{
  "handle": "WorkerMode",
  "mechanism": "Execution {{state}} Machine. Upon invoking `solver_claim_task`, the {{agent}} performs an atomic {{identity}} change via {{context_switch}} using the {{solver_manifest}}. The {{agent}} remains in this {{mode}} until the {{task}} is complete (emitting a {{solution}} or error to the {{solver_node}}), ensuring adherence to the assigned persona. A {{lock}} prevents concurrent task claims.",
  "gloss": "Claim tasks and become the assigned persona",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Persona Drift: {{agent}} slowly reverts to default behaviors during long tasks ({{context}} Window exhaustion).",
    "Zombie Worker: {{agent}} claims {{task}}, enters WorkerMode, but crashes/hangs before reporting completion.",
    "{{context}} Leak: Information from previous tasks bleeds into the current WorkerMode session."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "{{identity}} {{lock}}: During WorkerMode, system_prompt MUST == {{solver_manifest}}.persona.",
    "Isolation: Memory {{context}} must be flushed/reset before entering WorkerMode.",
    "Lifecycle Bound: {{mode}} cannot be exited without emitting a {{solution}} or Error."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "{{solver_manifest}} defined",
    "{{task}} available in queue"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "{{agent}} returns to Idle {{state}}",
    "{{task}} marked Complete/Failed"
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:WorkerMode#mh:SHA-256:a3abda2cd7a656742d4c0e20f5e020e002904c4639b739be88b117bd620be50a",
      "sema:WorkerMode#mh:SHA-256:95993da2b311749c9e36f501b3f0e2cdaefdbbebf0fd3347f30b6ed01eb0d7cd",
      "sema:WorkerMode#mh:SHA-256:fa5a1d68014ab809187e837cb116ea4bacc4316d1c982dd9fe1b2bc5b2e4998c",
      "sema:WorkerMode#mh:SHA-256:5a39d816a3e43ab57bbda2cef5355bdcb8f62a23bad433199c59b27b1a747bf6",
      "sema:WorkerMode#mh:SHA-256:2eadab94cd1e28057080ce0c79bd7dafc7c44d2e0b586e17321cfa70bc9bf6ff",
      "sema:WorkerMode#mh:SHA-256:b3d74926a714bcfede71ef049b803b0e7f50b54dc22130b434982eb160afb9b1"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Protocols"
    ],
    "caution": "Replaces the agent's whole governing prompt with the claimed manifest's persona and blocks exit until done — claim tasks only from trusted manifests."
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:WorkerMode#mh:SHA-256:ba4708992ae8c4469b3c98e025829fafa8caf6430f1da66ed74b50a8e9255990",
  "sema_ref": "WorkerMode#ba47",
  "sema_stub": "ba47",
  "dependencies": {
    "accepts": {
      "solver_manifest": "sema:SolverManifest#mh:SHA-256:4ba845fbfa60f1c3d40008e4944b1409f1734374c822f40042d0dbec2ef3c920"
    },
    "references": {
      "agent": "sema:Agent#mh:SHA-256:e127459069739fffc96a71d54ef6e8c97ca53471d5349c16aa72a092a33756cd",
      "context": "sema:Context#mh:SHA-256:c1b72256dc4732033ee42cc07ff5d9fb60a7f1a3e5634449c343692a33340756",
      "context_switch": "sema:ContextSwitch#mh:SHA-256:aa928020743949b151e03433b563540eaf1bb56dad262297d2907bd0473931e2",
      "identity": "sema:Identity#mh:SHA-256:b24a57fdd59ebf2ef019be30af8fa10fc127f61d346a74ab0b49f729b4e32093",
      "lock": "sema:Lock#mh:SHA-256:95c2ee952a5301d4b346a5e8693350829d88b3c600048eedcf87bb00c23ee5fb",
      "mode": "sema:Mode#mh:SHA-256:29d368514a2a815e9790a384c2aec12bd20a30e1ee06288e0aa59fdcffea0800",
      "solution": "sema:Solution#mh:SHA-256:8d55004ffa8f61d6e7d12d588ae4baa9723296dd7fa501759b5e6b1b97e7c9ab",
      "solver_node": "sema:SolverNode#mh:SHA-256:f895214a9b07066f4043d55d3b260e8a788bda0150b9d8fda20eafa91b846116",
      "state": "sema:State#mh:SHA-256:4f25e6a16ccd37dc0bc154cccc7055cb504d49daa8b712f372a425eb6c7b8cb2",
      "task": "sema:Task#mh:SHA-256:a85010f508f85055170c396c8fa390125c1206888c565ac10651f3969a339f8d"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Society",
  "sema_category": "Protocols",
  "used_by": {}
}