{
  "handle": "UptakeAsGround",
  "mechanism": "Pragmatic Verification. The validity of a pattern is defined as a function of its `Coordination_Success_Rate`. If Agents A and B use Pattern P and successfully complete a {{task}}, P gains 'Semantic Mass'. If usage is zero or results in failure, P is effectively meaningless. Utilizes {{modest_claim}}.",
  "gloss": "Meaning emerges from successful coordination",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Empty Formalism: Treating a minted but unused pattern as 'Real'.",
    "Echo Chamber: High uptake within a closed group of hallucinating agents creates false semantic mass (requires outside verification).",
    "Legacy Rot: Assuming a historically popular pattern is still valid after context has drifted."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Pragmatic Validation (Wittgenstein's Razor): Successful {{task}} completion is the only proof of shared meaning — meaning is use. A pattern with zero successful coordination has no semantic mass."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "Pattern minted",
    "Usage telemetry available"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "Semantic mass updated based on coordination outcome"
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 2,
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:UptakeAsGround#mh:SHA-256:d5f3a2b2643f030c2290341c45c40cf86a29c7981e0dfcf097435a3a70b72ead",
      "sema:UptakeAsGround#mh:SHA-256:c6caf6df2b735657fed6b551af0f9fb18896d24be03a45b384723951d06c672b",
      "sema:UptakeAsGround#mh:SHA-256:82ef7e5f4f6b7c4ca5162ddcfbb54ac311ad2c5d0d3d1a69442380ad2293ef06"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Protocols"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:UptakeAsGround#mh:SHA-256:2882a755200d95be27c166d7d2649141db86c771feaff879d4ff44f14bbb4e88",
  "sema_ref": "UptakeAsGround#2882",
  "sema_stub": "2882",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "modest_claim": "sema:ModestClaim#mh:SHA-256:05f3ff05ede05012b3552a1aef48a9102e1abc4b4170c72ce885944cd7f92e8c",
      "task": "sema:Task#mh:SHA-256:a85010f508f85055170c396c8fa390125c1206888c565ac10651f3969a339f8d"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Society",
  "sema_category": "Protocols",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "UptakeOverTimestamp": "sema:UptakeOverTimestamp#mh:SHA-256:4583f9cb37df87ad847dfa423729dd7b203b33e48c5a5b96cb8baca54fc56df6"
    }
  }
}