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Implementation LGTM after independent review. The Nix packaging policy is approved: bundle completion files, let the shell control activation, and leave user startup files untouched. All required CI checks and Security passed for implementation commit 3cd948038df2157c2cb09fe2980345666f471f39; the follow-up only clarifies documentation. Not merged.

Motivation

Nix users should receive completion files with the package, without running a separate installer or modifying shell startup files. Keeping the files in the package also keeps them aligned with the installed CLI version.

What it does

  • Installs Bash, Fish, and Zsh completions through Nixpkgs' installShellFiles hook.
  • Generates files only when the build platform can execute the host platform.
  • Runs generation sequentially so a nonzero exit fails the build, including after partial output.
  • Checks in CI that all three packaged files match fresh CLI output.
  • Documents activation, installer ownership, and tip behavior for Nix completions.

Proof it works

  • GitHub CI: Linux, macOS, and Windows tests, lint/type checking, Nix build and packaged-completion verification, and the required aggregate check all pass.
  • GitHub Security: dependency review, audits, and website lockfile validation pass.
  • Real Nix build on aarch64-linux; packaged CLI reports 1.11.0.
  • All three installed files are nonempty, byte-identical to fresh output, and pass their shell's syntax check.
  • nix flake check --no-build --all-systems evaluates all four supported systems.
  • Exact-hook failure injection with Nixpkgs' installer: a generator that prints partial output then exits 17 is incorrectly accepted by the original hook (exit 0); the hardened hook exits 17 before installation.
  • Type checking, lint, and 333 focused completion tests pass.
  • Full suite in an isolated Linux environment with Node.js 22.21.1: 4,229 tests pass across 145 files.

Notes

  • Approved policy: Nix packages include completion files as a documented exception to explicit CLI installation. Shell configuration controls activation and may load them automatically. OpenSpec does not modify startup files when installing the Nix package.
  • The CLI reference now distinguishes package-managed completions from user-local copies. CLI install/uninstall and installed-file detection manage the latter, not the immutable Nix package. The installation guide links to that explanation. OPENSPEC_NO_COMPLETIONS=1 suppresses the tip; it does not disable active completions. No core-code expansion is proposed to manage the Nix store.
  • Reconciled the branch with current main; retained its Node.js and dependency versions. No application code or dependency changes.
  • Does not edit .bashrc, .zshrc, or Fish configuration. Users still need their shell's completion subsystem enabled.
  • Telemetry is disabled only during generation and verification, not in the installed CLI.
  • Host-wide tests exposed existing environment leaks through Oh My Zsh and global MiniMax skills. Those user settings were left untouched; all affected cases pass in the clean Linux full-suite run.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Nix packages now include Bash, Fish, and Zsh shell completions.
    • Completions can be managed through the CLI without modifying shell startup files.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified completion installation behavior, including user-local ownership and Nix package handling.
    • Added guidance for activating Nix-provided completions.

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The Nix derivation now packages Bash, Fish, and Zsh completions when the build platform can execute the host platform. CI generates each completion with telemetry disabled and compares it with the packaged file. Documentation describes activation and ownership.

Changes

Nix shell completion packaging

Layer / File(s) Summary
Completion packaging and validation
flake.nix, .github/workflows/ci.yml
The derivation adds installShellFiles and conditionally generates Bash, Fish, and Zsh completions with OPENSPEC_TELEMETRY=0. CI checks that each completion is non-empty and matches the packaged file.
Completion documentation and release metadata
.changeset/nix-packaged-completions.md, docs/cli.md, docs/installation.md
The changeset records a minor release for Nix-packaged completions. The documentation describes shell activation, installation behavior, and ownership of packaged and user-local completion files.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 7749f

Nix packages built for platforms the build environment cannot execute may omit completion files, while the documentation currently implies they are always included. The PR is otherwise mergeable, with a bounded documentation follow-up required to set accurate user expectations.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant NixBuild
  participant OpenSpec
  participant NixPackage
  participant NixCI
  NixBuild->>OpenSpec: Generate Bash, Fish, and Zsh completions
  NixBuild->>NixPackage: Install completion files
  NixCI->>OpenSpec: Generate completions with telemetry disabled
  NixCI->>NixPackage: Compare generated files
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@TabishB is there anything missing here? :)

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@betaboon we've made completion installation opt-in recently. would be good to make it standard across the board.

Mainly because of this issue: #948
ref PR: #949

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it's rather unusual in nixpkgs to make the installation of completions optional.
The upstream package-definition for OpenSpec also just installs the completions.

The problem described in #948 is pretty much ruled out in nix/nixos.

some additional detail:
the postinstall is not used here, just the openspec completion generate command and the output is written to $out/share/bash-completions etc.

clay-good and others added 7 commits July 20, 2026 12:32
Refactor the flake so the package derivation is defined once, in
`overlays.default`, and every other output consumes it. Previously the
derivation lived inline in `packages.default`, so anyone who wanted
`openspec` in their own package set had to copy the derivation rather than
import it.

What changed:
- Add `overlays.default`, a standard `final: _prev:` overlay that exposes
  `pkgs.openspec`. The derivation is written against `final`, so downstream
  overlay composition and `overrideAttrs` behave as expected.
- Route `packages.{default,openspec}` through the overlay via a `pkgsFor`
  helper (`import nixpkgs { overlays = [ self.overlays.default ]; }`), so the
  flake's own package resolves exactly as a consumer's would. No more
  duplicated build definition.
- Refresh the nixpkgs pin in `flake.lock`.

`apps` and `devShells` are unchanged in behaviour.

Usage — a downstream flake:

    nixpkgs.overlays = [ openspec.overlays.default ];
    # -> pkgs.openspec

or devenv, via `devenv.yaml`:

    inputs:
      openspec:
        url: github:Fission-AI/OpenSpec
        overlays:
          - default

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@clay-good clay-good changed the title feat(nix): install completions feat(nix): install packaged shell completions Aug 27, 2026

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The Nix installShellCompletion usage, native-build guard, generated-file comparison, and user-facing ownership guidance look correct. Approved pending CI.

…pec-pr1439 into feat-nix-flake-completion

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In `@docs/cli.md`:
- Line 1291: Update the Nix shell-completion documentation to qualify that Bash,
Fish, and Zsh completion files are included only when the build platform can
execute the host platform; avoid stating that every Nix package includes them
unconditionally.

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Thanks @betaboon for this! Packaged shell completions for the Nix flake (bash, fish, and zsh) landed on main in #1785, so I'm closing this as a duplicate. Exposing the flake as an overlay is still open in #1439. Appreciate you pushing this forward.

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