diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 3550a30..680b5dd 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 use flake
+
+# ref: https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Vim
+# comment out if not planning to use this
+add_extra_vimrc
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bfa09af..faf2871 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .direnv
 result
 result-*
+.vimrc
diff --git a/.vimrc-example b/.vimrc-example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2eb91dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vimrc-example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+augroup vimgo_local
+	au!
+	au FileType go nmap <leader>gr :term ++hidden ++open nixGL go run -v .<cr>
+augroup END