{
  "handle": "EntropyPump",
  "mechanism": "A mechanism that prevents system stagnation by injecting {{entropy}} (randomness/noise) into decision-making processes. It acts as a counterbalance to convergence, ensuring that the system explores the solution space rather than getting stuck in local optima. By adding {{noise}}, it forces re-evaluation of settled states.",
  "gloss": "Controlled randomization to escape convergence deadlocks",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Over-injection destabilizing productive {{equilibrium}}.",
    "Insufficient injection failing to break persistent deadlocks."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 2,
    "ring": 1,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:EntropyPump#mh:SHA-256:b9aefca2154e0e2912d1e64bb50a9db80b188c2aeceb385cf3350e4b4c7cdd63",
      "sema:EntropyPump#mh:SHA-256:31cfc8a45ee0ea7751661386771342dc841503e4f1af65400f1f6bb95f9cd9b7"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Infrastructure",
      "Primitives"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:EntropyPump#mh:SHA-256:a1369712d823417e257e4306f53aa63a5dcd83b34a8f4093823578a2196eec56",
  "sema_ref": "EntropyPump#a136",
  "sema_stub": "a136",
  "invariants": [
    "Names the target it injects {{noise}} into.",
    "Injects at most `max_injection`, so a productive {{equilibrium}} survives the perturbation.",
    "Runs as a standing counterbalance to convergence, not on a detected stall."
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "max_injection",
      "type": "Ratio",
      "range": "(0.0, 1.0]",
      "description": "Largest share of the target's state a single injection may perturb."
    }
  ],
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "entropy": "sema:Entropy#mh:SHA-256:d5f7482e6c06a1e48eadbf28e6dca0cc0eb176bf75c70e7e467284f656d20bae",
      "equilibrium": "sema:Equilibrium#mh:SHA-256:4f036318bc81500ad159994d9ab7efbec87883eccecb18e64ede15cde3e099d2",
      "noise": "sema:Noise#mh:SHA-256:fd120b472352611acc251c4c87b08d06ae1187f9f4775d8a69b4ff9b326d2569"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Infrastructure",
  "sema_category": "Primitives",
  "used_by": {
    "composes_with": {
      "AmbiguityResolution": "sema:AmbiguityResolution#mh:SHA-256:0bd2dd6da1b71ae6670ec4b5cb5c9fb8f2652f94eecd452ad8f7f4bb11eacff2"
    },
    "references": {
      "Crystallize": "sema:Crystallize#mh:SHA-256:0642166a22e385c83630c6648dc0ce2487257939856188895c85030eecf5bfb1"
    }
  }
}