{
  "handle": "Agent",
  "mechanism": "The fundamental unit of agency. An {{actor}} capable of perceiving its environment ({{observe}}), maintaining internal {{state}}, reasoning about that {{state}} ({{think}}), and executing {{act}} to achieve a {{goal}}. It operates in a continuous {{loop}}.",
  "gloss": "Autonomous Goal-Directed Entity",
  "failure_modes": [
    "{{goal}} Drift: The agent's optimization target shifts away from the user's intent.",
    "Reward Hacking: Finding shortcuts to maximize a {{metric}} without achieving the actual {{goal}}.",
    "Infinite {{loop}}: Getting stuck in a non-productive cycle.",
    "Hallucination: Acting based on false internal beliefs."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Agency: Must possess an explicit objective function.",
    "Autonomy: Must be capable of selection (choosing between >1 options).",
    "{{identity}} Persistence: The agent holds a stable {{identity}} for the whole of its own execution. Persistence beyond a single execution distinguishes recurrent agents from one-shot ones and is not required of agency."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "Environment is instantiated",
    "{{goal}} is defined",
    "Resources (Compute/Time) are allocated"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "{{goal}} is satisfied OR Agent is terminated",
    "{{trace}} of actions is preserved"
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 0,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:Agent#mh:SHA-256:aaec2a5607aaf2793622b522fa30ab36bf81cbefdb241b51e7d4d9c42f143073",
      "sema:Agent#mh:SHA-256:67659e263616d53dded32875421792f42fadf3137c87fe09cf9f5b9c163f10cf",
      "sema:Agent#mh:SHA-256:2176a4b78e81b63053bfa7afe60bfa2439b8d69a2270f9bf38b7fda5e1bd8191"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Strategy"
    ]
  },
  "sema_ref": "Agent#e127",
  "sema_id": "sema:Agent#mh:SHA-256:e127459069739fffc96a71d54ef6e8c97ca53471d5349c16aa72a092a33756cd",
  "sema_stub": "e127",
  "dependencies": {
    "composes_with": {
      "act": "sema:Act#mh:SHA-256:2dfedd75a396f2639ce949b9f5270766350b9c7404d404c11c57140fcf030455",
      "observe": "sema:Observe#mh:SHA-256:4a04c0e91f072dc02a4be52bca921c38c1be46e88b1f2bcb375076fdb5103e96",
      "think": "sema:Think#mh:SHA-256:5177aa242fffd16d7ed24e5f8c3e0d5e86c5a26e299cc2d4b8a07f4756126025"
    },
    "references": {
      "actor": "sema:Actor#mh:SHA-256:86fc0930b97ffb4fe85d4820af8e17a43166b745d181895f576edf39edde6aa8",
      "goal": "sema:Goal#mh:SHA-256:986beec5f7aea2c89962d1e93806de83c61eee9bd7364d9ce1d20bd479fa5e70",
      "identity": "sema:Identity#mh:SHA-256:b24a57fdd59ebf2ef019be30af8fa10fc127f61d346a74ab0b49f729b4e32093",
      "loop": "sema:Loop#mh:SHA-256:37f953c0b21b9b0c72a639c4e1a54354faa71f07905531d271f6bbf40c341603",
      "metric": "sema:Metric#mh:SHA-256:aa990383741b05e3b798abc7518d9e65c0cc7832b345d4cfed48714ef2501230",
      "state": "sema:State#mh:SHA-256:4f25e6a16ccd37dc0bc154cccc7055cb504d49daa8b712f372a425eb6c7b8cb2",
