From 06d745e572223b471187f6b171f43a21fc03ce5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Hellings <greg.hellings@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:02:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Make checks a build step

---
 checks.nix | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/checks.nix b/checks.nix
index 3e846a0..6695515 100644
--- a/checks.nix
+++ b/checks.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   system,
   top,
+  writeShellApplication,
   ...
 }:
 
@@ -9,8 +10,18 @@ let
   meta = import ./hosts/metadata.nix;
 in
 # Pulls all hosts down to be a check
-(builtins.mapAttrs (_n: v: v.config.system.build.toplevel) (
-  lib.filterAttrs (n: _v: builtins.any (a: a == system) meta.${n}.arch) top.self.nixosConfigurations
-))
+(builtins.mapAttrs
+  (
+    _n: v:
+    writeShellApplication {
+      name = "build-${n}";
+      runtimeInputs = [ ];
+      text = ''
+        nix build ".#${v.config.system.build.toplevel}"
+      '';
+    }
+  )
+  (lib.filterAttrs (n: _v: builtins.any (a: a == system) meta.${n}.arch) top.self.nixosConfigurations)
+)
 # Adds all packages as a check
 // (top.self.packages.${system})