diff --git a/hosts/ci.nix b/hosts/ci.nix
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+++ b/hosts/ci.nix
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+{
+  imports =
+    let
+      profiles = builtins.filter (n: n != ../profiles/core)
+        (import ../profiles/list.nix);
+    in
+    profiles ++ [ ../users/nixos ../users/root ];
+
+  security.mitigations.acceptRisk = true;
+
+  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+
+  fileSystems."/" = { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixos"; };
+}
diff --git a/nix/ci.nix b/nix/ci.nix
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+let
+  inherit (default.inputs.nixos.lib) recurseIntoAttrs;
+
+  default = (import ../compat).defaultNix;
+
+  packages = import ../default.nix;
+
+  shell = recurseIntoAttrs default.devShell.x86_64-linux;
+
+  ci = recurseIntoAttrs
+    default.nixosConfigurations.ci.config.system.build.toplevel;
+in
+{
+  inherit ci shell;
+  # platforms supported by our hercules-ci agent
+  inherit (packages)
+    i686-linux
+    x86_64-linux
+    aarch64-linux
+    ;
+}