It's supposed to look something like:

telescreen = {
  imports = [
    ./hosts/powerbook.nix
    home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
    # ...
  ];
  deployment = {
    allowLocalDeployment = true;
    targetHost = "10.200.1.35";
  };
};

error: infinite recursion encountered

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:496:28:

          495|         builtins.addErrorContext (context name)
          496|           (args.${name} or config._module.args.${name})
             |                            ^
          497|       ) (lib.functionArgs f);

In reply to @cw:kernelpanic.cafe

Relevant part of telescreen.nix:

{ pkgs, config, lib, unstable, zero, alfis, sops, ... }:
{
  imports = [
    ../hardware/telescreen.nix
    ../hardware/wifi.nix
    "${zero}/profiles/syncthing.nix"
  ];

error: infinite recursion encountered

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:496:28:

          495|         builtins.addErrorContext (context name)
          496|           (args.${name} or config._module.args.${name})
             |                            ^
          497|       ) (lib.functionArgs f);

       … while evaluating the module argument `zero' in "/nix/store/g7018b1j9a4qgrmd5xqx3qc5qilrfbs3-source/users/cw.nix":

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:494:44:

          493|       context = name: ''while evaluating the module argument `${name}' in "${key}":'';
          494|       extraArgs = builtins.mapAttrs (name: _:
             |                                            ^
          495|         builtins.addErrorContext (context name)

       … from call site

       … while evaluating 'isFunction'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/trivial.nix:441:16:

          440|   */
          441|   isFunction = f: builtins.isFunction f ||
             |                ^
          442|     (f ? __functor && isFunction (f.__functor f));

       … from call site

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:377:12:

          376|       loadModule = args: fallbackFile: fallbackKey: m:
          377|         if isFunction m || isAttrs m then
             |            ^
          378|           unifyModuleSyntax fallbackFile fallbackKey (applyModuleArgsIfFunction fallbackKey m args)

       … while evaluating 'loadModule'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:376:53:

          375|       # Like unifyModuleSyntax, but also imports paths and calls functions if necessary
          376|       loadModule = args: fallbackFile: fallbackKey: m:
             |                                                     ^
          377|         if isFunction m || isAttrs m then

       … from call site

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:417:22:

          416|           let
          417|             module = loadModule args parentFile "${parentKey}:anon-${toString n}" x;
             |                      ^
          418|             collectedImports = collectStructuredModules module._file module.key module.imports args;

       … while evaluating the attribute 'disabled'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:412:13:

          411|           collectResults = modules: {
          412|             disabled = concatLists (catAttrs "disabled" modules);
             |             ^
          413|             inherit modules;

       … while evaluating the attribute 'disabled'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:412:13:

          411|           collectResults = modules: {
          412|             disabled = concatLists (catAttrs "disabled" modules);
             |             ^
          413|             inherit modules;

       … while evaluating the attribute 'disabled'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:412:13:

          411|           collectResults = modules: {
          412|             disabled = concatLists (catAttrs "disabled" modules);
             |             ^
          413|             inherit modules;

       … while evaluating the attribute 'disabled'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:412:13:

          411|           collectResults = modules: {
          412|             disabled = concatLists (catAttrs "disabled" modules);
             |             ^
          413|             inherit modules;

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:434:31:

          433|           disabledKeys = map moduleKey disabled;
          434|           keyFilter = filter (attrs: ! elem attrs.key disabledKeys);
             |                               ^
          435|         in map (attrs: attrs.module) (builtins.genericClosure {

       … from call site

       … while evaluating 'filterModules'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:430:36:

          429|       # modules recursively. It returns the final list of unique-by-key modules
          430|       filterModules = modulesPath: { disabled, modules }:
             |                                    ^
          431|         let

       … from call site

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:441:7:

          440|     in modulesPath: initialModules: args:
          441|       filterModules modulesPath (collectStructuredModules unknownModule "" initialModules args);
             |       ^
          442|

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:440:37:

          439|
          440|     in modulesPath: initialModules: args:
             |                                     ^
          441|       filterModules modulesPath (collectStructuredModules unknownModule "" initialModules args);

       … from call site

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:284:25:

          283|       merged =
          284|         let collected = collectModules
             |                         ^
          285|           (specialArgs.modulesPath or "")

       … while evaluating 'reverseList'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/lists.nix:394:17:

          393|   */
          394|   reverseList = xs:
             |                 ^
          395|     let l = length xs; in genList (n: elemAt xs (l - n - 1)) l;

       … from call site

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:288:33:

          287|           ({ inherit lib options config specialArgs; } // specialArgs);
          288|         in mergeModules prefix (reverseList collected);
             |                                 ^
          289|

       … while evaluating 'byName'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:555:25:

          554|       */
          555|       byName = attr: f: modules:
             |                         ^
          556|         zipAttrsWith (n: concatLists)

       … from call site

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:572:21:

          571|       # an attrset 'name' => list of submodules that declare ‘name’.
          572|       declsByName = byName "options" (module: option:
             |                     ^
          573|           [{ inherit (module) _file; options = option; }]

       … while evaluating the attribute 'matchedOptions'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:651:14:

          650|     in {
          651|       inherit matchedOptions;
             |              ^
          652|

       … while evaluating 'mapAttrsRecursiveCond'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/attrsets.nix:393:36:

          392|   */
          393|   mapAttrsRecursiveCond = cond: f: set:
             |                                    ^
          394|     let

       … from call site

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:296:28:

          295|           # For definitions that have an associated option
          296|           declaredConfig = mapAttrsRecursiveCond (v: ! isOption v) (_: v: v.value) options;
             |                            ^
          297|

       … while evaluating the attribute 'nodes.powerbook.config.deployment'

       at /nix/store/zxdl289v07dxcsvwnb202sgmrv97b0nf-source/lib/modules.nix:363:9:

          362|         options = checked options;
          363|         config = checked (removeAttrs config [ "_module" ]);
             |         ^
          364|         _module = checked (config._module);
thread 'main' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: ChildFailure { exit_code: 1 }', src/command/apply_local.rs:109:74
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

In reply to @zhaofeng:zhaofeng.li
For those extra arguments, you either need to pass them in with _module.args or meta.specialArgs

In reply to @cw:kernelpanic.cafe
Now I'm on to 'home manager never worked on 22.05' but that's out of colmena territory