diff --git a/ci/run_builds.sh b/ci/run_builds.sh
index 2b19d1e..5654288 100755
--- a/ci/run_builds.sh
+++ b/ci/run_builds.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC2317
+# ^ SC2317 (Command appears to be unreachable.)
 
 set -Exo pipefail
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ run_builds () {
 	done
 }
 
-build_systems () {
+_build_systems () {
 	case "$system" in
 		# TODO this is messy and hard-coded, make an attribute set for
 		# each system containing the specializations as well as the nospec ver
@@ -39,6 +41,23 @@ build_systems () {
 	esac
 }
 
+
+
+build_systems () {
+	# system should be set in `nix develop` but just in case
+	local system
+	system="${system:-$(nix eval --impure --raw --expr 'builtins.currentSystem')}"
+	nix eval --json .#legacyPackages."${system}".specialisedNixosConfigurations --apply 'builtins.attrNames' \
+		| jq -c '.[]' \
+		| while read -r line ; do
+			local build
+			build="$(printf '%s' "$line" | jq -r)"
+			run_builds ".#legacyPackages.${system}.specialisedNixosConfigurations.${build}"
+		done
+	# run_builds ".#legacyPackages.${system}.specialisedNixosConfigurations"
+
+}
+
 build_packages () {
 	run_builds .\#packages."${system}".redlib
 }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 26c1253..01579f5 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
             devShells = {
               ci = pkgs.mkShell {
                 buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+                  jq
                   nix-update
                   nix-fast-build
                 ];