the language
tasks
The task map · the KEY is the task's identity (snake_case · CEL-safe). Source order is presentation only — the graph alone schedules. One of 59 words the served contract declares, projected from workflow.schema.json, the same file your editor validates against.
- 1surfaceenvelope
- 1required inenvelope
- objecttypethe declared shape
- 10skeletonscarry this key
the contract
1 declarationDescriptions 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*
objectThe task map · the KEY is the task's identity (snake_case · CEL-safe). Source order is presentation only — the graph alone schedules.the file itself
in a real file
from the chain skeletontasks: gather: invoke: # SLOT: the fact source · nika:read / nika:fetch / exec tool: "nika:read" args: { path: "${{ const.source }}" }a verbatim slice, real line numbers from chain.nika.yaml, conformance-gated upstream on every spec push. open the full skeleton →
cross-references
skeletons that carry it
the check gates that name it
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 →