{
  "handle": "Task",
  "mechanism": "A specification of intent to be performed by a {{system}}. It encapsulates what to achieve without prescribing the method (how). A Task is recursive: it can be decomposed into child Tasks. Tasks form a {{hierarchy}} where child {{constraint}}s must be a superset of parent {{constraint}}s (Holographic Inheritance).",
  "gloss": "The atomic unit of intent",
  "failure_modes": [
    "{{constraint}} Escape: Child task violates parent safety constraints.",
    "Orphan Task: Task created without linkage to parent (except Root).",
    "Zombie Task: Task continues after its {{context}} is invalidated.",
    "Ambiguous Intent: Task description admits multiple incompatible interpretations."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Holographic Inheritance: {{constraint}}s(Child) must include ALL {{constraint}}s(Parent).",
    "Intent Preservation: Decomposition must not lose the original goal.",
    "Linkage: Every non-root Task must reference its parent."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 0,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:Task#mh:SHA-256:d9f92106bd9cd867b1b753275d6faa37b6ea4fcbb948b283460caedfa75b6955",
      "sema:Task#mh:SHA-256:f239278f610adea7e01a9fd019dc6be158a31919d61d301856dcbe2aa8b67804"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Infrastructure",
      "Data Structures"
    ],
    "related": [
      "Futurestretch#afac"
    ]
  },
  "data_schema": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
      "operation",
      "inputs",
      "acceptance_criteria"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "operation": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "What the Task does — the intent"
      },
      "inputs": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Typed inputs to the operation"
      },
      "acceptance_criteria": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "Conditions that mark the Task complete; closure signal for the caller"
      },
      "budget": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Optional resource ceiling (compute, time, tokens)"
      },
      "parent_id": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Super-task reference if hierarchical"
      },
      "deadline": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "date-time"
      }
    }
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Task#mh:SHA-256:a85010f508f85055170c396c8fa390125c1206888c565ac10651f3969a339f8d",
  "sema_ref": "Task#a850",
  "sema_stub": "a850",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "constraint": "sema:Constraint#mh:SHA-256:70136d525260a10eedf156aad1fe6c50510eadb10a89d063c7a85575b15708fc",
      "context": "sema:Context#mh:SHA-256:c1b72256dc4732033ee42cc07ff5d9fb60a7f1a3e5634449c343692a33340756",
      "hierarchy": "sema:Hierarchy#mh:SHA-256:5951b6a616f97ff8ef7b78407ed0631150191253d88f00bbb2ef429cc5a8cf85",
      "system": "sema:System#mh:SHA-256:f8eb318a1113a10fead02fbf14ae433767ac1a69c9579cdb584cc622068e90b3"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Infrastructure",
  "sema_category": "Data Structures",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "AgentProtocol": "sema:AgentProtocol#mh:SHA-256:86a3f129036a28bab76d60f15ac835dfe779536cf02fe916f7b21cb1369ebf6d",
      "Bid": "sema:Bid#mh:SHA-256:647f5a901a75ad0c5535dd1a16a2e2eb1f4295d88e55b592f101ea393c9d23b1",
      "BoundedTask": "sema:BoundedTask#mh:SHA-256:86dd552006f7636198f5d54e1beec2c5fa82b1f19aaf41ad8b45eecf9089b8fc",
      "ComputeBudget": "sema:ComputeBudget#mh:SHA-256:4091ac7c6677342920dc53808d02830e35c5849f2af1bb9ba7749c576d37478e",
      "DataMinimization": "sema:DataMinimization#mh:SHA-256:e8c8cd89b8e187d501000746c5216fef9ea41558a20fde07372881a2948994eb",
      "Defer": "sema:Defer#mh:SHA-256:7c32a314cc801adf391bbf775b29c5d15e3e230aa80c38290231f1ca897bf0f7",
      "EpistemicROI": "sema:EpistemicROI#mh:SHA-256:b0d863d10c0d67edc218444b72c75f05127b899af6ac0295899b6506cba9acc7",
      "FeedbackSignal": "sema:FeedbackSignal#mh:SHA-256:69647a84ed114fda3cc3c10c14161dac2adee6010792b293d20b9c36ec1c6a18",
      "FractalIntelligence": "sema:FractalIntelligence#mh:SHA-256:27f78221851ad25557bc00476e1490f5c35f5c4d27a30deaf52e3c138d8c20c5",
