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MetaCheck

Recursive self-verification of reasoning

Definition

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 Checks the checking process at a Meta level.

Preconditions

  1. Audit logic
  2. Verification result

Postconditions

  1. Verification validated

Invariants

  1. Pauses object-level work; the Audit does not run alongside it.
  2. The Check is applied to the checking process itself, not only to the object-level work.
  3. Recurses no deeper than `recursion_depth`.

Risks

Failure modes

  1. Infinite {{meta}}-Regress

    Checking the checker that checks the checker, never terminating.

Relationships

Builds on

References

Infrastructure

Audit

Verification of conformance

Infrastructure

Check

Side-effect-free observational verification yielding Verified/Falsified/Unknown

Infrastructure

Meta

Higher-order abstraction

Reflexion

Self-critique and retry after failure

Used by

References

Reference

Parameters

recursion_depth Integer, [1, 5]
Levels of meta-verification permitted before the audit must return.
consistency_required Float, [0.8, 1.0]
Agreement across meta-levels below which the audit reports an unresolved conflict.

Signature

  • Meta(Check)

Identity

Ref
MetaCheck#5ac5
Sema ID
sema:MetaCheck#mh:SHA-256:5ac54fce5c9e81842e2bd859f8e2aa50182082d1340e2ab9a8144067a205fe5e
Ring
1
Tier
1
Updated
2026-11-11
Supersedes
  • sema:MetaCheck#mh:SHA-256:a228b1133c27b81db71a125234a13a0acac3464d6ac33fcc89d2e351b1bdb494
  • sema:MetaCheck#mh:SHA-256:67872b0654d8a91ce849b6062e34cf8842bb315e77e7bf02cda64eb53ab4314a
  • sema:MetaCheck#mh:SHA-256:d437056b9e87784e6202204ac626e2445af1eee8bf49b81dff49c33c05c8d6c6