diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 285b964..a431299 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # borrowed from https://gitlab.com/nix17/nixos-config/-/blob/main/.gitlab-ci.yml
 
 stages:
-  - flake
+  - misc
   - test
   - deploy
   - deploy_gitlab
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stages:
 # $PACKAGE_NAME = name of the flake that needs to be updated
 # $UPDATE_FLAKE = flag to update the flake
 update:
-  stage: flake
+  stage: misc
   tags:
     - nix
   # from https://forum.gitlab.com/t/git-push-from-inside-a-gitlab-runner/30554/5
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ update:
     variables:
       - $UPDATE_FLAKE == "yes"
 
+sync_repos:
+  stage: misc
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci-utils/curl-jq:2.0.0
+  script:
+    - cd sync
+    - chmod +x ./sync.sh
+    - ./sync.sh
+  rules:
+    - changes:
+        - sync/repos.csv
+
 .scripts_base: &scripts_base
   # load nix environment
   - git pull origin $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
diff --git a/sync/.gitignore b/sync/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b8afe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/.idea
+.env
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diff --git a/sync/README.md b/sync/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9cae7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Repo Sync
+This subdir is intended for syncing repos on <gitlab.skynet.ie> with <gitlab.com>
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diff --git a/sync/repos.csv b/sync/repos.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25a4da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync/repos.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+id_local, remote_url
+4,https://gitlab.com/compsoc1/skynet/nixos.git
diff --git a/sync/sync.sh b/sync/sync.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fbc83e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync/sync.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+Mirror-Clear(){
+  # existing remotes
+  local response=$(curl -s -X "GET" "https://gitlab.skynet.ie/api/v4/projects/$1/remote_mirrors" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $TOKEN")
+
+  # https://stackoverflow.com/a/67638584
+  readarray -t local my_array < <(jq -c '.[]' <<< $response)
+  # iterate through the Bash array
+  for item in "${my_array[@]}"; do
+    local id=$(jq --raw-output '.id' <<< "$item")
+    curl -s -X "DELETE" "https://gitlab.skynet.ie/api/v4/projects/$1/remote_mirrors/$id" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $TOKEN"
+  done
+}
+
+Mirror-Create(){
+  # make sure the values are clean of extra characters
+  local ID=${1}
+  local REPO_TMP=$(tr -d '\n\t\r ' <<<"${2}" )
+  local token=$(tr -d '\n\t\r ' <<<"$TOKEN" )
+  local REPO=${REPO_TMP#"https://"}
+
+  local body="url=https://oauth2:$token@$REPO&enabled=true&only_protected_branches=false&keep_divergent_refs=false"
+  local uri="https://gitlab.skynet.ie/api/v4/projects/$id/remote_mirrors"
+  echo $uri
+  local tmp=""
+  curl -sS -X "POST" "$uri" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $token" --data $body > tmp
+}
+
+Main() {
+  # for local dev
+  source .env
+
+  while IFS="," read -r id remote
+  do
+    Mirror-Clear $id
+    Mirror-Create $id $remote
+  done < <(tail -n +2 ./repos.csv)
+}
+
+Main
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