diff --git a/scripts/nix-pkg-info b/scripts/nix-pkg-info
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/nix-pkg-info
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Show NIX package description
+
+nix search nixpkgs "${1?USAGE: $(basename "$0") [package]}" --json 2>&- \
+	| jq -r '.[] | .pname + " " + .description'
+