      "trace": "sema:Trace#mh:SHA-256:b68d64423aa72b13a06714aa182baab79eb49a5a856dce56dd554fd63b41c2a9"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Strategy",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "AdversarialSteel": "sema:AdversarialSteel#mh:SHA-256:90b1f6225005275367227017d930134959decfd97f52d7550de19cd8784c8702",
      "AgentDiscover": "sema:AgentDiscover#mh:SHA-256:b784015934d1ccca13707ea806a03a3c7951a8de87bdd7a5c7a1d8bd5d93ce5e",
      "AgentProtocol": "sema:AgentProtocol#mh:SHA-256:86a3f129036a28bab76d60f15ac835dfe779536cf02fe916f7b21cb1369ebf6d",
      "AgentSandbox": "sema:AgentSandbox#mh:SHA-256:1594a10a882956e4b8501764091e1d5025ba0b405cce34b7ef931bb17e5c634a",
      "AnalogyBridge": "sema:AnalogyBridge#mh:SHA-256:cf62f5ead4f1aaa93a26feb06a9546035a93d1103cca1fccb1d4de5f08babc4a",
      "AntifragileInversion": "sema:AntifragileInversion#mh:SHA-256:a56be34ec0d2ab0462c3513a97c2849fe48f819b5d739510500dbf17eaeaaa7a",
      "AuditTrail": "sema:AuditTrail#mh:SHA-256:163b784f86e448340b94d0459483f0f476e052b5b7c589113f5c7df5dd1115a8",
      "Belief": "sema:Belief#mh:SHA-256:09e1c919d9829e30422f3fffee11c1af4af54ac7894d157ff371ed50b03f69b1",
      "BeliefTracking": "sema:BeliefTracking#mh:SHA-256:c78d68a1f4fe92e2f284e489f6987bc42183245181c6710b9d0c9e582b054e13",
      "Break": "sema:Break#mh:SHA-256:5003e128ac02e7835d2094d72dc929ce4c96819b56ef167c2ca8da9f16aa402a",
      "Canary": "sema:Canary#mh:SHA-256:d38cd019553857aa7518559542b5400b658f87eb08e6f4dae9be4fd496ce691e",
      "CapacityPressure": "sema:CapacityPressure#mh:SHA-256:f06c432726ee48412ac4a49e9fa9ddc1a7272a298eaf984a9fef86e3fbcdf261",
      "Card": "sema:Card#mh:SHA-256:e4b2ca76f43a691e7bd7932362512a5e929c62efc6c3d2eb4a9369e5108fa074",
      "CausalBarrier": "sema:CausalBarrier#mh:SHA-256:cf54b35c9236d8fd2db3ca4f35ab5bdaac79c17052d9095aaa5fa6f143507809",
      "CognitiveEcho": "sema:CognitiveEcho#mh:SHA-256:c84c09c719fa97e50268c901a737cf5812e92cfe9d8f81b69d4a5e511d565954",
      "CommitmentDevice": "sema:CommitmentDevice#mh:SHA-256:548b0a08b4956329e458f4e9bd150ea3d40c1867ca99e04b3e4f1bb31c9c6278",
      "Compromise": "sema:Compromise#mh:SHA-256:f25faa26653b11458535137532cbad87182ed5e5415ec590bc174877d51f985c",
      "ConfidenceCalibrate": "sema:ConfidenceCalibrate#mh:SHA-256:e3570290d420b5bf59848ccc1d269530bbb3124b2e1a4583e62dc2a901ab16ac",
      "ConfusedDeputy": "sema:ConfusedDeputy#mh:SHA-256:119aeab272e329eef56459a0d0fa7bcf46aab9b07dab2b3cf947034a63a5116f",
      "Constitution": "sema:Constitution#mh:SHA-256:3deb8d31b8ace640b29c0a4d547191eebbcdedb46548f6c09711860be3af4645",
      "ContextFirst": "sema:ContextFirst#mh:SHA-256:f157ec66ccb7e55eabe7179aeefb0dc4b36bc45e3bbea3073e50d97dab86138b",
      "ContextSwitch": "sema:ContextSwitch#mh:SHA-256:aa928020743949b151e03433b563540eaf1bb56dad262297d2907bd0473931e2",
      "CounterfactualAnchor": "sema:CounterfactualAnchor#mh:SHA-256:b8c3c5aca4a8adba07c19d0f6103387c6f7cf9b67ade40b412fa39e41fdb3adf",
      "Crystallize": "sema:Crystallize#mh:SHA-256:0642166a22e385c83630c6648dc0ce2487257939856188895c85030eecf5bfb1",
      "CurriculumReplay": "sema:CurriculumReplay#mh:SHA-256:0ef657942a69bcc9b32e05656bd6b5b4ca9de556c6e634174363c1c9e4c93723",
