v0.96.0 — the run becomes a place

nika dap brings time-travel replay debugging over the run journal — breakpoints in your .nika.yaml, step forward AND backward, recorded outputs in the Variables pane; the VS Code extension's F5 integration lights up on this tag. nika trace export projects any journal to OTLP/JSON lines (Jaeger · Grafana · Langfuse — cost rides gen_ai.usage.cost). nika check --json gains the requirements section (models · keys · secrets · env) so editors and CI state blockers before any token. A typo'd field now teaches: « unknown field infr — did you mean infer? ». Runs record their source (workflow_sha256) and skips say why (when · blocked_by). Plus: doctor --ping v2, strict boolean args, the opt-in CSV formula-injection guard.

Install: brew install supernovae-st/tap/nika · or curl -fsSL https://nika.sh/install.sh | sh

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What's Changed

• feat(nika-runtime): the run knows its source — workflow_sha256 on workflow_started by @ThibautMelen in #210
• feat(nika-schema): the caller contract — a requirements section on check by @ThibautMelen in #213
• feat(nika-runtime): the skip and the cancel say WHY — when + blocked_by by @ThibautMelen in #211
• ci: the ecosystem coherence bot — cross-repo pins, checked nightly by @ThibautMelen in #216
• feat(nika-builtin): nika:convert formula_guard — opt-in CSV injection guard by @ThibautMelen in #217
• test(bin_smoke): the agent surface round-trips — tools/call + the LSP wire by @ThibautMelen in #219
• fix(ci): the integration suites finally run somewhere — CI gets the full battery by @ThibautMelen in #218
• fix(nika-builtin): strict boolean args — close the overwrite data-loss footgun by @ThibautMelen in #220
• feat(nika-cli): trace export — every OTel tool becomes a nika viewer by @ThibautMelen in #221
• ci(coherence): the registry is a watched first-class citizen by @ThibautMelen in #222
• fix(nika-cli): trace export renders TRUE durations — the settle-burst law by @ThibautMelen in #223
• docs(readme): shared workflows have a home — the registry pointer by @ThibautMelen in #224
• docs(adr): adr-106 — nika add, the registry client verb (proposed) by @ThibautMelen in #226
• feat(nika-cli): nika dap — time-travel replay debugging over the run journal by @ThibautMelen in #225
• feat(nika-schema): unknown fields carry the did-you-mean — PARSE-005 teaches by @ThibautMelen in #228
• fix(nika-cli): doctor --ping — true cap, sovereign order, parallel sweep by @ThibautMelen in #229
• ci(coherence): the bot self-tests before every run — and survives pre-releases by @ThibautMelen in #230
• feat(nika-cli): dap launch warns when the workflow drifted since the run by @ThibautMelen in #227
• fix(nika-builtin): strict count arg — close the edit over-edit footgun by @ThibautMelen in #231
• chore(release): v0.96.0 — the run becomes a place by @ThibautMelen in #232

Full Changelog: v0.95.0...v0.96.0