---
slug: "Assessment"
name: "Assessment"
type: "Data Structures"
layer: "Infrastructure"
ref: "Assessment#167a"
sema_id: "sema:Assessment#mh:SHA-256:167a9fa1717f905acbbabb8d5d64b19001b3684a4057f252ed67615ce022dba4"
tags: ["Infrastructure","Data Structures"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Assessment/
related: ["Critique"]
---

# Assessment

Structured qualitative feedback

Layer: Infrastructure · Category: Data Structures

## Mechanism

A structured qualitative evaluation of a target artifact, produced by critique. It contains one or more specific recommendations for improvement, each tied to a specific part of the target or to its declared whole; it may also record strengths and weaknesses. It serves as input to reflexion and refinement loops.

## Invariants

- Actionability: Must contain at least one specific recommendation.
- Reference: every weakness and recommendation identifies what it applies to — a specific part of the target artifact or its declared whole.

## Failure modes

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## Data schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "target_ref",
    "recommendations"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "target_ref": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Reference to artifact being assessed"
    },
    "strengths": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Positive aspects"
    },
    "weaknesses": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Areas for improvement"
    },
    "recommendations": {
      "type": "array",
      "minItems": 1,
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Actionable suggestions"
    }
  }
}
```

## Builds on

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## Used by

- [Critique](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Critique.md) (Mind; Yields)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Assessment#mh:SHA-256:167a9fa1717f905acbbabb8d5d64b19001b3684a4057f252ed67615ce022dba4`
- Ref: `Assessment#167a`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:Assessment#mh:SHA-256:39dfae5d2333055f4c1f9c45e64059d749aeff7f9c54af69f0b3dc45d6fbc60d`
  - `sema:Assessment#mh:SHA-256:9b49ac10f27af91620b7f6d9feee2c39d4977a89c5da5b93f03c4e9a4a0aa664`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Assessment/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#Assessment)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Assessment.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)