---
slug: "Framecapture"
name: "Framecapture"
type: "Protocols"
layer: "Society"
ref: "Framecapture#46b6"
sema_id: "sema:Framecapture#mh:SHA-256:46b6e3f0e59f5210909728bb00c71ea968438cf46b5abc2dac9f61e69c7cdca3"
tags: ["Society","Protocols"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Framecapture/
related: ["ProblemFramer","Reframe#cbfd","Askwiden"]
---

# Framecapture

Set a discussion's agenda from every participant's framing, not from the first or most powerful one

Layer: Society · Category: Protocols

## Mechanism

At the start of a multi-party discussion, each participant states how they frame the question, and the agenda is set from all the framings. Unlike a single [ProblemFramer](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ProblemFramer.md), no one participant's framing governs; a question posed inside one framing is marked with whose framing it is until the others accept it.

## Invariants

- Each participant's framing is recorded before the agenda is set.
- A question posed within one framing is marked with whose framing it is.
- The agenda is set from all the recorded framings, which the participants may merge, narrow or vote on together; no one participant's framing sets it alone.

## Failure modes

- Capture: the first or most powerful framing becomes the only one questions can be asked in.
- Framing sprawl: every framing is kept open and the discussion never narrows.

## Builds on

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

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Framecapture#mh:SHA-256:46b6e3f0e59f5210909728bb00c71ea968438cf46b5abc2dac9f61e69c7cdca3`
- Ref: `Framecapture#46b6`

## Links

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