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# Nika Skill Use [Nika](https://nika.sh) as a deterministic workflow worker orchestrated by the Hermes `terminal` tool. Nika is an open-source (AGPL) Rust engine that captures a repeatable AI task as a plain-text `*.nika.yaml` file, audits it **before a single token is spent** (plan, cost floor, secret flows, types), executes it against local or cloud providers (Ollama/llama.cpp/vLLM included), and records a tamper-evident trace. Division of labor: **Hermes orchestrates · Nika captures repeatable work as a checkable file and runs it with receipts.** Nika is NOT another coding agent — for autonomous coding, use the `opencode` skill. Delegate to Nika when the work should be *repeatable, budgeted, and auditable*. ## When to Use - The user asks to run, check, or author a `*.nika.yaml` workflow - A task will be repeated (daily digest, triage, ETL, report, multi-step LLM pipeline) — capture it as a workflow instead of re-prompting - The user wants a hard cost cap, a cost estimate before running, or receipts/audit of what ran - A pipeline mixes models/providers (local + cloud) or mixes LLM steps with shell/HTTP/file steps - The user wants a run they can replay, verify, or reproduce later ### When NOT to use - One-off questions or single tool calls — just answer or use a tool - Autonomous code implementation/refactoring/PR review — use the `opencode` skill - Interactive back-and-forth tasks — workflows are non-interactive by design ## Prerequisites - Nika installed: `br