diff --git a/flakeModules/clan.nix b/flakeModules/clan.nix
index 76eb2177b..bb9d402da 100644
--- a/flakeModules/clan.nix
+++ b/flakeModules/clan.nix
@@ -56,15 +56,8 @@ in
             }
           ];
         };
-        apply =
-          config:
-          lib.deepSeq (lib.mapAttrs (
-            id: check:
-            if check.ignore || check.assertion then
-              null
-            else
-              throw "clan.checks.${id} failed with message\n${check.message}"
-          ) config.checks) config;
+        # Important: !This logic needs to be kept in sync with lib.clan function!
+        apply = config: clan-core.lib.checkConfig config.checks config;
       };
 
     # Mapped flake toplevel outputs
diff --git a/lib/clan/checkConfig.nix b/lib/clan/checkConfig.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3256f7945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/clan/checkConfig.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+/**
+  Function to assert clan configuration checks.
+
+  Arguments:
+
+  - 'checks' attribute of clan configuration
+  - Any: the returned configuration (can be anything, is just passed through)
+*/
+checks:
+lib.deepSeq (
+  lib.mapAttrs (
+    id: check:
+    if check.ignore || check.assertion then
+      null
+    else
+      throw "clan.checks.${id} failed with message\n${check.message}"
+  ) checks
+)
diff --git a/lib/clan/default.nix b/lib/clan/default.nix
index bdd41c88b..c8cd72a6b 100644
--- a/lib/clan/default.nix
+++ b/lib/clan/default.nix
@@ -33,20 +33,23 @@
 let
   nixpkgs = self.inputs.nixpkgs or clan-core.inputs.nixpkgs;
   nix-darwin = self.inputs.nix-darwin or clan-core.inputs.nix-darwin;
+  configuration = (
+    lib.evalModules {
+      class = "clan";
+      specialArgs = {
+        inherit
+          self
+          ;
+        inherit
+          nixpkgs
+          nix-darwin
+          ;
+      };
+      modules = [
+        clan-core.modules.clan.default
+        m
+      ];
+    }
+  );
 in
-lib.evalModules {
-  class = "clan";
-  specialArgs = {
-    inherit
-      self
-      ;
-    inherit
-      nixpkgs
-      nix-darwin
-      ;
-  };
-  modules = [
-    clan-core.modules.clan.default
-    m
-  ];
-}
+clan-core.clanLib.checkConfig configuration.config.checks configuration
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 672b08515..41b21871e 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ lib.fix (
       */
       callLib = file: args: import file ({ inherit lib clanLib; } // args);
 
+      checkConfig = clanLib.callLib ./clan/checkConfig.nix { };
+
       evalService = clanLib.callLib ./evalService.nix { };
       # ------------------------------------
       # ClanLib functions
diff --git a/lib/tests.nix b/lib/tests.nix
index 74afb8238..a087038a8 100644
--- a/lib/tests.nix
+++ b/lib/tests.nix
@@ -212,6 +212,36 @@ in
       };
     };
 
+  test_clan_check_simple_fail =
+    let
+      eval = clan {
+        checks.constFail = {
+          assertion = false;
+          message = "This is a constant failure";
+        };
+      };
+    in
+    {
+      result = eval;
+      expr = eval.config;
+      expectedError.type = "ThrownError";
+      expectedError.msg = "This is a constant failure";
+    };
+  test_clan_check_simple_pass =
+    let
+      eval = clan {
+        checks.constFail = {
+          assertion = true;
+          message = "This is a constant success";
+        };
+      };
+    in
+    {
+      result = eval;
+      expr = lib.seq eval.config 42;
+      expected = 42;
+    };
+
   test_get_var_machine =
     let
       varsLib = import ./vars.nix { };
diff --git a/modules/clan/default.nix b/modules/clan/default.nix
index 8a55c44a0..2c7d59b8e 100644
--- a/modules/clan/default.nix
+++ b/modules/clan/default.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+/**
+  Root 'clan' Module
+
+  Defines lib.clan and flake-parts.clan options
+  and all common logic for the 'clan' module.
+
+  - has Class _class = "clan"
+
+  - _module.args.clan-core: reference to clan-core flake
+  - _module.args.clanLib: reference to lib.clan function
+*/
 { clan-core }:
 {
   _class = "clan";