diff --git a/.claude/tasks/0002-neogaia-disk-and-boot.md b/.claude/tasks/0002-neogaia-disk-and-boot.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ab55b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/tasks/0002-neogaia-disk-and-boot.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+spec: laptop-mvi
+blocked-by: 0001-skeleton-and-building-host
+---
+
+## What to build
+
+Declare the `neogaia` laptop's disk with `disko` and make it unlock and boot on real hardware: a LUKS-encrypted btrfs volume with subvolumes plus zram swap, on an EFI system partition using systemd-boot, with the LUKS passphrase prompted at boot via the initrd.
+
+The layout must build from the same tree as the `Host` toplevel (so the whole-`Host` build exercises it), and must be expressed as a per-`Host` disk concern so other machines can declare their own layouts later.
+
+## Acceptance criteria
+
+- [x] `neogaia` declares a `disko` layout: LUKS-encrypted btrfs with subvolumes plus zram swap on an EFI system partition.
+- [x] systemd-boot is the bootloader; the initrd prompts for the LUKS passphrase so a normal boot unlocks the encrypted disk.
+- [x] The `disko` layout builds as part of the `neogaia` toplevel build (no separate invocation needed to catch layout errors).
+- [x] The disk layout is a per-`Host` concern, expressible differently for future `Host`s without restructuring the `Skeleton`.
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+- **Layout.** One GPT disk at `/dev/nvme0n1`: a 512M EF00 ESP (vfat, `umask=0077`) mounted at `/boot`, and a 100%-fill LUKS partition (`cryptroot`, `allowDiscards`) holding a btrfs filesystem with three subvolumes — `@root` → `/`, `@home` → `/home`, `@nix` → `/nix` — each mounted `compress=zstd,noatime`.
+  There is deliberately no on-disk swap partition; swap is RAM-backed zram.
+- **Skeleton vs. per-Host split.** The disko *module* (`inputs.disko.nixosModules.disko`) is wired into the host-builder in `lib/default.nix`, so every `Host` can interpret a `disko.devices` declaration; the *layout itself* lives in `hosts/neogaia/disk.nix`.
+  A future `Host` declares a different layout, or none at all (an undeclared `disko.devices` is a no-op), so servers that preserve an existing pool by import need no `Skeleton` change.
+- **disko input follows nixpkgs.** Unlike chaotic (which must not), disko follows our `nixpkgs` so it builds against the same base.
+- **Boot unlock.** disko's `type = "luks"` (no key file) generates `boot.initrd.luks.devices.cryptroot`, so the classic initrd prompts for the passphrase on a normal boot; the `nvme` initrd module was already present in `hardware-configuration.nix`.
+- **zram enabled directly, not yet a Module.** Criterion 1 requires "plus zram swap," so `zramSwap.enable = true` is set on the `Host` now.
+  Task 0003 owns the reusable zram toggle `Module` and will lift this line into it; the placeholder `fileSystems`/bootloader stubs from task 0001 are removed here since disko now derives `fileSystems`.
+- **Verification.** `nix flake check` (the `checks.x86_64-linux.neogaia` toplevel) builds green.
+  Confirmed via `nix eval`: disko-derived `fileSystems` = `/`,`/home`,`/nix` on btrfs `/dev/mapper/cryptroot` + `/boot` on the ESP; `boot.initrd.luks.devices` = `["cryptroot"]`; `systemd-boot.enable` and `zramSwap.enable` both true; `swapDevices` empty.
+  The genuine end-to-end confirmation is the manual `disko-install` reimage, which is irreversible by nature and not automated.
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 088b99a..c65b3e1 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -21,6 +21,26 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "disko": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1781152676,
+        "narHash": "sha256-RxWs5ND31KzTG7wvMM+PMfUjyNpmIEr999lqNARaM5o=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "disko",
+        "rev": "ff8702b4de27f72b4c78573dfb89ec74e36abdf1",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "disko",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "flake-schemas": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1780327564,
@@ -143,6 +163,7 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "chaotic": "chaotic",
+        "disko": "disko",
         "home-manager": "home-manager_2",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
         "nixpkgs-stable": "nixpkgs-stable",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index bbad6ea..e4a224e 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
 
