From 170c4ab67d30ae08e788799c4b02fcd70b0f6bfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Isom <kyle@imap.cc>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:04:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] orion: route mcp.metacircular.net zone to rift via resolved

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 hw/orion/default.nix | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hw/orion/default.nix b/hw/orion/default.nix
index 811c162..b7214f0 100644
--- a/hw/orion/default.nix
+++ b/hw/orion/default.nix
@@ -6,4 +6,15 @@
     ../../configs/qemu.nix
     ../../configs/mcpkg.nix
   ];
+
+  # Route internal Metacircular zones to rift's CoreDNS (MCNS precursor).
+  # Uses systemd-resolved domain routing so rift handles only *.mcp.metacircular.net
+  # while DHCP/Tailscale DNS handles everything else.
+  networking.nameservers = [
+    "192.168.88.181"
+    "100.95.252.120"
+  ];
+  services.resolved.domains = [
+    "~mcp.metacircular.net"
+  ];
 }