      "DataMinimization": "sema:DataMinimization#mh:SHA-256:e8c8cd89b8e187d501000746c5216fef9ea41558a20fde07372881a2948994eb",
      "DeliberativeAlign": "sema:DeliberativeAlign#mh:SHA-256:dc9e3078f126856429b1372620bce9fecd733f71c1429fcd1c0332908355051e",
      "DepthGovernor": "sema:DepthGovernor#mh:SHA-256:5b24d810ede53e7e6716e3e20e7c28cf578f171845af2358344c25f0c56b7b75",
      "Disband": "sema:Disband#mh:SHA-256:f11c01b825e33615ddb25261966af65da93ffc6a8fb72456692804040130e32a",
      "DriftWatch": "sema:DriftWatch#mh:SHA-256:b696959258eb3c48ce11055634b107451d5a500bc8ba19693db4c30b5f5033bf",
      "EmpathySim": "sema:EmpathySim#mh:SHA-256:33c4c1083c17544686139953481e1467b780ec974093cbe6831cc710a5621d0a",
      "EventReact": "sema:EventReact#mh:SHA-256:4bad4fe25039564ac25139829244df5133e31cb65e5bd50ddbc953cad0082eb9",
      "ExplainBeacon": "sema:ExplainBeacon#mh:SHA-256:2ae591c2bb79c9a8e037722f368f68b0e6a507503cfc74ab09b9bb1d43fa1856",
      "FractalIntelligence": "sema:FractalIntelligence#mh:SHA-256:27f78221851ad25557bc00476e1490f5c35f5c4d27a30deaf52e3c138d8c20c5",
      "Greet": "sema:Greet#mh:SHA-256:bcb066aa62cec1c03e3fac07b1b199fa8b12ab059d4faaf49374bf4a400941bd",
      "HackDetect": "sema:HackDetect#mh:SHA-256:17781b110b307b405fa83ece40419c64370baa612d923b1e513392893fcaacba",
      "Handoff": "sema:Handoff#mh:SHA-256:1323eea000780c4fc715bcc90b5ea28d6353c780ad561e86aeff723855650ab5",
      "Judge": "sema:Judge#mh:SHA-256:704cbb71588d7a3bafa08b71c863005e31ec4400860b9cb8b094e660da9c7c6c",
      "Ledger": "sema:Ledger#mh:SHA-256:4ddaf2792fd7283ceea0d6b9b01ddfff9b7274dfb1cea2bf23147c21520774e5",
      "LivedProof": "sema:LivedProof#mh:SHA-256:4aa129d6bda1cedb369494469cce917dd75411ccb662860ab2ab467489f16c5e",
      "MemeticSeed": "sema:MemeticSeed#mh:SHA-256:5271ca15f0285d5846715e7bbfdccd4f165c44e02f3ab2df037b9c3f9f325e1c",
      "MentalSim": "sema:MentalSim#mh:SHA-256:c28c84db7597a2e8cef38b73dc9780b6f8fe28c9d45700c4431b3a7a2ac3b8fc",
      "Mode": "sema:Mode#mh:SHA-256:29d368514a2a815e9790a384c2aec12bd20a30e1ee06288e0aa59fdcffea0800",
      "ModestClaim": "sema:ModestClaim#mh:SHA-256:05f3ff05ede05012b3552a1aef48a9102e1abc4b4170c72ce885944cd7f92e8c",
      "NegativeProof": "sema:NegativeProof#mh:SHA-256:1184ac0ee80295c5617be9d08bc656197f7d6f5d38dfee4baee466555bf517b2",
      "NoiseInjection": "sema:NoiseInjection#mh:SHA-256:99582fc78556fdadc8df343c9a670df7abb87c0030f668f30d6252a182cef083",
      "OntologyAdapt": "sema:OntologyAdapt#mh:SHA-256:a541f46f3c1ffe236a27dfaafaffd0d3dc76bf7c3fa086b5e9bcf1a945c85e63",
      "OODA": "sema:OODA#mh:SHA-256:18821021e1b71305acddf87bb6014d8095a62ca7a37e89de4048b0676d028c53",
      "PatternEmergence": "sema:PatternEmergence#mh:SHA-256:c36a27715a030ff0eb89f29c6149a1e756bf7c24fc759ac21162d3edcf58152c",
      "PatternSketch": "sema:PatternSketch#mh:SHA-256:c5dac0cdf7943f08c9107ed5382d5776a9a4fe3a3bd836fad74065a25274d9c5",
      "Permission": "sema:Permission#mh:SHA-256:dd1d6ae125fa009be9d6fdbf2e036ba382ecf69407f780068cbde55318108b23",