+    # Declarative disk partitioning. Each Host declares its own layout; a Host
+    # that preserves an existing pool simply declares none.
+    disko = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/disko";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+
     # CachyOS kernel + binary cache. Deliberately NOT following our nixpkgs, so the
     # chaotic cache stays usable and the kernel is fetched rather than compiled.
     chaotic.url = "github:chaotic-cx/nyx/nyxpkgs-unstable";
diff --git a/hosts/neogaia/default.nix b/hosts/neogaia/default.nix
index 4102e3f..e4f6858 100644
--- a/hosts/neogaia/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/neogaia/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 { ... }:
 # neogaia — Dell XPS 13 9380 laptop.
 #
-# The filesystems and hardware profile below are placeholder values, not the
-# machine's real encrypted layout.
+# The disk layout lives in ./disk.nix (disko); the resulting `fileSystems` are
+# derived from it, so none are declared by hand here.
 {
-  imports = [ ./hardware-configuration.nix ];
+  imports = [
+    ./hardware-configuration.nix
+    ./disk.nix
+  ];
 
   system.stateVersion = "26.05";
 
+  # systemd-boot on the EFI system partition disko creates. The initrd prompts
+  # for the LUKS passphrase (disko wires up boot.initrd.luks.devices), so a
+  # normal boot unlocks the encrypted root.
   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
 
-  # Placeholder label-based filesystems.
-  fileSystems."/" = {
-    device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixos";
-    fsType = "ext4";
-  };
-  fileSystems."/boot" = {
-    device = "/dev/disk/by-label/BOOT";
-    fsType = "vfat";
-  };
+  # Swap is RAM-backed zram rather than an on-disk partition. Task 0003 lifts
+  # this into the zram toggle Module; enabled directly here for now.
+  zramSwap.enable = true;
 }
diff --git a/hosts/neogaia/disk.nix b/hosts/neogaia/disk.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..024b062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/neogaia/disk.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{ ... }:
+# neogaia's disk layout, declared with disko and interpreted by the disko module
+# the host-builder wires in. This is a per-Host concern: another Host declares a
+# different `disko.devices` (or none, preserving an existing pool by importing it).
+#
+# One NVMe disk, GPT: an EFI system partition for systemd-boot, and a LUKS
+# container holding a btrfs filesystem with subvolumes. Swap is zram (RAM-backed),
+# so there is deliberately no on-disk swap partition. disko derives the matching
+# `fileSystems.*` and `boot.initrd.luks.devices.*` from this, so a normal boot
+# prompts for the passphrase in the initrd and unlocks the encrypted root.
+{
+  disko.devices.disk.main = {
+    type = "disk";
+    device = "/dev/nvme0n1";
+    content = {
+      type = "gpt";
+      partitions = {
+        ESP = {
+          size = "512M";
+          type = "EF00";
+          content = {
+            type = "filesystem";
+            format = "vfat";
+            mountpoint = "/boot";
+            mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
+          };
+        };
+        luks = {
+          size = "100%";
+          content = {
+            type = "luks";
+            name = "cryptroot";
+            settings.allowDiscards = true;
+            content = {
+              type = "btrfs";
+              extraArgs = [ "-f" ];
+              subvolumes = {
+                "@root" = {
+                  mountpoint = "/";
+                  mountOptions = [
+                    "compress=zstd"
+                    "noatime"
+                  ];
+                };
+                "@home" = {
+                  mountpoint = "/home";
+                  mountOptions = [
+                    "compress=zstd"
+                    "noatime"
+                  ];
+                };
+                "@nix" = {
+                  mountpoint = "/nix";
+                  mountOptions = [
+                    "compress=zstd"
+                    "noatime"
+                  ];
+                };
+              };
+            };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 2a2de64..525c2be 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ let
         ++ [
           inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
           inputs.chaotic.nixosModules.default
+          inputs.disko.nixosModules.disko
           (self + "/system")
           (self + "/hosts/${hostName}")
           { networking.hostName = hostName; }