docs: agent onboarding — HOME agents.md symlink, git safe.directory, rebuild flow#26
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…rebuild flow Make the box easier for agents (and humans) to work on after an install: - programs.git safe.directory whitelists the root-owned /etc/nixos-repo so interactive git/nix as the login user no longer trips git's dubious-ownership guard (the box's own services already pass -c safe.directory inline; this covers ad-hoc use). Harmless on appliance ISOs where the repo is a read-only store path. - A tmpfiles L+ rule symlinks ~/agents.md -> /etc/nixos-repo/agents.md in every normal-user home, so an agent landing in $HOME finds the guide immediately (the motd only shows on interactive login, not over `ssh host 'cmd'`). - agents.md: document rebuilding via --flake /etc/nixos-repo, the /etc/nixos symlink-dir trap, and the harmless dirty-tree warning. Verified with nixos-rebuild dry-build.
Add the GitHub CLI to systemPackages so working on this repo from the box (opening PRs, checking CI) doesn't need a separate install. Ships unauthenticated; the login user runs `gh auth login` once. Note it in agents.md alongside the git workflow. Verified with nixos-rebuild dry-build (pulls gh 2.83.2).
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Make the box easier for agents (and humans) to work on after an
install.shinstall.What & why
programs.gitsafe.directory whitelists the root-owned/etc/nixos-reposo interactivegit/nixas the login user (or viasudo) no longer trip git's dubious-ownership guard (repository path ... is not owned by current user). The box's own services already pass-c safe.directory=...inline; this only covers ad-hoc use. Harmless on appliance ISOs where the repo is a read-only Nix store path (not a git repo).~/agents.mdsymlink via a tmpfilesL+rule into every normal-user home, so an agent landing in$HOMEfinds the guide immediately. The motd only shows on interactive login — not overssh host 'cmd', which is how an automation agent connects — so a file on disk is the reliable discovery path.agents.md: document rebuilding via--flake /etc/nixos-repo, the/etc/nixossymlink-dir trap (--flake /etc/nixosfails because that dir holds only aflake.nixsymlink, so Nix can't find the sibling files), and the harmlessGit tree dirtywarning + the intent-to-add re-add command.Validation
nixos-rebuild dry-build --flake /etc/nixos-repo— evaluates clean;~/agents.mdsymlink created on switch and resolves.