nika:edit
File
Tool family from the canonical registry.
invoke
Call this builtin through the invoke verb.
Read this contract
This reference preserves the specification at the revision linked below. Source examples are fragments: their surrounding tasks, inputs and permissions are not supplied here. Consult engine status andnika catalog --tools --json for the installed implementation; a registry declaration is not a runtime qualification.
Usage and behavior
illustration
find: is a literal
string (not a regex: use nika:grep to locate · jq to transform) ·
replaces all occurrences · count: (when set) caps replacements to the
first N. count: MUST be a non-negative integer — a present non-integer
(e.g. the string "2") is a loud -001 arg error, NEVER silently the
replace-all default (that silent fall-through would over-edit the file · the
intent-inversion footgun class). Throws ·
NIKA-BUILTIN-EDIT-001 (find: matched nothing: an edit that edits
nothing is an authoring bug · tool_error · also a non-integer count:) ·
-002 (IO failure).
Related concepts
Arguments
Pass the values required by the tool contract.
Permissions
Understand authority before granting effects.
Errors and recovery
Read diagnostics and choose a recovery policy.
Workflow templates
Put the fragment inside a complete workflow.
Contract provenance
Read the pinned specification · Canonical registry. Tool identity:nika:edit. Specification revision: f8c5df2127c7.
The Lab language identity is language:tool:edit; the registry view is ecosystem:tool/nika:edit. They refer to this contract without merging their graph identities.