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Meaning and placement

exec

Which stream becomes the task’s output · stdout (default) · stderr · combined · structured = { stdout, stderr, exit_code }. This is the SOURCE; decode: is how that string becomes a value. In the same object: command · cwd · decode · env · shell · stdin Schema source (use the pointer above)

In a source template

Excerpt from templates/human-gated-ship.nika.yaml, source lines 109–118. This is a fragment, not a runnable workflow.
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Templates containing this field

These are literal key occurrences in the source files, not an execution or conformance claim. How to instantiate a template.

Contract and implementation

This page projects the named specification revision. Check released engine status and the validation workflow before running a file. An optional field is not evidence that every engine supports every value. Canonical identity: language:word:capture. Spec revision: c5ebbb7b862b. How documentation stays connected.