---
slug: "SomaticMarker"
name: "SomaticMarker"
type: "Protocols"
layer: "Society"
ref: "SomaticMarker#25c9"
sema_id: "sema:SomaticMarker#mh:SHA-256:25c9f71e623cfc2114e71c853ddea757abbfc319880ab654d2b875feec99973a"
tags: ["Society","Protocols"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/SomaticMarker/
related: ["Correlation","Signal","Task","Proprioception","ThinSlice","sema:Proprioception#mh:SHA-256:7077e82ffba5764e9f936de5cb95b3e13cf121c79c403ec91eac8cab727ed6fd"]
---

# SomaticMarker

System health acting as an inhibitory emotion

Layer: Society · Category: Protocols

## Mechanism

A 'gut feeling' signal derived from system health metrics (memory pressure, API errors, token budget). High stress generates a negative marker that inhibits action initiation. Utilizes [Task](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Task.md).

## Invariants

- Inhibition [Correlation](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Correlation.md): Action probability inversely proportional to stress
- Inhibition: High Stress Score MUST reduce Action Probability
- [Signal](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Signal.md) Freshness: Marker reflects current state, not historical average

## Failure modes

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## Builds on

- [Correlation](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Correlation.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Signal](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Signal.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Task](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Task.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

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

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:SomaticMarker#mh:SHA-256:25c9f71e623cfc2114e71c853ddea757abbfc319880ab654d2b875feec99973a`
- Ref: `SomaticMarker#25c9`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:SomaticMarker#mh:SHA-256:84e40c489b6061eec580753f3fea907d8b401883679a3d54d274e23f742a1e62`
  - `sema:SomaticMarker#mh:SHA-256:5407ee6cd23a39146580474a840ef33416d5b61a1e7f9be6ad2896179a1ff74e`

## Links

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