nix-profile-manager

Expert guidance for agents to manage local Nix profiles for installing tools and dependencies. Covers flakes, profile management, package searching, and registry configuration.

1.42x

Quality

52%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

74%

1.42x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

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Advisory

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Evaluation results

70%

14%

Developer Toolset Bootstrap Script

Search-before-install workflow

Criteria

Without context

With context

Uses --profile flag

100%

Reads AGENT_PROFILE

100%

Guards missing AGENT_PROFILE

50%

100%

Searches before installing

Uses --json for search

Extracts pname from JSON

Uses nixpkgs registry alias

100%

No sudo usage

100%

Install notification

100%

PATH setup instructions

100%

Avoids re-searching

100%

Exact package match

50%

78%

39%

Reproducible Data Science Environment Setup

Version pinning and profile upgrades

Criteria

Without context

With context

Pinned flake reference

16%

100%

Uses --profile flag

37%

100%

Reads AGENT_PROFILE

Upgrade command used

30%

100%

Searches before installing

Uses nix profile list

100%

Install logging

87%

100%

No sudo usage

100%

Nested package notation

12%

100%

Pinning documented

90%

100%

Uses --json for search

Upgrade reports result

100%

76%

14%

Internal Tooling Distribution via Custom Nix Flake

Custom registry setup and troubleshooting

Criteria

Without context

With context

Checks registry first

Communicates registry change

100%

Uses GitHub URL for registry

100%

Documents registry entry

100%

Verifies with nix registry list

100%

Searches custom flake before installing

Uses --profile flag

100%

Uses registry alias after adding

100%

Uses nix profile list

100%

Handles package not found

25%

100%

No sudo usage

100%

AGENT_PROFILE used

Repository: YPares/agent-skills
Commit: aed1afb

Evaluated: 29 days ago
Agent: Claude Code
Model: Claude Sonnet 4.6

Table of Contents

Developer Toolset Bootstrap Script Reproducible Data Science Environment Setup Internal Tooling Distribution via Custom Nix Flake

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