diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70e6e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+use flake
+
+export GIT_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 628a0ef..19cd298 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ build
 local
 .local
 .clients
+.direnv
 
 **/node_modules
 
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b64ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 0,
+        "narHash": "sha256-v2NB8B3EahTvJ0Zg6QVJVUjq2cBwZ0UKTwMr2nv9718=",
+        "path": "/nix/store/hpyq11kyx19ggxi78ryhhhc9ai9p7jxp-source",
+        "type": "path"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "id": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "indirect"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f17282f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  description = "Cloud Assess flake";
+  outputs = inputs@{ nixpkgs, ...}:
+  {
+    devShells = {
+      aarch64-darwin.default =
+      let
+        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.aarch64-darwin;
+      in
+      pkgs.mkShell {
+        name = "cloud-assess-dev-shell";
+    	packages = with pkgs; [
+    	  jdk23
+    	  gradle
+    	];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}