AGPL-3.0-or-later · forever.

the language

const

Named constants · `${{ const.X }}` · a fixed value baked into the workflow (R3a · LAW-SURFACE-0201 · the literal half of the dead `vars:` block · everything that is not required:true lands here per the E-split total rule). Either a bare literal, or a `{ type, value }` typed constant whose `value:` MUST conform to `type:`. One of 59 words the served contract declares, projected from workflow.schema.json, the same file your editor validates against.

  • 1surfaceenvelope
  • optionaleverywherea choice, never a miss
  • objecttypethe declared shape
  • 7skeletonscarry this key

the contract

1 declaration

Descriptions are the schema's own; the deeper invariants (value languages and regexes) ride the same projection. A miss is a nika check finding before anything runs.

envelope
objectNamed constants · `${{ const.X }}` · a fixed value baked into the workflow (R3a · LAW-SURFACE-0201 · the literal half of the dead `vars:` block · everything that is not required:true lands here per the E-split total rule). Either a bare literal, or a `{ type, value }` typed constant whose `value:` MUST conform to `type:`.the file itself

in a real file

from the chain skeleton
chain.nika.yaml
const:  source: "./README.md"             # SLOT: your input — README.md exists in ANY repo, so the                                    # skeleton runs green BEFORE you point it at real data

a verbatim slice, real line numbers from chain.nika.yaml, conformance-gated upstream on every spec push. open the full skeleton →

cross-references

defined by

the block it lives in

The whole grammar in one place: the four verbs · the standard library · the spec. Try it in the playground. Read the reference →