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Ivan Malison ccd63ba066 Add org-agenda-api consolidation design plan
Documents the plan to:
- Move container builds from colonelpanic-org-agenda-api to dotfiles
- Consolidate fly.io deployment into dotfiles/org-agenda-api/
- Add cachix substituter for faster builds
- Keep custom-config.el for container-specific glue only

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-28 14:17:13 -08:00

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# Org-Agenda-API Consolidation Design
## Overview
Consolidate org-agenda-api container builds and fly.io deployment into the dotfiles repository. This eliminates the separate `colonelpanic-org-agenda-api` repo and provides:
- Container outputs available to NixOS machines directly
- Fly.io deployment from the same repo
- Fewer repos to maintain
- Cachix integration for faster builds
## Directory Structure
```
/home/imalison/dotfiles/
├── nixos/
│ ├── flake.nix # Main flake, adds container output
│ ├── org-agenda-api.nix # Existing tangling module (stays here)
│ └── ...
├── org-agenda-api/
│ ├── container.nix # Container build logic (mkContainer, etc.)
│ ├── configs/
│ │ ├── colonelpanic/
│ │ │ ├── custom-config.el
│ │ │ └── overrides.el (optional)
│ │ └── kat/
│ │ └── custom-config.el
│ ├── fly/
│ │ ├── fly.toml
│ │ ├── deploy.sh
│ │ └── config-{instance}.env
│ └── secrets/
│ ├── secrets.nix # agenix declarations
│ └── *.age # encrypted secrets
└── dotfiles/emacs.d/
└── org-config.org # Source of truth for org config
```
## Flake Integration
The main dotfiles flake at `/home/imalison/dotfiles/nixos/flake.nix` exposes container outputs:
```nix
outputs = inputs @ { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, ... }:
{
nixosConfigurations = { ... }; # existing
} // flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
let
pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
containerLib = import ../org-agenda-api/container.nix {
inherit pkgs system;
tangledConfig = (import ./org-agenda-api.nix {
inherit pkgs system;
inputs = inputs;
}).org-agenda-custom-config;
};
in {
packages = {
container-colonelpanic = containerLib.mkInstanceContainer "colonelpanic";
container-kat = containerLib.mkInstanceContainer "kat";
};
}
);
```
Build with: `nix build .#container-colonelpanic`
## Custom Elisp & Tangling
Single source of truth: `org-config.org` tangles to elisp files loaded by containers.
**What stays in custom-config.el (container-specific glue):**
- Path overrides (`/data/org` instead of `~/org`)
- Stubs for unavailable packages (`org-bullets-mode` no-op)
- Customize-to-setq format conversion
- Template conversion for org-agenda-api format
- Instance-specific settings
**Audit:** During implementation, verify no actual org logic is duplicated in custom-config.el.
## Cachix Integration
### Phase 1: Use upstream cache as substituter
Add to dotfiles flake's `nixConfig`:
```nix
nixConfig = {
extra-substituters = [
"https://org-agenda-api.cachix.org"
];
extra-trusted-public-keys = [
"org-agenda-api.cachix.org-1:PUBLIC_KEY_HERE"
];
};
```
Benefits:
- `container-base` (~500MB+ dependencies) fetched from cache
- Rebuilds only process the small custom config layer
### Phase 2 (future): Push custom builds
Set up GitHub Action or local push for colonelpanic-specific container builds.
## Fly.io Deployment
**What moves:**
- `fly.toml``dotfiles/org-agenda-api/fly/fly.toml`
- `deploy.sh``dotfiles/org-agenda-api/fly/deploy.sh`
- `configs/*/config.env``dotfiles/org-agenda-api/fly/config-{instance}.env`
- Agenix secrets → `dotfiles/org-agenda-api/secrets/`
**Deploy script changes:**
- Build path: `nix build "../nixos#container-${INSTANCE}"`
- Secrets path adjusts to new location
- Otherwise same logic
## Implementation Phases
### Phase 1: Pull latest & verify current state
- Pull latest changes in org-agenda-api and colonelpanic-org-agenda-api
- Build container, verify it works
- Fix any issues before restructuring
### Phase 2: Create dotfiles structure
- Create `/home/imalison/dotfiles/org-agenda-api/` directory
- Move container.nix logic (adapted from current colonelpanic-org-agenda-api flake)
- Move instance configs (colonelpanic/, kat/)
- Move fly.io deployment files
- Move agenix secrets
### Phase 3: Integrate with dotfiles flake
- Update `/home/imalison/dotfiles/nixos/flake.nix` to expose container outputs
- Add cachix substituter configuration
- Test build from dotfiles: `nix build .#container-colonelpanic`
### Phase 4: Verify deployment
- Test deploy.sh from new location
- Verify fly.io deployment works
- Run the container locally on a NixOS machine
### Phase 5: Audit & cleanup
- Review custom-config.el for any duplicated org logic
- Archive colonelpanic-org-agenda-api repo
- Update any references/documentation
## Repos Affected
- **dotfiles** - Receives container build + fly.io deployment
- **colonelpanic-org-agenda-api** - Becomes obsolete after migration
- **org-agenda-api** (upstream) - No changes, used as flake input