required

Language reference / required

Meaning and placement

→ inputs · additionalProperties

The caller MUST supply a value (no default is consulted).

Property	Declaration
Requirement	Optional in this object
Schema location	`/properties/inputs/additionalProperties/properties/required`
type	”boolean”

In the same object: default · description · type Schema source (use the pointer above)

In a source template

Excerpt from templates/agent-loop.nika.yaml, source lines 40–49. This is a fragment, not a runnable workflow.

illustration

inputs:
  goal:
    type: string
    required: true
    # A `required:` input still carries a `default:` here so the skeleton
    # RUNS the moment it is scaffolded. Replace the default with your job;
    # `--var goal=…` overrides it at any time.
    default: "<SLOT: what the agent must accomplish>"
    description: "What the agent must accomplish"   # SLOT

Templates containing this field

Template	Source
`templates/agent-loop.nika.yaml`	Line 43
`templates/classify-and-route.nika.yaml`	Line 33
`templates/corpus-qa.nika.yaml`	Line 107
`templates/document-to-fields.nika.yaml`	Line 69
`templates/evaluate-and-optimize.nika.yaml`	Line 46
`templates/media-asset-pack.nika.yaml`	Line 67
`templates/website-brief.nika.yaml`	Line 83

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

Contract and implementation

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Meaning and placement

→ inputs · additionalProperties

In a source template

Templates containing this field

Contract and implementation

​Meaning and placement

​→ inputs · additionalProperties

​In a source template

​Templates containing this field

​Contract and implementation

Meaning and placement

→ inputs · additionalProperties

In a source template

Templates containing this field

Contract and implementation