diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8489c3cc..88ccda09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ jobs:
           - catb.org/wumpus
           - c-ares.org
           - vim.org
-          - tea.xyz/gx/cc
           # FIXME? requires a darwin platform to run, and needs
           # macOS 12 to test. That'll require a more complex matrix
           # using get-platform.
@@ -29,23 +28,24 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: teaxyz/setup@v0
 
-      - name: configure PATH
-        run: echo "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      - run: |
+          find ~/.tea/tea.xyz/var/pantry -name 'package.yml' -exec sed -i '/tea\.xyz\/gx\/cc: c99/d' {} \;
 
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.HOME }}/.cache/deno
-          key: deno-get-platform-${{ hashFiles('deno.jsonc')}}
+      # prefetch dneo deps to make the output from the build step more legible
+      - run: deno cache **/*.ts
 
-      - name: prefetch deno deps
-        # this makes the output from the build step more legible
-        run: deno cache **/*.ts
+      - name: install brewkit
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "$HOME/.tea/tea.xyz/brewkit/v*"
+          mv * "$HOME/.tea/tea.xyz/brewkit/v*"
+          echo "$HOME/.tea/tea.xyz/brewkit/v*/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
       - run: pkg build ${{matrix.pkgs}}
         id: build
 
       - run: test -n '${{ steps.build.outputs.pkgs }}'
       - run: test -n '${{ steps.build.outputs.relative-paths }}'
+
       - run: |
           if pkg query ${{ steps.build.outputs.pkgs }} --src 2>&1 | grep -E '^warn: pkg has no srcs:'; then
             echo "srcs=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ jobs:
             echo "srcs=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
         id: srcs
+
       - run: test -n '${{ steps.build.outputs.srcs }}'
         if: steps.srcs.outputs.srcs == 'true'
+
       - run: test -n '${{ steps.build.outputs.srcs-relative-paths }}'
         if: steps.srcs.outputs.srcs == 'true'
 
diff --git a/lib/usePantry.getScript.ts b/lib/usePantry.getScript.ts
index efbd4a76..d27cc406 100644
--- a/lib/usePantry.getScript.ts
+++ b/lib/usePantry.getScript.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import useConfig from "libtea/hooks/useConfig.ts"
 import { SupportedPlatforms } from "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/teaxyz/lib/v0.4.2/src/utils/host.ts"
 import { isArray, isString, isPlainObject, PlainObject } from "is-what"
 import { Package, Installation, hooks, utils, semver } from "libtea"
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ export const getScript = async (pkg: Package, key: 'build' | 'test', deps: Insta
   const mm = useMoustaches()
   const script = (input: unknown) => {
     const tokens = mm.tokenize.all(pkg, deps)
+    tokens.push({
+      from: "build.root", to: useConfig().prefix.string
+    })
     if (isArray(input)) input = input.map(obj => {
       if (isPlainObject(obj)) {
 
diff --git a/libexec/stage-test.ts b/libexec/stage-test.ts
index 985ef6e2..add334be 100755
--- a/libexec/stage-test.ts
+++ b/libexec/stage-test.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ if (!yml.test) throw "no `test` node in package.yml"
 env['PATH'] ??= []
 env['PATH'].push("/usr/bin:/bin")
 
+if (!deps.find(({pkg}) => pkg.project == 'llvm.org' || pkg.project == 'gnu.org/gcc')) {
+  /// add our helper cc toolchain unless the package has picked its own toolchain
+  env['PATH'].push(new Path(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname).parent().parent().join("share/toolchain/bin").string)
+}
+
 let text = undent`
   #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
diff --git a/libexec/stage.ts b/libexec/stage.ts
index 07aca917..6a943b57 100755
--- a/libexec/stage.ts
+++ b/libexec/stage.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,12 @@ const pkg = await pantry.resolve(parse(pkgname))
 
 /// assemble build script
 const pantry_sh = await pantry.getScript(pkg, 'build', deps)
-const brewkit = new Path(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname).parent().parent().join("share/brewkit")
+const sup_PATH = [new Path(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname).parent().parent().join("share/brewkit")]
+
+if (!deps.find(({pkg}) => pkg.project == 'llvm.org' || pkg.project == 'gnu.org/gcc')) {
+  /// add our helper cc toolchain unless the package has picked its own toolchain
+  sup_PATH.push(new Path(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname).parent().parent().join("share/toolchain/bin"))
+}
 
 /// calc env
 const sh = useShellEnv()
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@ const text = undent`
 
   mkdir -p "$HOME"
 
-  export PATH=${brewkit}:"$PATH"
+  export PATH=${sup_PATH.map(x => x.string).join(':')}:"$PATH"
   export CFLAGS="-w $CFLAGS"  # warnings are noise
 
   ${pantry_sh}
diff --git a/share/.DS_Store b/share/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d42a62b
Binary files /dev/null and b/share/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/share/TEMPLATE.pkg.yml b/share/TEMPLATE.pkg.yml
index 74acf192..d4d1a88d 100644
--- a/share/TEMPLATE.pkg.yml
+++ b/share/TEMPLATE.pkg.yml
@@ -80,14 +80,13 @@ dependencies:
 
 build:
   dependencies:
-    tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99
-    tea.xyz/gx/make: '*'
-    # ^^ often packages need dependencies to build, it is very common for
-    # packages to need a C compiler and make, the above provide those
+    cmake.org: ^3
+    # ^^ we provide a c compiler and make by default, other deps you’ll need to add yourself
+
   script: |
     ./configure $ARGS
     make --jobs {{ hw.concurrency }} install
-  # it’s extremely common for packages to require the above
+  # ^^ it’s extremely common for packages to require the above
 
