diff --git a/homes/x86_64-linux/minion@greylag/default.nix b/homes/x86_64-linux/minion@greylag/default.nix
index e01db43..5dbbcdc 100644
--- a/homes/x86_64-linux/minion@greylag/default.nix
+++ b/homes/x86_64-linux/minion@greylag/default.nix
@@ -19,152 +19,27 @@
   ...
 }:
 {
-  programs.git.includes = [
-    {
-      condition = "gitdir:~/Code/clicks/";
-      contents.user.email = "minion@clicks.codes";
-    }
-    {
-      condition = "gitdir:~/Code/personal/";
-      contents.user.email = "skyler3665@gmail.com";
-    }
-    {
-      condition = "gitdir:~/Code/collabora/";
-      contents.user.email = "skyler.grey@collabora.com";
-    }
+  chimera.minion.enable = true;
+
+  chimera.waybar = {
+    modules.temperature.hwmonPath = "/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon4/temp1_input";
+    modules.laptop.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  chimera.hyprland.enable = true;
+  chimera.hyprland.hyprpaper.splash.enable = true;
+  chimera.touchpad.enable = true;
+
+  chimera.hyprland.monitors = [
+    "eDP-1,preferred,0x0,1"
+    "desc:Dell Inc. DELL P2715Q V7WP95AV914L,preferred,2256x-1956,1,transform,1"
+    "desc:AOC 2460G5 0x00023C3F,preferred,336x-1080,1"
   ];
 
-  programs.git.extraConfig.alias = {
-    recommit = "!git commit --verbose -eF $(git rev-parse --git-dir)/COMMIT_EDITMSG";
-    graph = "log --graph --oneline --decorate";
-    hash = "rev-parse HEAD";
-    personal = "config user.email skyler3665@gmail.com";
-    clicks = "config user.email minion@clicks.codes";
-    collabora = "config user.email skyler.grey@collabora.com";
-    stg-clean = ''!for PATCH in $(stg series -PU); do CHANGE_ID=$(git show -s --format="%(trailers:key=Change-Id,valueonly,separator=%x2C )" $(stg id $PATCH)); git log --format="%(trailers:key=Change-Id,valueonly,separator=%x2C )" | grep -qFx "$CHANGE_ID" && stg delete $PATCH; done'';
-  };
+  chimera.theme.wallpaper = ./wallpaper.png;
 
-  home.shellAliases = {
-    gpg-card-switch = ''for keygrip in $(gpg --with-keygrip --list-secret-keys 76E0B09A741C4089522111E5F27E3E5922772E7A | grep Keygrip | sed "1d" | sed "s/ *Keygrip = //"); do gpg-connect-agent "delete_key $keygrip" /bye > /dev/null; done; gpg --card-status;'';
-  };
-
-  programs.git.extraConfig.user = {
-    name = "Skyler Grey";
-    signingkey = "7C868112B5390C5C";
-  };
-
-  chimera = {
-    waybar = {
-      modules.temperature.hwmonPath = "/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon4/temp1_input";
-      modules.laptop.enable = true;
-    };
-
-    nextcloud.enable = true;
-
-    hyprland.enable = true;
-    hyprland.hyprpaper.splash.enable = true;
-
-    touchpad.enable = true;
-
-    hyprland.monitors = [
-      "eDP-1,preferred,0x0,1"
-      "desc:Dell Inc. DELL P2715Q V7WP95AV914L,preferred,2256x-1956,1,transform,1"
-      "desc:AOC 2460G5 0x00023C3F,preferred,336x-1080,1"
-    ];
-
-    theme.wallpaper = ./wallpaper.png;
-    theme.catppuccin = {
-      enable = true;
-      style = "Latte";
-      color = "Maroon";
-    };
-
-    browser.chromium = {
-      enable = true;
-      extensions = {
