diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
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+++ b/.envrc
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+use flake
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1694529238,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zsNZZGTGnMOf9YpHKJqMSsa0dXbfmxeoJ7xHlrt+xmY=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "ff7b65b44d01cf9ba6a71320833626af21126384",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1694422566,
+        "narHash": "sha256-lHJ+A9esOz9vln/3CJG23FV6Wd2OoOFbDeEs4cMGMqc=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "3a2786eea085f040a66ecde1bc3ddc7099f6dbeb",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "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/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "flake for `mev-rs` repo";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, flake-utils, nixpkgs }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem
+      (system:
+        let
+          pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+        in
+        {
+          devShells.default = import ./shell.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+        });
+}
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
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+++ b/shell.nix
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+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { } }:
+with pkgs;
+mkShell {
+  buildInputs = [ mdbook ];
+}