nika SKILL.md skillA
nika from davepoon/buildwithclaude is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add davepoon/buildwithclaude/nika@git:20260714.f460d95Pins git:20260714.f460d95 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- davepoon/buildwithclaude
- Path
plugins/all-skills/skills/nika/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260714.f460d95, committed Jul 14, 2026
- Size
- 5,964 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,724
- License
- MIT
Runs repeatable AI work as checked, budgeted workflow files. The agent captures a repeated task as a .nika.yaml DAG, audits cost/permits/schema before a single token is spent, and runs it with tamper-evident traces.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Authoring Nika workflows Nika turns repeatable AI work into files: one `.nika.yaml`, four verbs, audited **before** it runs. You author the file; `nika check` is the oracle; the human runs it. ## The loop (always) 1. **Start from a template or example**, never from scratch: `nika examples list` · `nika examples show <slug>` · `nika new --from <template> <file>.nika.yaml` 2. **Write the file.** Envelope is always `nika: v1` + `workflow: <kebab-id>` + `tasks:`. Pick models and builtins from the embedded catalogs — `nika catalog` (providers · models · capabilities · which env var each needs) and `nika tools` (the `nika:*` builtins an `invoke` reaches without MCP); before a run, `nika inspect <file>` shows the anatomy: tasks · waves · the cost floor. 3. **Check it**: `nika check <file>` (exit 0 = clean · 2 = findings), then `nika check --native-strict <file>` — it fails on any `native-first` hint (an `exec:` a builtin covers). 4. **Repair from the diagnostics** — they name the exact task, reference and fix. Unknown code? `nika explain NIKA-XXXX`. 5. Repeat 3–4 until clean. **Never hand a file to the human that does …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add davepoon/buildwithclaude/nika@sha256:53df994cd26a6d34The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260714.f460d95, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 14, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5964 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
davepoon/buildwithclaude · 3,724 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_34o7amsrked2755o GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=davepoon/buildwithclaude/nika GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/53df994cd26a6d3450db75ab53c40e8646eb84fafbe268e91a57fdbcf87244ef
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.