      "PermissionEscalate": "sema:PermissionEscalate#mh:SHA-256:b2392a102ae384a41f9cd0a4e5ed173860457fb7bb6f336e74d108b904b10036",
      "PerspectiveEnsemble": "sema:PerspectiveEnsemble#mh:SHA-256:4afd1d6c7abb339c91b3bd94f791e2f57638e9a8c5431757d2c7ae1d6ce8545d",
      "PromiseGraph": "sema:PromiseGraph#mh:SHA-256:3d396f8f7903b440b517dd7f5711a8da61c0001d77722517a94100252fc0830e",
      "Proprioception": "sema:Proprioception#mh:SHA-256:d0e9504515812dc3406f58619c71e240ae407b847bb740d529cd91efaba4930f",
      "ReAct": "sema:ReAct#mh:SHA-256:3361fd75537995da1d70c0f60b9b8bd01c44bad9e2596a81fa059b7c6c3fba83",
      "RegimeSense": "sema:RegimeSense#mh:SHA-256:50396d316674bf65b204938ee8cecc48cf294223cdb90c9789d6a72bb542cb07",
      "Responsibility": "sema:Responsibility#mh:SHA-256:d8ccf6225585313bd3efd0198c588063cb62add74447c15fe5128c0ebfdc1d19",
      "RetrievalAugment": "sema:RetrievalAugment#mh:SHA-256:6f840cc4134b302b712d8f59dcca0c1b446c255369a8cea11031e884c16f3052",
      "SacrificialProbe": "sema:SacrificialProbe#mh:SHA-256:e90170affcabeb97b9a1bcac9a9350b17fecf3eba173169bf2d46696a589b412",
      "ScopeFreeze": "sema:ScopeFreeze#mh:SHA-256:548e48a88048b5383250dbf480e0b52ed61ed9cc2fd947d89fac68edc9737d21",
      "SignalReflection": "sema:SignalReflection#mh:SHA-256:6a9a636c81581a8a5d0796881752ecbedb25d94070c2282f2ba810a85cd63e09",
      "SocraticLoop": "sema:SocraticLoop#mh:SHA-256:4f17ec8b7e28b3f223931274df090225572d754cd772fe4f738c922f16f93a18",
      "Solver": "sema:Solver#mh:SHA-256:a4478611882cced1b069f8dc551d401c74b35cefe02ed67d37d1aa135e19825b",
      "SourceEvaluate": "sema:SourceEvaluate#mh:SHA-256:24f610415c3d55de5161b2816f2c9f24275388972b0a68f897cedf8c4b67dc58",
      "SteelmanCheck": "sema:SteelmanCheck#mh:SHA-256:b004eb6d85a184da7f9bb7fc06d011bc869f6eb6ad1061f30cbbbcc4c2b8f6aa",
      "SteelmanFirst": "sema:SteelmanFirst#mh:SHA-256:ef20c6668a33682967b71f3a2d5cdc0fa6a1ea1342118f7570990d74a1e6e699",
      "StrategicReading": "sema:StrategicReading#mh:SHA-256:b5d55501ddb51aa919170851ca51a337ae3b7bb29fd941190db809487e2b028c",
      "SynergisticMode": "sema:SynergisticMode#mh:SHA-256:0ec733cad8aec135dae1a1efb3ea244eb6e1d36a470492abccaaf5f8b121541d",
      "TaskLifecycle": "sema:TaskLifecycle#mh:SHA-256:559124d595219af971fe018e4709077bbe77f3ce7e1769a058cbeffd4a11c38b",
      "TensionHold": "sema:TensionHold#mh:SHA-256:b220760e24a7814387f787ab1274c6ab6a57f0ba3e9844d9f8b0fb234d14a934",
      "TieredAccess": "sema:TieredAccess#mh:SHA-256:48871e4baf0a2f4a54892bf6c25765ca648696f391f569b02afaefb8b4af9a5b",
      "TimeWarpLog": "sema:TimeWarpLog#mh:SHA-256:755f480a60517d8e99807da674019db06ab0b7b2edabcc806d833947da4446e4",
      "ToolDiscovery": "sema:ToolDiscovery#mh:SHA-256:b1659e870015d2d6e37842f31a0bc1cc2d2d2882aaf6d0bc3b6b1236885890d7",
      "Uncertain": "sema:Uncertain#mh:SHA-256:91b56e39fe4ccec7c6c80c865e8f679178293e85ec208eaceb9c814a9ca4bd53",
      "WorkerMode": "sema:WorkerMode#mh:SHA-256:ba4708992ae8c4469b3c98e025829fafa8caf6430f1da66ed74b50a8e9255990"
    },
    "accepts": {
      "EmpathySim": "sema:EmpathySim#mh:SHA-256:33c4c1083c17544686139953481e1467b780ec974093cbe6831cc710a5621d0a"
    }
  }
}