permits

Language reference / permits

Meaning and placement

document

The declared capability boundary · once present every category is default-deny unless listed (spec/01-envelope.md §permits · NIKA-SEC-004).

Property	Declaration
Requirement	Optional in this object
Schema location	`/properties/permits`
type	”object”
additionalProperties	false

In the same object: const · inputs · model · nika · outputs · run · secrets · tasks Schema source (use the pointer above)

In a source template

Excerpt from templates/agent-loop.nika.yaml, source lines 47–56. This is a fragment, not a runnable workflow.

illustration

    default: "<SLOT: what the agent must accomplish>"
    description: "What the agent must accomplish"   # SLOT

permits:                            # the blast radius · default-deny once present
  # Exactly what the body invokes: `nika:assert` (the confirm task) plus the
  # two the agent may call. No `fs:` — see the note on `tools:` below.
  tools: ["nika:assert", "nika:done", "nika:jq"]

tasks:
  plan:

Templates containing this field

Template	Source
`templates/agent-loop.nika.yaml`	Line 50
`templates/api-upload-and-create.nika.yaml`	Line 51
`templates/chain.nika.yaml`	Line 36
`templates/classify-and-route.nika.yaml`	Line 73
`templates/corpus-qa.nika.yaml`	Line 28
`templates/docker-report.nika.yaml`	Line 38
`templates/document-to-fields.nika.yaml`	Line 34
`templates/etl-state.nika.yaml`	Line 54
`templates/evaluate-and-optimize.nika.yaml`	Line 36
`templates/fanout.nika.yaml`	Line 70
`templates/gate-and-act.nika.yaml`	Line 32
`templates/human-gated-ship.nika.yaml`	Line 60
`templates/media-asset-pack.nika.yaml`	Line 39
`templates/website-brief.nika.yaml`	Line 41

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:permits. Spec revision: c5ebbb7b862b. How documentation stays connected.

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Meaning and placement

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Contract and implementation