diff --git a/home/sam/home.nix b/home/sam/home.nix
index 588a486..bc19bde 100644
--- a/home/sam/home.nix
+++ b/home/sam/home.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,45 @@ home.homeDirectory = "/home/sam";
 home.stateVersion = "25.11";
 
 
+systemd.user.services.kdeconnect-indicator = {
+  Unit = {
+    Description = "KDE Connect indicator";
+  };
+
+  Service = {
+    Type = "simple";
+    ExecStart = "${pkgs.kdePackages.kdeconnect-kde}/bin/kdeconnect-indicator";
+    Restart = "on-failure";
+    RestartSec = "2s";
+  };
+
+  Install = {
+    WantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
+  };
+};
+
+
+
+systemd.user.services.vorta = {
+  Unit = {
+    Description = "Vorta (BorgBackup GUI)";
+  };
+
+  Service = {
+    Type = "simple";
+    ExecStart = ''
+      ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash -lc 'for i in $(seq 1 100); do for s in "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"/wayland-*; do if [ -S "$s" ]; then exec ${pkgs.vorta}/bin/vorta; fi; done; sleep 0.2; done; exit 1'
+    '';
+    Restart = "on-failure";
+    RestartSec = "2s";
+  };
+
+  Install = {
+    WantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
+  };
+};
+
+
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
 
 
@@ -93,22 +132,26 @@ dconf.settings."org/gnome/desktop/interface" = {
   programs.neovim = {
     enable = true;
     defaultEditor = true;
+    extraPackages = with pkgs; [ tree-sitter gcc gnumake];
   };
 
   # ---
   # Packages (NOW list + a few safe essentials)
   # ---
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    tmux
+    vorta
+    borgbackup
     carapace
-  aider-chat
-opencode
-goose-cli
-gemini-cli-bin
-
-lua-language-server
- marksman
- nodePackages.typescript
- nodePackages.typescript-language-server
+    aider-chat
+    opencode
+    goose-cli
+    gemini-cli-bin
+    
+    lua-language-server
+    marksman
+    nodePackages.typescript
+    nodePackages.typescript-language-server
 
 
     nodejs
diff --git a/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix b/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix
index 6d4b611..abca1fb 100644
--- a/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ home-manager.backupFileExtension = "hm-bak";
   # ---
   # Users
   # ---
+
+
+  programs.kdeconnect.enable = true;
+  services.gvfs.enable = true;
+  services.tumbler.enable = true;
   programs.zsh.enable = true;
 
   users.users.sam = {
@@ -322,7 +327,14 @@ fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
 
   # Minimal system packages needed for the session and core usability
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+   uv
+  (pkgs.callPackage ../../pkgs/agentpipe-bin.nix { })
   (pkgs.callPackage ../../pkgs/sidecar-bin.nix { })
+   xfce.thunar
+   xfce.tumbler
+   ffmpegthumbnailer
+   poppler-utils
+   kdePackages.kdeconnect-kde
    tmux
    brave
    vorta
diff --git a/pkgs/agentpipe-bin.nix b/pkgs/agentpipe-bin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..914ce2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/agentpipe-bin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "agentpipe";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url =
+      "https://github.com/kevinelliott/agentpipe/releases/download/v${finalAttrs.version}/agentpipe_linux_amd64.tar.gz";
+  sha256 ="sha256-3ofsrInUlcY1UN6LszOZGYJY0SgNB8FTwlyOXx/cznk="; 
+  };
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+unpackPhase = ''
+  tar -xzf "$src"
+'';
+
+installPhase = ''
+  mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+
+  bin=""
+  if [ -f "./agentpipe" ]; then
+    bin="./agentpipe"
+  else
+    bin="$(find . -maxdepth 3 -type f -name agentpipe -print -quit)"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "$bin" ]; then
+    echo "agentpipe binary not found after unpack. Contents:" >&2
+    find . -maxdepth 3 -type f -print >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  install -m0755 "$bin" "$out/bin/agentpipe"
+'';
+
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "AgentPipe multi-agent orchestrator CLI/TUI";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kevinelliott/agentpipe";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    mainProgram = "agentpipe";
+  };
+})