-        ublockOrigin.enable = true;
-        bitwarden.enable = true;
-      };
-    };
-
-    browser.firefox = {
-      enable = true;
-      extensions = {
-        bitwarden.enable = true;
-        youtube = {
-          sponsorBlock.enable = true;
-          returnDislike.enable = true;
-          deArrow.enable = true;
-        };
-        reactDevTools.enable = true;
-        adnauseam.enable = true;
-      };
-      search = {
-        enable = true;
-        extensions.enable = true;
-        bookmarks.enable = true;
-        engines = [
-          "Kagi"
-          "MDN"
-          "NixOS Options"
-          "NixOS Packages"
-          "Home-Manager Options"
-          "Noogle"
-          "GitHub"
-          "Docs.rs"
-          "Crates.io"
-          "Arch Wiki"
-          "Gentoo Wiki"
-        ];
-      };
-      extraExtensions = [
-        config.nur.repos.rycee.firefox-addons.sidebery
-      ];
-    };
-
-    shell.bash.enable = true;
-    shell.defaultAliases.enable = true;
-    shell.replacements.defaultEnable = true;
-    shell.replacements.bat.enable = false;
-
-    theme.font.nerdFontGlyphs.enable = true;
-
-    editor.ed = {
-      enable = true;
-      prompt = ":";
-      defaultEditor = false;
-    };
-
-    editor.neovim = {
-      enable = true;
-      defaultEditor = false;
-    };
-
-    editor.emacs.enable = true;
-    editor.editorconfig.enable = true;
-
-    input.keyboard = {
-      layout = "us";
-      variant = "dvorak";
-    };
-
-    input.mouse.scrolling.natural = true;
-
-    git = {
-      delta.enable = true;
-      stgit.enable = true;
-      gitReview.enable = true;
-      auth.clicksUsername = "minion";
-      gpg.enable = true;
-    };
-
-    shell.usefulPackages.enable = true;
-
-    games = {
-      minecraft.enable = true;
-      itch.enable = true;
-    };
-
-    yubikey.enable = true;
+  chimera.games = {
+    minecraft.enable = true;
+    itch.enable = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/homes/x86_64-linux/skyler@canvasback/default.nix b/homes/x86_64-linux/skyler@canvasback/default.nix
index 9deeedb..f3e7c1b 100644
--- a/homes/x86_64-linux/skyler@canvasback/default.nix
+++ b/homes/x86_64-linux/skyler@canvasback/default.nix
@@ -19,4 +19,10 @@
   ...
 }:
 {
+  home.packages = [ pkgs.home-manager ];
+  chimera.minion.enable = true;
+
+  home.shellAliases.home-manager = "${pkgs.home-manager}/bin/home-manager --flake ${config.chimera.shell.rebuildFlakePath}#skyler@canvasback";
+
+  programs.kitty.settings.shell = "${pkgs.bashInteractive}/bin/bash --login"; # nasty hack to make environment variables load on gnome
 }
diff --git a/modules/home/users/minion/README.md b/modules/home/users/minion/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37025b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home/users/minion/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# minion's chimera options
+
+## What is this?
+
+`minion` is a `chimera` user with multiple machines. Some of her options should
+be shared across all of her machines, these are those options.
+
+## How can I use this?
