flk activate

Enter the Nix development shell for your project.

flk activate
flk activate --profile backend

Options

• -p, --profile <PROFILE>: Activate a specific profile instead of the default

Behavior

• Runs nix develop .#<profile> --impure to enter the dev shell
• Reuses a cached develop profile from .flk/.nix-profile-<profile> when your flake config is unchanged
• Refreshes that cached profile when flake.nix, flake.lock, or the relevant .flk profile files change
• Uses standard profile resolution when --profile is not specified
• Custom commands and environment variables from the profile are available inside the shell

Notes

• For automatic environment switching when navigating between projects, add the shell hook:

  eval "$(flk hook bash)"   # or zsh/fish
  

• For automatic activation when entering a directory, use direnv integration

See Also

• flk hook — for refresh and switch commands
• flk direnv — for automatic directory-based activation