{
  "handle": "Work",
  "data_schema": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
      "effort_cost"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "previous_hash": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "State before work"
      },
      "new_hash": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "State after work"
      },
      "effort_cost": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Resources consumed (tokens, time)"
      },
      "timestamp": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "date-time"
      }
    }
  },
  "mechanism": "The primitive representation of directed effort. It represents the expenditure of resources (Compute, Time, Energy) to transform a {{task}} from an 'Open' state to a 'Solved' state (reducing local entropy). Work is the bridge between Intent (thinking) and Reality ({{act}}). Work is validated against an acceptance criteria.",
  "gloss": "The application of effort to reduce entropy",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Thrashing: Expending resources without making progress toward the goal.",
    "Burnout: Exhausting the {{budget}} before the task is complete.",
    "Busywork: Performing valid actions that do not contribute to the objective function."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Cost: Work always consumes resources (Time/Tokens > 0).",
    "Directionality: Work must be vector-aligned with a Goal (otherwise it is just 'Heat')."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "related": [
      "EntropyPump"
    ],
    "ring": 0,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:Work#mh:SHA-256:aaad0ca428ad22dd8f5941f56b4425ddf62180752cfd6d5d8145419c8a6ac90b",
      "sema:Work#mh:SHA-256:e574aab6ce5d94ab4e9acb6d92531441f46ff05ed1c2ba0a99e0d08b59f30523"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Infrastructure",
      "Data Structures"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Work#mh:SHA-256:f0c3ba2d663c900244d2ed814ed3682c56a867aa32bc3c4dfd1b19fe311aa2c6",
  "sema_ref": "Work#f0c3",
  "sema_stub": "f0c3",
  "dependencies": {
    "composes_with": {
      "task": "sema:Task#mh:SHA-256:a85010f508f85055170c396c8fa390125c1206888c565ac10651f3969a339f8d"
    },
    "references": {
      "act": "sema:Act#mh:SHA-256:2dfedd75a396f2639ce949b9f5270766350b9c7404d404c11c57140fcf030455",
      "budget": "sema:Budget#mh:SHA-256:4e3e536c9ecec8c1b0af017cfd0a26ba00e9f96047de4a690bf9d3db7f3720ef"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Infrastructure",
  "sema_category": "Data Structures",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "AgentProtocol": "sema:AgentProtocol#mh:SHA-256:86a3f129036a28bab76d60f15ac835dfe779536cf02fe916f7b21cb1369ebf6d",
      "Bubble": "sema:Bubble#mh:SHA-256:dd4e6be4e6d2751c5ebbed88908b85ad05bc2ca5071d252cb2f883eb71b29968",
      "Canary": "sema:Canary#mh:SHA-256:d38cd019553857aa7518559542b5400b658f87eb08e6f4dae9be4fd496ce691e",
      "Care": "sema:Care#mh:SHA-256:8b8f5e78e6b66790e450d7ff0ed3a757248423b4f63d00879d1b26c7ff333661",
      "Delegate": "sema:Delegate#mh:SHA-256:00fabbb5e33ec9b95dce20eb8c03e6dd3578e59b041dcf0d6a28b8908763ca45",
      "Goal": "sema:Goal#mh:SHA-256:986beec5f7aea2c89962d1e93806de83c61eee9bd7364d9ce1d20bd479fa5e70",
      "Prioritize": "sema:Prioritize#mh:SHA-256:99f0603f8984f4c94d02384248966603cf86d9ccf95ea62a7c481c3eccb694fd",
      "Solution": "sema:Solution#mh:SHA-256:8d55004ffa8f61d6e7d12d588ae4baa9723296dd7fa501759b5e6b1b97e7c9ab",
      "TimeboxThink": "sema:TimeboxThink#mh:SHA-256:20182c7afcb60ec0d13507de50123012afb9c590297d0e3b650ccfcdd58bfaf3"
    },
    "composes_with": {
      "Loop": "sema:Loop#mh:SHA-256:37f953c0b21b9b0c72a639c4e1a54354faa71f07905531d271f6bbf40c341603"
    }
  }
}