diff --git a/notmuch/flake.lock b/notmuch/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1717646450,
+        "narHash": "sha256-KE+UmfSVk5PG8jdKdclPVcMrUB8yVZHbsjo7ZT1Bm3c=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "818dbe2f96df233d2041739d6079bb616d3e5597",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "id": "nixpkgs",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "type": "indirect"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/notmuch/flake.nix b/notmuch/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "Good basic flake template";
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+     flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+       let
+         systempkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+       in
+       {
+         devShells.default = systempkgs.mkShell {
+            buildInputs = with systempkgs; [
+               notmuch
+            ];
+         };
+       }
+     );
+}