{
  "handle": "MetaCheck",
  "mechanism": "Reasoning {{audit}}: Periodically pause object-level work. Evaluate: Am I making progress? Is my approach sound? Am I missing something obvious? Have my assumptions changed? Correct course or continue based on audit results. It triggers a recursive {{reflexion}} cycle where the reasoning process itself becomes the object of critique. The checker {{check}}s the checking process at a {{meta}} level.",
  "gloss": "Recursive self-verification of reasoning",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Infinite {{meta}}-Regress: Checking the checker that checks the checker, never terminating."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Pauses object-level work; the {{audit}} does not run alongside it.",
    "The {{check}} is applied to the checking process itself, not only to the object-level work.",
    "Recurses no deeper than `recursion_depth`."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "{{audit}} logic",
    "Verification result"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "Verification validated"
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "recursion_depth",
      "type": "Integer",
      "range": "[1, 5]",
      "description": "Levels of meta-verification permitted before the audit must return."
    },
    {
      "name": "consistency_required",
      "type": "Float",
      "range": "[0.8, 1.0]",
      "description": "Agreement across meta-levels below which the audit reports an unresolved conflict."
    }
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 1,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:MetaCheck#mh:SHA-256:a228b1133c27b81db71a125234a13a0acac3464d6ac33fcc89d2e351b1bdb494",
      "sema:MetaCheck#mh:SHA-256:67872b0654d8a91ce849b6062e34cf8842bb315e77e7bf02cda64eb53ab4314a",
      "sema:MetaCheck#mh:SHA-256:d437056b9e87784e6202204ac626e2445af1eee8bf49b81dff49c33c05c8d6c6"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Strategy"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:MetaCheck#mh:SHA-256:5ac54fce5c9e81842e2bd859f8e2aa50182082d1340e2ab9a8144067a205fe5e",
  "sema_ref": "MetaCheck#5ac5",
  "sema_stub": "5ac5",
  "signature": [
    "Meta(Check)"
  ],
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "audit": "sema:Audit#mh:SHA-256:be970add829f4f162533569b04c9ffd12ea4d070d53405a4993f0785d4074f77",
      "check": "sema:Check#mh:SHA-256:6890b221c38531710528cd84bbf3a957e29d9836dfc9c02669fc0a86709bcb00",
      "meta": "sema:Meta#mh:SHA-256:f277723b905f6c94549f27f7eb58597096f3052165f5ad90af8b273188cee079",
      "reflexion": "sema:Reflexion#mh:SHA-256:81eb9140703ea95f53556741df731af84c1cada66cc1e0f3a1d88e4de5fe54d8"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Strategy",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "EvaluatorOptimizer": "sema:EvaluatorOptimizer#mh:SHA-256:ae098f2db7c18e00fa1dea16a305133a0778bd157652d5ee42b65f3bf86eef83"
    }
  }
}