---
slug: "Canonseal"
name: "Canonseal"
type: "Reasoning"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Canonseal#27fc"
sema_id: "sema:Canonseal#mh:SHA-256:27fcab38faefc506d3498d94e968d283d2a0a8bb70110996fca8d4a41a1c81ba"
tags: ["Mind","Reasoning"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Canonseal/
related: ["Criteria","Option","Decision#b140","Sunsetkind"]
---

# Canonseal

Score an established option by the same criteria and evidence as its alternatives

Layer: Mind · Category: Reasoning

## Mechanism

When an established [Option](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Option.md) is compared with alternatives, it is scored by the same [Criteria](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Criteria.md) and the same standard of evidence as they are. Its reputation, age or adoption is recorded separately; it may break a tie, but it is not counted as a criterion.

## Invariants

- The established option and the alternatives are scored on the same criteria.
- Reputation, age and adoption are recorded separately from the criteria.

## Failure modes

- Incumbent pass: the established option is excused from evidence the alternatives must provide.
- Novelty bias: alternatives are favoured for being new.

## Builds on

- [Criteria](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Criteria.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Option](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Option.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Canonseal#mh:SHA-256:27fcab38faefc506d3498d94e968d283d2a0a8bb70110996fca8d4a41a1c81ba`
- Ref: `Canonseal#27fc`

## Links

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