---
slug: "AtomicBid"
name: "AtomicBid"
type: "Economics"
layer: "Society"
ref: "AtomicBid#5ac6"
sema_id: "sema:AtomicBid#mh:SHA-256:5ac637b4b3d74bfaea558ee36b1ee6ffcaf46fe26ac988b524e46faf9821535e"
tags: ["Society","Economics"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/AtomicBid/
related: ["Act","Bid","Compensate","Audit","LazyConsensus","OptimisticSolver"]
---

# AtomicBid

Declaration and execution in a single turn

Layer: Society · Category: Economics

## Mechanism

A coordination primitive that bundles a [Bid](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Bid.md) (intent/cost) and an [Act](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Act.md) (execution) into a single, indivisible turn. Unlike a standard [Bid](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Bid.md) which halts for approval, AtomicBid treats the Bid as an immutable [Audit](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Audit.md) log entry and proceeds immediately to execution. Similar to [LazyConsensus](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/LazyConsensus.md) for state, it assumes optimistic permission but remains subject to retroactive [Compensate](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Compensate.md) if the Bid is rejected post-hoc.

## Invariants

- Turn Indivisibility: The Bid and the Tool Call MUST occur in the same message/turn.
- Auditability: The Bid MUST precede the Action in the log.
- Revocability: The Action must be reversible (or low-stakes) to allow for Compensation.

## Failure modes

- Permission Race: Executing an irreversible high-stakes action before the Orchestrator can veto.
- Log Drift: Generating the Action but failing to generate the Bid, breaking the audit trail.

## Builds on

- [Act](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Act.md) (Infrastructure; Composes with)
- [Bid](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Bid.md) (Society; Composes with)
- [Compensate](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Compensate.md) (Infrastructure; Composes with)
- [Audit](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Audit.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [LazyConsensus](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/LazyConsensus.md) (Society; References)

## Used by

- [OptimisticSolver](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/OptimisticSolver.md) (Society; Composes with)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:AtomicBid#mh:SHA-256:5ac637b4b3d74bfaea558ee36b1ee6ffcaf46fe26ac988b524e46faf9821535e`
- Ref: `AtomicBid#5ac6`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:AtomicBid#mh:SHA-256:0e6bf533854e1938c010cf2ce28ede3fe1642b56115e626ceb4bd652691a9edc`
  - `sema:AtomicBid#mh:SHA-256:cc36510b810f2246c501fcec2b9319fe638d3ad15fb809e99b9e190121f6a0b1`
  - `sema:AtomicBid#mh:SHA-256:9c0c78d25ef587cbb5802e4e9243055062fa27a45f30d46896d464c840a35fcd`
  - `sema:AtomicBid#mh:SHA-256:33e1d5689a56922e56ffedb768c82621a62e207160fc4f97228e5dddac588d65`
  - `sema:AtomicBid#mh:SHA-256:820c7c2788d8bfc50cb80d142201f63fc726823c60e34e1c8567e4f66c72c8c1`
  - `sema:AtomicBid#mh:SHA-256:005abad4abe486ee0be82fdf09f7e4787c05ae1bc7326442bf8834cca4856cd3`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/AtomicBid/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#AtomicBid)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/AtomicBid.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)