diff --git a/modules/home/users/minion/default.nix b/modules/home/users/minion/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7578950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home/users/minion/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  options.chimera.minion.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Enable Chimera options for minion";
+
+  config = lib.mkIf config.chimera.minion.enable (let
+    git_emails = {
+      personal = "skyler3665@gmail.com";
+      collabora = "skyler.grey@collabora.com";
+      transplace = "minion@trans.gg";
+      clicks = "minion@clicks.codes";
+    };
+
+    git_email_to_include_option = name: email: {
+      condition = "gitdir:~/Code/${name}/";
+      contents.user.email = email;
+    };
+
+    git_email_to_alias_value = email: "config user.email ${email}";
+  in {
+    chimera.shell.rebuildFlakePath = "/home/skyler/Code/nix/configs/personal";
+
+    programs.git.includes =
+      lib.mapAttrsToList
+        git_email_to_include_option
+        git_emails;
+
+    programs.git.extraConfig.alias = {
+      recommit = "!git commit --verbose -eF $(git rev-parse --git-dir)/COMMIT_EDITMSG";
+      graph = "log --graph --oneline --decorate";
+      hash = "rev-parse HEAD";
+
+      stg-clean = ''!for PATCH in $(stg series -PU); do CHANGE_ID=$(git show -s --format="%(trailers:key=Change-Id,valueonly,separator=%x2C )" $(stg id $PATCH)); git log --format="%(trailers:key=Change-Id,valueonly,separator=%x2C )" | grep -qFx "$CHANGE_ID" && stg delete $PATCH; done'';
+    } // (builtins.mapAttrs (_name: email: git_email_to_alias_value email) git_emails);
+
+    home.shellAliases = {
+      gpg-card-switch = ''for keygrip in $(gpg --with-keygrip --list-secret-keys 76E0B09A741C4089522111E5F27E3E5922772E7A | grep Keygrip | sed "1d" | sed "s/ *Keygrip = //"); do gpg-connect-agent "delete_key $keygrip" /bye > /dev/null; done; gpg --card-status;'';
+    };
+
+    programs.git.extraConfig.user = {
+      name = "Skyler Grey";
+      signingkey = "7C868112B5390C5C";
+    };
+
+    chimera.git = {
+      delta.enable = true;
+      stgit.enable = true;
+      gitReview.enable = true;
+      auth.clicksUsername = "minion";
+      gpg.enable = true;
+    };
+
+    chimera.theme = {
+      font.nerdFontGlyphs.enable = true;
+      catppuccin = {
+        enable = true;
+        style = "Latte";
+        color = "Maroon";
+      };
+    };
+
+    chimera.browser.chromium = {
+      enable = true;
+      extensions = {
+        ublockOrigin.enable = true;
+        bitwarden.enable = true;
+      };
+    };
+
+    chimera.browser.firefox = {
+      enable = true;
+      extensions = {
+        bitwarden.enable = true;
+        youtube = {
+          sponsorBlock.enable = true;
+          returnDislike.enable = true;
+          deArrow.enable = true;
+        };
+        reactDevTools.enable = true;
+        adnauseam.enable = true;
+      };
+      search = {
+        enable = true;
+        extensions.enable = true;
+        bookmarks.enable = true;
+        engines = [
+          "Kagi"
+          "MDN"
+          "NixOS Options"
+          "NixOS Packages"
+          "Home-Manager Options"
+          "Noogle"
+          "GitHub"
+          "Docs.rs"
+          "Crates.io"
+          "Arch Wiki"
+          "Gentoo Wiki"
+        ];
+      };
+      extraExtensions = [
+        config.nur.repos.rycee.firefox-addons.sidebery
+      ];
+    };
+
+    chimera.shell = {
+      bash.enable = true;
+      defaultAliases.enable = true;
+      replacements.defaultEnable = true;
+      replacements.bat.enable = false;
+      usefulPackages.enable = true;
+    };
+
+    chimera.editor = {
+      ed = {
+        enable = true;
+        prompt = ":";
+        defaultEditor = false;
+      };
+
+      neovim = {
+        enable = true;
+        defaultEditor = false;
+      };
+
+      emacs.enable = true;
+
+      editorconfig.enable = true;
+    };
+
+    chimera.yubikey.enable = true;
+
+    chimera.input = {
+      keyboard = {
+        layout = "us";
+        variant = "dvorak";
+      };
+      mouse.scrolling.natural = true;
+    };
+
+    chimera.nextcloud.enable = true;
+
+    programs.bash.bashrcExtra = ''
+      export PS1="\[\e]133;k;start_kitty\a\]\[\e]133;A\a\]\[\e]133;k;end_kitty\a\]\n\[\e]133;k;start_secondary_kitty\a\]\[\e]133;A;k=s\a\]\[\e]133;k;end_secondary_kitty\a\]\[\033[1;35m\][\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\]\u@\h:\w]\$\[\033[0m\] \[\e]133;k;start_suffix_kitty\a\]\[\e[5 q\]\[\e]2;\w\a\]\[\e]133;k;end_suffix_kitty\a\]"
+    '';
+
+    programs.kitty.extraConfig = ''
+      map kitty_mod+enter launch --cwd=current --type=window
+      map kitty_mod+t     launch --cwd=current --type=tab
+    '';
+  });
+}