the language
from
REQUIRED for law 'taint', forbidden otherwise · the ONE binding this entry raises (e.g. inputs.p · config.region · tasks.fetch.output) · a dotted value-binding path. One of 59 words the served contract declares, projected from workflow.schema.json, the same file your editor validates against.
- 1surfacelift
- optionaleverywherea choice, never a miss
- stringtypethe declared shape
- schemathe sourcenever prose
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.
- lift
stringREQUIRED for law 'taint', forbidden otherwise · the ONE binding this entry raises (e.g. inputs.p · config.region · tasks.fetch.output) · a dotted value-binding path.inside a lift entry^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*(\.[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)+$
in a real file
a crafted check-green file translate: invoke: tool: "nika:convert" args: input: '{"name":"nika","verbs":4}' from: json to: yamla verbatim slice, real line numbers from convert.nika.yaml, nika check green; the drift gate re-proves this copy on every test run.
cross-references
no skeleton carries it and no registered code names it; the schema row is the whole story today.
defined by
The whole grammar in one place: the four verbs · the standard library · the spec. Try it in the playground. Read the reference →