Mind · Reasoning
Edgehold
Know where your framework stops working while lacking a replacement, and use it only inside that edge
Definition
Mechanism
When an agent finds where its current framework fails, for example through RegimeSense, but has no replacement, it records the edge as the specific cases the framework fails on and how. The framework is then used only inside the edge; cases at or beyond it are flagged as outside its reach rather than forced into it, and no replacement is adopted without evidence of its own.
Invariants
- The edge is recorded as the specific cases the framework fails on.
- Cases at or beyond the edge are flagged as outside the framework's reach, and the framework is not relied on for them.
- No replacement framework is adopted without evidence of its own.
Risks
Failure modes
Forced replacement
a weak alternative is adopted only to have one.
Edge denial
failing cases are explained away to keep the framework whole.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Detecting structural breaks in reality
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference