---
slug: "Feedback"
name: "Feedback"
type: "Primitives"
layer: "Infrastructure"
ref: "Feedback#8821"
sema_id: "sema:Feedback#mh:SHA-256:8821fbee51f9b6e495277b161e874a5ba2995bf7ce4fc6e9bc9801798a983c3d"
tags: ["Infrastructure","Primitives"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Feedback/
related: ["Signal","Incongruity","MetricReading","Result","Correctionwelcome","Doubleloop","FeedbackSignal","PerformanceSignal","RigorousSolver","StructuralCoaching","Correctionwelcome#25e5","Doubleloop#23ac"]
---

# Feedback

Error correction signal

Layer: Infrastructure · Category: Primitives

## Mechanism

Information returned to a system about the effects of its actions, used to adjust future behavior. It closes the loop between output and input, enabling learning and error correction. The feedback [Signal](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Signal.md) contains a [Result](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Result.md) and a [MetricReading](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/MetricReading.md) indicating deviation ([Incongruity](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Incongruity.md)) from the expected outcome.

## Invariants

- Directionality: indicates the direction of error, not just magnitude.
- Attribution: traceable to a specific action.
- Names what should change: feedback that identifies an error without indicating an adjustment is a report.

## Failure modes

- Signal Noise: Feedback is too noisy to extract actionable information.
- Delayed Feedback: Signal arrives too late to correct the error.
- Misattribution: Feedback is routed to the wrong solver.

## Signature

- `Signal(Incongruity)`

## Builds on

- [Signal](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Signal.md) (Infrastructure; Composes with)
- [Incongruity](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Incongruity.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [MetricReading](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/MetricReading.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Result](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Result.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

- [Correctionwelcome](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Correctionwelcome.md) (Society; References)
- [Doubleloop](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Doubleloop.md) (Mind; References)
- [FeedbackSignal](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/FeedbackSignal.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [PerformanceSignal](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/PerformanceSignal.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [RigorousSolver](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/RigorousSolver.md) (Mind; Composes with)
- [StructuralCoaching](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/StructuralCoaching.md) (Society; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Feedback#mh:SHA-256:8821fbee51f9b6e495277b161e874a5ba2995bf7ce4fc6e9bc9801798a983c3d`
- Ref: `Feedback#8821`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:Feedback#mh:SHA-256:9b5c7eee86ff79389e6fc9a4cd4e318296ff3e74e3e67514f8193a45be917e15`
  - `sema:Feedback#mh:SHA-256:5e6d456e19d4b57377c23d33584271b255557c076b2611c23d23afd1e542eb37`
  - `sema:Feedback#mh:SHA-256:af70f56a4143af711facdbbe5f5c75387a45b522708609c988de2ceba4bf4cae`

## Links

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