---
slug: "Meta"
name: "Meta"
type: "Data Structures"
layer: "Infrastructure"
ref: "Meta#f277"
sema_id: "sema:Meta#mh:SHA-256:f277723b905f6c94549f27f7eb58597096f3052165f5ad90af8b273188cee079"
tags: ["Infrastructure","Data Structures"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Meta/
related: ["AdversarialSteel","Break","MetaCheck","MetaPrompt"]
---

# Meta

Higher-order abstraction

Layer: Infrastructure · Category: Data Structures

## Mechanism

A higher-order modifier indicating self-reference or abstraction (Thinking about Thinking).

## Invariants

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## Failure modes

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## Data schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "level",
    "target"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "level": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Abstraction level (1 = meta, 2 = meta-meta, etc.)"
    },
    "target": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ID or type of the entity being abstracted over"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "What aspect is being meta-analyzed"
    }
  }
}
```

## Builds on

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## Used by

- [AdversarialSteel](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/AdversarialSteel.md) (Mind; References)
- [Break](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Break.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [MetaCheck](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/MetaCheck.md) (Mind; References)
- [MetaPrompt](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/MetaPrompt.md) (Mind; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Meta#mh:SHA-256:f277723b905f6c94549f27f7eb58597096f3052165f5ad90af8b273188cee079`
- Ref: `Meta#f277`

## Links

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