diff --git a/config/repos.yml b/config/repos.yml
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+# Inventory of repos whose per-repo GitHub settings this config manages.
+#
+# Decoded with yamldecode(file(...)) in locals.tf and consumed by repos.tf
+# via for_each. The map key is the repo name; the org owner is implied by the
+# single provider's `owner` setting (see providers.tf) and is intentionally
+# NOT repeated here — an account login in config/*.yml would violate the
+# no-identity-in-source rule. Repo names are governance subjects (the things
+# being managed), not identities, so they belong here as structured data.
+#
+# Schema (per entry):
+#   visibility:  "public" | "private". Drives the secret-scanning cost gate:
+#                secret scanning + push protection require GitHub Advanced
+#                Security on PRIVATE repos (paid), but are free on public. The
+#                module enables them ONLY when visibility is "public", so an
+#                apply never silently turns on a paid feature. Look up the live
+#                value (`gh repo view <repo> --json visibility`) before adding
+#                a repo — never assume "public".
+#   description: GitHub repo description (1-line, shown on GitHub).
+#   topics:      List of GitHub topic tags.
+#
+# Per-repo `all`/`main` rulesets are OUT OF SCOPE: the org-level rulesets in
+# rulesets.tf already enforce signed commits, linear history, and Conventional
+# Commits on every repo. This config manages only repository *settings*
+# (merge methods, auto-merge, branch deletion, wiki, web-commit signoff,
+# Dependabot, and the public-only secret-scanning block).
+#
+# This is the first increment — the nix-* family ported from the retired
+# `.github-tofu` scaffold. Expanding to every non-archived org repo is a
+# follow-up (see the tracking issue).
+
+repos:
+  nix-ai:
+    visibility: public
+    description: "Your AI coding toolkit, declared in Nix — Claude, Gemini, Copilot, 15+ MCP servers, one flake"
+    topics:
+      - ai
+      - ai-tools
+      - claude
+      - claude-code
+      - copilot
+      - gemini
+      - home-manager
+      - mcp-server
+      - nix
+      - nix-flakes
+      - ollama
+
+  nix-darwin:
+    visibility: public
+    description: "Flakes-based nix-darwin config for macOS — system packages, networking, security, and home-manager orchestration via Nix"
+    topics:
+      - darwin
+      - declarative
+      - home-manager
+      - infrastructure-as-code
+      - macos
+      - macos-configuration
+      - nix
+      - nix-darwin
+      - nix-flakes
+      - reproducible
+
+  nix-home:
+    visibility: public
+    description: "Cross-platform dev environment in Nix — git, zsh, VS Code, tmux, declared once, reproduced everywhere"
+    topics:
+      - cross-platform
+      - developer-tools
+      - dotfiles
+      - git-config
+      - home-manager
+      - nix
+      - nix-flakes
+      - tmux
+      - vscode
+      - zsh
+
+  nix-devenv:
+    visibility: public
+    description: "Reusable dev shells in Nix — Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, AI/ML, and more, one nix develop away"
+    topics:
+      - declarative
+      - developer-tools
+      - development-environment
+      - devenv
+      - direnv
+      - flake-templates
+      - nix
+      - nix-develop
+      - nix-flakes
+      - reproducible
+
+  nix-claude-code:
+    visibility: public
+    description: "Declarative Claude Code in Nix — plugins, marketplaces, skills, hooks, MCP, and permissions as composable home-manager modules. Reproducible on macOS and Linux."
+    topics:
+      - agents
+      - ai
+      - ai-cli
+      - anthropic
+      - claude-code
+      - declarative
+      - flake-parts
+      - home-manager
+      - home-manager-module
+      - mcp
+      - nix
+      - nix-darwin
+      - nix-flake
+      - nix-flakes
+      - reproducible
+      - skills
+
+  nix-pxe-bootstrap:
+    visibility: public
+    description: "NixOS-on-Pi netboot.xyz + Proxmox auto-installer for unattended bare-metal install"
+    topics: []
+
+  nix-ai-server:
+    visibility: public
+    description: "NixOS bare-metal config for the dryvist AI host (server A, standalone)"
+    topics: []
diff --git a/modules/repo-settings/main.tf b/modules/repo-settings/main.tf
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+# Per-repo settings — the repository-settings half of the retired
+# `.github-tofu` nix-repo module. Baseline established on the nix-* family:
+# squash + rebase merges only (no merge commit), auto-merge on, branch deleted
+# on merge, web commit signoff required, wiki off.
+#
+# Per-repo rulesets are intentionally NOT ported: the org-level rulesets in
+# ../../rulesets.tf already enforce signed commits, linear history, and
+# Conventional Commits on every repo. Porting the source module's per-repo
+# `all` ruleset would duplicate that org-level coverage.
+#
+# The owner is supplied by the calling module's provider (a single
+# org-scoped provider at the root); this module never names it.
+
+resource "github_repository" "this" {
+  # checkov:skip=CKV_GIT_1: These repos are intentionally public. The org cost
+  # policy (see AGENTS.md) depends on public visibility to keep secret scanning
+  # free; forcing private would invert the design and incur GHAS charges. The
+  # visibility variable is validated and per-repo in config/repos.yml.
+  # checkov:skip=CKV2_GIT_1: Branch protection is associated at the ORG level via
+  # the github_organization_ruleset resources in ../../rulesets.tf (signed
+  # commits, linear history, Conventional Commits on every repo's default
+  # branch). Checkov only detects per-repo branch_protection resources, not the
+  # org rulesets that cover these repos — so this is a false negative for it.
