args: let
  # allow passing just pkgs aswell for convenience
  lib = args.lib or args.pkgs.lib;
  # makes it optional to pass if it's not explicitly needed
  pkgs = args.pkgs or (throw "[nix-gitlab-ci] pkgs argument was used but not set, please pass it");
  inherit (lib) evalModules trimWith;

  impl = import ./impl {inherit lib pkgs cilib;};

  cilib = {
    inherit (impl) helpers modules mkPipeline mkJobRun mkJobDeps mkJobPatched;
    utils = import ./utils.nix {inherit pkgs;};
    version = trimWith {
      start = true;
      end = true;
    } (builtins.readFile ./VERSION);

    mkCI = config:
      (evalModules {
        modules = [
          cilib.modules.nixCiSubmodule
          {
            inherit config;
          }
        ];
      }).config;
  };
in
  cilib