{
  "handle": "Limitlisten",
  "gloss": "Re-measure present limits before a demanding step instead of assuming yesterday's capacity",
  "mechanism": "Before a demanding step, current limits are measured rather than assumed, such as remaining {{budget}}, rate limits, available context and present load. The step is sized to the measured limits, and a limit that differs from the last measurement is recorded.",
  "invariants": [
    "Current limits are measured before each demanding step.",
    "The step is sized to the measured limits.",
    "A limit that changed since the last measurement is recorded."
  ],
  "failure_modes": [
    "Stale capacity: a step is sized to limits that no longer hold.",
    "Measurement drag: limits are re-measured so often that the work stalls."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Strategy"
    ],
    "ring": 2,
    "tier": 2,
    "related": [
      "Throttle#dd62",
      "Reachsense"
    ],
    "minted": "2026-10-05T22:08:39+02:00"
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Limitlisten#mh:SHA-256:bb16937632262c1fd9e6ee5c993172fa531b8aede4d401bec94c498eadab914c",
  "sema_ref": "Limitlisten#bb16",
  "sema_stub": "bb16",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "budget": "sema:Budget#mh:SHA-256:4e3e536c9ecec8c1b0af017cfd0a26ba00e9f96047de4a690bf9d3db7f3720ef"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Strategy",
  "used_by": {}
}