+  name        = var.name
+  description = var.description
+  topics      = var.topics
+
+  visibility = var.visibility
+
+  has_issues      = true
+  has_wiki        = false
+  has_projects    = true
+  has_discussions = false
+
+  allow_squash_merge          = true
+  allow_merge_commit          = false
+  allow_rebase_merge          = true
+  allow_auto_merge            = true
+  delete_branch_on_merge      = true
+  web_commit_signoff_required = true
+
+  # Secret scanning + push protection are free on public repos but require
+  # paid GitHub Advanced Security (Secret Protection) on private repos. Emit
+  # the security_and_analysis block ONLY for public repos so an apply can never
+  # silently enable a paid feature on a private repo. The source module
+  # hardcoded visibility = "public" and enabled these unconditionally — that
+  # would charge GHAS the moment a private repo entered the inventory.
+  dynamic "security_and_analysis" {
+    for_each = var.visibility == "public" ? [1] : []
+
+    content {
+      secret_scanning {
+        status = "enabled"
+      }
+      secret_scanning_push_protection {
+        status = "enabled"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  # Prevent TF from recreating or renaming existing repos on first apply.
+  lifecycle {
+    prevent_destroy = true
+    ignore_changes = [
+      # Auto-init only matters at creation; ignore so imports don't churn.
+      auto_init,
+      gitignore_template,
+      license_template,
+      # Homepage URL is per-repo and may be set manually; don't fight it.
+      homepage_url,
+    ]
+  }
+}
+
+# Dependabot alerts — notifications when CVEs are detected in dependencies.
+# Free on public and private repos (dependency graph + Dependabot is not GHAS).
+resource "github_repository_vulnerability_alerts" "this" {
+  repository = github_repository.this.name
+}
+
+# Dependabot automatic security update PRs. Also free on public and private.
+resource "github_repository_dependabot_security_updates" "this" {
+  repository = github_repository.this.name
+  enabled    = true
+  depends_on = [github_repository_vulnerability_alerts.this]
+}
diff --git a/modules/repo-settings/outputs.tf b/modules/repo-settings/outputs.tf
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+output "full_name" {
+  description = "owner/name of the managed repo, from the provider-resolved live value."
+  value       = github_repository.this.full_name
+}
+
+output "node_id" {
+  description = "Provider-assigned GraphQL node id of the managed repo."
+  value       = github_repository.this.node_id
+}
diff --git a/modules/repo-settings/variables.tf b/modules/repo-settings/variables.tf
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+variable "name" {
+  description = "Repo name without owner. The owner is supplied by the calling module's GitHub provider, so it never appears here."
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "description" {
+  description = "Repo description (1-line, shown on GitHub)."
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "topics" {
+  description = "GitHub topic tags."
+  type        = list(string)
+  default     = []
+}
+
+variable "visibility" {
+  description = <<-EOT
+    Repo visibility: "public" or "private". Drives the secret-scanning cost
+    gate. Secret scanning and push protection require GitHub Advanced Security
+    on private repos (paid: Secret Protection) but are free on public repos, so
+    the module only sets the security_and_analysis block when this is "public".
+    A private repo therefore never has a paid feature enabled by an apply.
+  EOT
+  type        = string
+
+  validation {
+    condition     = contains(["public", "private"], var.visibility)
+    error_message = "visibility must be one of: public, private."
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/repo-settings/versions.tf b/modules/repo-settings/versions.tf
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+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.6.0"
+
+  required_providers {
+    github = {
+      source  = "integrations/github"
+      version = "~> 6.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/repos.tf b/repos.tf
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+# Per-repo settings for the repos this config governs. The repository-settings
+# half ported from the retired `.github-tofu` scaffold (its per-repo rulesets
+# are dropped — the org rulesets in rulesets.tf already cover signed commits,
+# linear history, and Conventional Commits on every repo).
+#
+# config/repos.yml is the single source of truth for which repos are managed
+# and their per-repo metadata (visibility, description, topics). The owner is
+# supplied by the single provider in providers.tf, never repeated per repo.
+
+locals {
+  # Inventory of managed repos, keyed by repo name.
+  repos = yamldecode(file("${path.module}/config/repos.yml")).repos
+}
+
+module "repo_settings" {
+  source   = "./modules/repo-settings"
+  for_each = local.repos
+
+  name        = each.key
+  description = each.value.description
+  topics      = each.value.topics
+  visibility  = each.value.visibility
+}
+
+# Import-on-first-apply: adopt every managed repo (and its two Dependabot
+# sub-resources) into Terraform state so the first apply RECONCILES the
+# existing repos' settings instead of trying to create them — which
+# prevent_destroy would block and a name collision would fail anyway. Mirrors
+# what `.github-tofu/scripts/import.sh` imported, but as native Terraform 1.5+
+# import blocks rather than a shell script. The import id for a
+# github_repository is the bare repo name (owner comes from the provider); for
+# the Dependabot sub-resources it is likewise the repo name.
+#
+# These blocks are idempotent and only useful once. After a successful apply
+# they can be removed in a follow-up PR.
+import {
+  for_each = local.repos
+  to       = module.repo_settings[each.key].github_repository.this
+  id       = each.key
+}
+
+import {
+  for_each = local.repos
+  to       = module.repo_settings[each.key].github_repository_vulnerability_alerts.this
+  id       = each.key
+}
+
+import {
+  for_each = local.repos
+  to       = module.repo_settings[each.key].github_repository_dependabot_security_updates.this
+  id       = each.key
+}