the language

with

Task-level scope injection · `${{ with.X }}`. One of 59 words the served contract declares, projected from workflow.schema.json, the same file your editor validates against.

1surfacetask
optionaleverywherea choice, never a miss
objecttypethe declared shape
10skeletonscarry 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.

task: objectTask-level scope injection · `${{ with.X }}`.one step of the plan

in a real file

from the chain skeleton

chain.nika.yaml

26  think:27    with:28      gather: ${{ tasks.gather.output }}29    ◇infer:30      prompt: |31        # SLOT: the one model job · interpolate ${{ with.gather }}32        Summarize · ${{ with.gather }}

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

where it lives

[{"slug":"the-secrets-line","title":"The secrets line","date":"2026-07-05"},{"slug":"the-trace-you-can-replay","title":"The trace you can replay","date":"2026-07-05"},{"slug":"dag-for-free","title":"The plan you get for free","date":"2026-06-29"}]

from the blog

defined by

03-dag

the block it lives in

task: one step of the plan

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