diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a7ad726377a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Upon entering directory, direnv requests user permission once to automatically load project dependencies onwards.
+# Eliminating the need of running "nix develop github:superherointj/nix-auto-gpt" for Nix users to develop/use Auto-GPT.
+
+[[ -z $IN_NIX_SHELL ]] && use flake github:superherointj/nix-auto-gpt
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2220ef6e3a9d..26d7e5a3f7b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ celerybeat.pid
 *.sage.py
 
 # Environments
+.direnv/
 .env
 .venv
 env/