nix develop nixpkgs#hello inside the shell, you can call: - unpackPhase - configurePhase - buildPhase {... devShell.x86_64-linux = pkgs.mkShell { buildInputs = [ self.packages.x86_64-linux.hello pkgs.cowsay ]; }; } 2021 https://serokell.io/blog/practical-nix-flakes