---
slug: "Verification"
name: "Verification"
type: "Reasoning"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Verification#c8de"
sema_id: "sema:Verification#mh:SHA-256:c8de453752e750eb54e0494e7a222377cea99a739b049087ab426cd968b38778"
tags: ["Mind","Reasoning"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Verification/
related: ["Artifact","Check","Spec","Validate","EpistemicCascade","Experiment","Leapsettle","ReleaseArtifactVerification","SpecBinding","SpecIntentCheck","Leapsettle#3f9f"]
---

# Verification

Confirming alignment with truth or spec

Layer: Mind · Category: Reasoning

## Mechanism

The cognitive process of confirming that a claim or [Artifact](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Artifact.md) adheres to its [Spec](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Spec.md) or to reality, regarding an assertion that already exists. Runs via a [Check](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Check.md), which may return Unknown. Distinct from [Validate](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Validate.md), which is syntactic conformance to a schema; Verification is semantic and may reference reality rather than a document.

## Invariants

- A verification states what it was checked against — which [Spec](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Spec.md), or which observation.
- Where the underlying [Check](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Check.md) yields Unknown, the verification reports Unknown.
- The assertion under verification exists before the verification runs.

## Failure modes

- False positive: artifact accepted despite not meeting spec.
- False negative: valid artifact rejected due to overly strict or misapplied criteria.

## Builds on

- [Artifact](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Artifact.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Check](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Check.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Spec](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Spec.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Validate](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Validate.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

- [EpistemicCascade](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/EpistemicCascade.md) (Mind; References)
- [Experiment](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Experiment.md) (Mind; References)
- [Leapsettle](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Leapsettle.md) (Mind; References)
- [ReleaseArtifactVerification](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ReleaseArtifactVerification.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [SpecBinding](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/SpecBinding.md) (Mind; References)
- [SpecIntentCheck](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/SpecIntentCheck.md) (Mind; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Verification#mh:SHA-256:c8de453752e750eb54e0494e7a222377cea99a739b049087ab426cd968b38778`
- Ref: `Verification#c8de`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:Verification#mh:SHA-256:eb2838e42803a176654d6c11812568ed34b73f9e6d4a49d3e86e571354ec437c`
  - `sema:Verification#mh:SHA-256:9c1ee918c6b8b8d7b787f5ef7ae908aa2ca37b1f9b5dace80fcf261a9c961001`
  - `sema:Verification#mh:SHA-256:99a57c2cef1d442480417b63b008e656f2b67f586886666234a41bc9251a4956`
  - `sema:Verification#mh:SHA-256:81fe83ebcbd898595f7969762d70b562ad6bcab08141fc1e88d65f21376600dd`

## Links

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