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nika

Runs repeatable AI work as checked, budgeted workflow files. The agent captures a repeated task as a .nika.yaml DAG, audits cost/permits/schema before a single token is spent, and runs it with tamper-evident traces.

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# Authoring Nika workflows

Nika turns repeatable AI work into files: one `.nika.yaml`, four verbs,
audited **before** it runs. You author the file; `nika check` is the
oracle; the human runs it.

## The loop (always)

1. **Start from a template or example**, never from scratch:
   `nika examples list` · `nika examples show <slug>` ·
   `nika new --from <template> <file>.nika.yaml`
2. **Write the file.** Envelope is always `nika: v1` +
   `workflow: <kebab-id>` + `tasks:`. Pick models and builtins from
   the embedded catalogs — `nika catalog` (providers · models ·