required
Meaning and placement
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The caller MUST supply a value (no default is consulted).
In the same object: default · description · type
Schema source (use the pointer above)
In a source template
Excerpt fromtemplates/agent-loop.nika, source lines 35–44. This is a fragment, not a runnable workflow.
illustration
required input is not satisfied by default (the caller must supply a value). The released 0.124.1 engine still applies default: when the key is omitted. That is a source-versus-implementation discrepancy (nika-spec#348), not one law. Prefer required: false plus default: for knobs, and required without default: for caller-owned values (NIKA-1708 at run).
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:required. Spec revision: 5c40ba456c53.
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