite recursion. Use when mkIf causes evaluation errors or options don't exist across platforms. Source: edmundmiller/dotfiles.
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- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/edmundmiller/dotfiles --skill nix-platform-specific-options- Source
- edmundmiller/dotfiles
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-22
- Updated
- 2026-03-10
Quick answers
How do I install nix-platform-specific-options?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/edmundmiller/dotfiles --skill nix-platform-specific-options Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/edmundmiller/dotfiles
Details
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-22