      "Futurestretch": "sema:Futurestretch#mh:SHA-256:afacd75f641bb0046a1cabadfa1a78ced0e1a8766824f094edb5586a625372a7",
      "MetaPrompt": "sema:MetaPrompt#mh:SHA-256:5d117201e4b2fe776f32e4effb8bb9b0d541e361ba37468250283f277026c974",
      "Noise": "sema:Noise#mh:SHA-256:fd120b472352611acc251c4c87b08d06ae1187f9f4775d8a69b4ff9b326d2569",
      "Prioritize": "sema:Prioritize#mh:SHA-256:99f0603f8984f4c94d02384248966603cf86d9ccf95ea62a7c481c3eccb694fd",
      "Problem": "sema:Problem#mh:SHA-256:2580c43677ec78ee7ee428d200662c6096e4eab38c2c5a868154979074cc0f08",
      "Proprioception": "sema:Proprioception#mh:SHA-256:d0e9504515812dc3406f58619c71e240ae407b847bb740d529cd91efaba4930f",
      "Queue": "sema:Queue#mh:SHA-256:5689d2db87dd8752019da54910f7be96929ff84baf09cdadd2c6826b01ea5420",
      "Responsibility": "sema:Responsibility#mh:SHA-256:d8ccf6225585313bd3efd0198c588063cb62add74447c15fe5128c0ebfdc1d19",
      "RootSolver": "sema:RootSolver#mh:SHA-256:f7f5a39c4d93545b506ddc3eeb03660295425657486a5ab1f71811cb8e5816ca",
      "ScopeFreeze": "sema:ScopeFreeze#mh:SHA-256:548e48a88048b5383250dbf480e0b52ed61ed9cc2fd947d89fac68edc9737d21",
      "SomaticMarker": "sema:SomaticMarker#mh:SHA-256:25c9f71e623cfc2114e71c853ddea757abbfc319880ab654d2b875feec99973a",
      "TaskLifecycle": "sema:TaskLifecycle#mh:SHA-256:559124d595219af971fe018e4709077bbe77f3ce7e1769a058cbeffd4a11c38b",
      "ToolDiscovery": "sema:ToolDiscovery#mh:SHA-256:b1659e870015d2d6e37842f31a0bc1cc2d2d2882aaf6d0bc3b6b1236885890d7",
      "ToolInvoke": "sema:ToolInvoke#mh:SHA-256:1096039316801cc8ef6e2855a6300574bb8596bb8e57c2764fd3bee741fa217e",
      "UptakeAsGround": "sema:UptakeAsGround#mh:SHA-256:2882a755200d95be27c166d7d2649141db86c771feaff879d4ff44f14bbb4e88",
      "WorkerMode": "sema:WorkerMode#mh:SHA-256:ba4708992ae8c4469b3c98e025829fafa8caf6430f1da66ed74b50a8e9255990"
    },
    "extends": {
      "BoundedTask": "sema:BoundedTask#mh:SHA-256:86dd552006f7636198f5d54e1beec2c5fa82b1f19aaf41ad8b45eecf9089b8fc"
    },
    "accepts": {
      "Decompose": "sema:Decompose#mh:SHA-256:69942e7e0dcdc7781144da58c8f09b2e8a17c247be435dadf3325cb0d0bbb22b",
      "Delegate": "sema:Delegate#mh:SHA-256:00fabbb5e33ec9b95dce20eb8c03e6dd3578e59b041dcf0d6a28b8908763ca45",
      "DeliberativeAlign": "sema:DeliberativeAlign#mh:SHA-256:dc9e3078f126856429b1372620bce9fecd733f71c1429fcd1c0332908355051e",
      "Estimate": "sema:Estimate#mh:SHA-256:3bacc0606623a0603b271a835b54157c2e86389c4282af86d88cd1ddd9ecf917",
      "ExtendedThinking": "sema:ExtendedThinking#mh:SHA-256:3a9046a74fa5ecf3f06526936caf2038c95be83b02f0fbfe15dc2c448f572a1a",
      "Handoff": "sema:Handoff#mh:SHA-256:1323eea000780c4fc715bcc90b5ea28d6353c780ad561e86aeff723855650ab5",
      "HumanApprove": "sema:HumanApprove#mh:SHA-256:cf561deb1a5e93a9f221abe2621c8a2bcfebf6863bd1128fa2230ef90237e67d",
      "LeastToMost": "sema:LeastToMost#mh:SHA-256:942de8e9b154190e8a85a88d74c46350b5b9c936d4d463d33e697297f02ba0e3",
      "Parallelize": "sema:Parallelize#mh:SHA-256:c1c795defd6f4f9cab2823cf832ae91f5f0651bef082108bb494047d91be04a1",
      "PolymorphicSolver": "sema:PolymorphicSolver#mh:SHA-256:f7fe4635a7520f918c823f0047d6fed8e38fd820c1970ef4623cc8fd78d2b0bd",
      "PromptChain": "sema:PromptChain#mh:SHA-256:02b5f2277c89d51e35336a8735f5a8bf26304332db887961bb23790c8c82b2f9",
      "ReAct": "sema:ReAct#mh:SHA-256:3361fd75537995da1d70c0f60b9b8bd01c44bad9e2596a81fa059b7c6c3fba83",
      "Reflexion": "sema:Reflexion#mh:SHA-256:81eb9140703ea95f53556741df731af84c1cada66cc1e0f3a1d88e4de5fe54d8",
      "Route": "sema:Route#mh:SHA-256:186c9df2396591a9a71b80e50f3c323e5e0df6ddf64b6552435a0d555b6dbc85",
      "Solution": "sema:Solution#mh:SHA-256:8d55004ffa8f61d6e7d12d588ae4baa9723296dd7fa501759b5e6b1b97e7c9ab",
      "Solver": "sema:Solver#mh:SHA-256:a4478611882cced1b069f8dc551d401c74b35cefe02ed67d37d1aa135e19825b",
      "SolverTree": "sema:SolverTree#mh:SHA-256:e275a01a2ced22c7412f23780f4bfa84ca171e9184f29d65336c24baddcc4052",
      "Throttle": "sema:Throttle#mh:SHA-256:dd626ad2479e5377339f44e77b61a0264591ed21a906556f020fccb98450fe55"
    },
    "composes_with": {
      "Work": "sema:Work#mh:SHA-256:f0c3ba2d663c900244d2ed814ed3682c56a867aa32bc3c4dfd1b19fe311aa2c6"
    }
  }
}