   # script also supports a list of commands, which is useful for complex builds
   # or if you want to run a command in a different directory
diff --git a/share/toolchain/.DS_Store b/share/toolchain/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24516ca8
Binary files /dev/null and b/share/toolchain/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/ar b/share/toolchain/bin/ar
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/ar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/as b/share/toolchain/bin/as
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/as
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/c++ b/share/toolchain/bin/c++
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/c++
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/cc b/share/toolchain/bin/cc
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/cc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/clang b/share/toolchain/bin/clang
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/clang
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/clang++ b/share/toolchain/bin/clang++
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/clang++
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/cpp b/share/toolchain/bin/cpp
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/g++ b/share/toolchain/bin/g++
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/g++
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/gcc b/share/toolchain/bin/gcc
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/gcc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/ld b/share/toolchain/bin/ld
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/ld
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/ld64.lld b/share/toolchain/bin/ld64.lld
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/ld64.lld
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/lld b/share/toolchain/bin/lld
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/lld
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/lld-link b/share/toolchain/bin/lld-link
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/lld-link
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/make b/share/toolchain/bin/make
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b6682e4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/make
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ $(uname) = Darwin ]; then
+  exec /usr/bin/make "$@"
+else
+  exec tea +gnu.org/make make "$@"
+fi
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/nm b/share/toolchain/bin/nm
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/nm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/objcopy b/share/toolchain/bin/objcopy
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/objcopy
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/ranlib b/share/toolchain/bin/ranlib
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/ranlib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/readelf b/share/toolchain/bin/readelf
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/readelf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/strings b/share/toolchain/bin/strings
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/strings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/bin/strip b/share/toolchain/bin/strip
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..075dad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/bin/strip
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/shim b/share/toolchain/shim
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..13466e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/shim
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+tool=$(basename $0)
+
+if [ $(uname) != Darwin ]; then
+  d="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
+  exec "$TEA_PREFIX/tea.xyz/v*/bin/tea" +llvm.org $d/symlinks/$tool "$@"
+fi
+
+case $tool in
+cc|gcc|clang|c++|g++|clang++)
+  exec ruby $0 "$@"
+  ;;
+ld|lld|lld-link|ld64.lld)
+  for word in "$@"; do
+    if test "$word" = -r; then
+      exec /usr/bin/"$tool" "$@"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  exec /usr/bin/$tool "$@" -rpath "${TEA_PREFIX:-$HOME/.tea}"
+  ;;
+*)
+  exec /usr/bin/$tool "$@"
+  ;;
+esac
+
+
+#!/usr/bin/ruby
+
+# - we inject our rpath to ensure our libs our found
+# - for bottles we replace that in fix-machos.rb with a relocatable prefix
+# - in general usage we don’t, so if the user needs to distribute their artifacts,
+#   they will need to fix them first, but that's typical anyway.
+
+$tea_prefix = ENV['TEA_PREFIX'] || (ENV['HOME'] + "/.tea")
+exe = File.basename($0)
+
+# remove duplicates since this in fact embeds the rpath multiple times
+# and omit -nodefaultrpaths since it is not a valid flag for clang
+args = ARGV.map do |arg|
+  arg unless arg == "-Wl,-rpath,#$tea_prefix" or arg == "-nodefaultrpaths"
+end.compact
+
+def is_tea? path
+  path = File.realpath path while File.symlink? path
+  return File.basename(path) == "tea"
+end
+
+# find next example of ourselves
+# this will either pick the Apple provided clang or the tea one
+exe_path = ENV['PATH'].split(":").filter { |path|
+  if path == File.dirname(__FILE__)
+    false
+  elsif path == File.join($tea_prefix, ".local/bin")
+    false
+  elsif is_tea?(path)
+    false
+  else
+    true
+  end
+}.map { |path|
+  "#{path}/#{exe}"
+}.reject { |path|
+  # if the user created a symlink of `cc` to `tea` don’t use it
+  File.symlink? path and File.basename(File.readlink(path)) == "tea"
+}.find { |path|
+  File.exist?(path)
+}
+
+abort "couldn’t find #{exe} in `PATH`" unless exe_path
+
+for arg in args do
+  # figuring out what “mode” we are operating in is hard
+  # we don’t want to add this linker command always because it causes a warning to be
+  # output if we are not outputing executables/dylibs and this warning can break
+  # configure scripts, however the below is not fully encompassing
+  # we aren't sure what the rules are TBH, possibly it is as simple as if the output (`-o`)
+  # is a .o then we don’t add the rpath
+  if arg.start_with? '-l' or arg.end_with? '.dylib'
+    exec exe_path, *args, "-Wl,-rpath,#$tea_prefix"
+  end
+end
+
+exec exe_path, *args
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/ar b/share/toolchain/symlinks/ar
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..d03f9ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/ar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/llvm-ar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/as b/share/toolchain/symlinks/as
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..6282f5f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/as
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/llvm-as
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/c++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/c++
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..be134fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/c++
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/clang++
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/cc b/share/toolchain/symlinks/cc
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..fec4d088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/cc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/clang
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/clang b/share/toolchain/symlinks/clang
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..fec4d088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/clang
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/clang
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/clang++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/clang++
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..be134fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/clang++
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/clang++
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/cpp b/share/toolchain/symlinks/cpp
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..fd140024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/clang-cpp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/g++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/g++
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..be134fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/g++
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/clang++
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/gcc b/share/toolchain/symlinks/gcc
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..fec4d088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/gcc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/clang
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/ld b/share/toolchain/symlinks/ld
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..72b7a64d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/ld
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/lld
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/ld64.lld b/share/toolchain/symlinks/ld64.lld
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..11c4841b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/ld64.lld
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/ld64.lld
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/lld b/share/toolchain/symlinks/lld
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..72b7a64d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/lld
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/lld
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/lld-link b/share/toolchain/symlinks/lld-link
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..e6a4cca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/lld-link
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/lld-link
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/nm b/share/toolchain/symlinks/nm
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..b0a220ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/nm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/llvm-nm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/objcopy b/share/toolchain/symlinks/objcopy
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..d2de81c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/objcopy
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/llvm-objcopy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/ranlib b/share/toolchain/symlinks/ranlib
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..e097d25a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/ranlib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/llvm-ranlib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/readelf b/share/toolchain/symlinks/readelf
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..34a0b971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/readelf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/llvm-readelf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/strings b/share/toolchain/symlinks/strings
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..4a69e6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/strings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/llvm-strings
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/toolchain/symlinks/strip b/share/toolchain/symlinks/strip
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..803b830c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toolchain/symlinks/strip
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../llvm.org/v*/bin/llvm-strip
\ No newline at end of file