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# value

> Contract, placement, related fields and source examples for this Nika YAML field.

[Language reference](/reference/language/overview) / `value`

## Meaning and placement

### → const · additionalProperties · then

The constant value · MUST conform to `type:` (NIKA-DEFAULT-001).

| Property        | Declaration                                                    |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Requirement     | Optional in this object                                        |
| Schema location | `/properties/const/additionalProperties/then/properties/value` |

**In the same object:** [description](/reference/language/words/description) · [type](/reference/language/words/type)

[Schema source (use the pointer above)](https://github.com/supernovae-st/nika-spec/blob/c5ebbb7b862b68bc6cf7235efba61173b844afc6/schemas/workflow.schema.json)

### → outputs · additionalProperties · anyOf · 1

The schema declares this field at the location below.

| Property        | Declaration                                                         |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Requirement     | Required in this object                                             |
| Schema location | `/properties/outputs/additionalProperties/anyOf/1/properties/value` |
| type            | "string"                                                            |

**In the same object:** [description](/reference/language/words/description) · [type](/reference/language/words/type)

[Schema source (use the pointer above)](https://github.com/supernovae-st/nika-spec/blob/c5ebbb7b862b68bc6cf7235efba61173b844afc6/schemas/workflow.schema.json)

## In a source template

Excerpt from `templates/agent-loop.nika.yaml`, source lines 144–148. This is a fragment, not a runnable workflow.

```yaml illustration theme={"system"}

outputs:
  findings:
    value: ${{ tasks.execute.output.findings }}
    description: "The agent's typed findings"   # SLOT
```

### Templates containing this field

| Template                                 | Source                                                                                                                                         |
| ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `templates/agent-loop.nika.yaml`         | [Line 147](https://github.com/supernovae-st/nika-spec/blob/c5ebbb7b862b68bc6cf7235efba61173b844afc6/templates/agent-loop.nika.yaml#L147)       |
| `templates/classify-and-route.nika.yaml` | [Line 65](https://github.com/supernovae-st/nika-spec/blob/c5ebbb7b862b68bc6cf7235efba61173b844afc6/templates/classify-and-route.nika.yaml#L65) |
| `templates/docker-report.nika.yaml`      | [Line 105](https://github.com/supernovae-st/nika-spec/blob/c5ebbb7b862b68bc6cf7235efba61173b844afc6/templates/docker-report.nika.yaml#L105)    |
| `templates/document-to-fields.nika.yaml` | [Line 80](https://github.com/supernovae-st/nika-spec/blob/c5ebbb7b862b68bc6cf7235efba61173b844afc6/templates/document-to-fields.nika.yaml#L80) |
| `templates/etl-state.nika.yaml`          | [Line 148](https://github.com/supernovae-st/nika-spec/blob/c5ebbb7b862b68bc6cf7235efba61173b844afc6/templates/etl-state.nika.yaml#L148)        |
| `templates/gate-and-act.nika.yaml`       | [Line 59](https://github.com/supernovae-st/nika-spec/blob/c5ebbb7b862b68bc6cf7235efba61173b844afc6/templates/gate-and-act.nika.yaml#L59)       |

These are literal key occurrences in the source files, not an execution or conformance claim. [How to instantiate a template](/guides/templates).

## Contract and implementation

This page projects the named specification revision. Check [released engine status](/reference/status) and [the validation workflow](/guides/agent-authoring) before running a file. An optional field is not evidence that every engine supports every value.

Canonical identity: `language:word:value`. Spec revision: [`c5ebbb7b862b`](https://github.com/supernovae-st/nika-spec/tree/c5ebbb7b862b68bc6cf7235efba61173b844afc6).

[How documentation stays connected](/reference/knowledge-system).