{
  "handle": "BeliefTracking",
  "mechanism": "Epistemic Version Control. Enforces a 'Commit Log' for internal knowledge. Before processing new information, the {{agent}} must query and pin its current Priors. If the posterior belief shifts significantly, the {{agent}} creates a new Node connected to the old one via a `supersedes` edge, explicitly noting the 'Surprisal' that caused the shift. It calculates the divergence magnitude via {{surprisal_update}} to determine whether a new node is justified or if the evidence fits the existing model.",
  "gloss": "Note what you believed before and after",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Hindsight {{cognitive_bias}}: {{agent}} overwrites prior beliefs with new data, destroying the record of learning.",
    "Epistemic Thrashing: Creating new belief versions for trivial noise (over-sensitivity).",
    "Silent Update: Changing internal weights/state without creating a graph edge to document it."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Causal Link: Every update must cite the specific 'Trigger' (Evidence) that caused the shift.",
    "Non-Destructive Update: Old beliefs are never deleted, only Superseded.",
    "Prior Commitment: Must retrieve/state existing beliefs BEFORE ingesting new evidence."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "Existing knowledge graph",
    "Incoming information stream"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "{{belief}} graph updated with version history",
    "Learning delta recorded"
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "update_threshold",
      "type": "Float",
      "range": "[0.0, 1.0]",
      "description": "Minimum delta to trigger belief revision"
    }
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 2,
    "related": [
      "sema:BayesUpdate#mh:SHA-256:a762656f3df6a4b6322a6da1ae14f3093e675cba380bb5e488f397863f3e8b0a",
      "Revisance#73f1"
    ],
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
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      "sema:BeliefTracking#mh:SHA-256:6f91264f8bcb9a1eba37e37adf40c9fe779135fb88b8a7748de81c9f76c75c76",
      "sema:BeliefTracking#mh:SHA-256:6142b1c96257501505d4af3e9985e1845d80257b9db3d60e7892765373cca398",
      "sema:BeliefTracking#mh:SHA-256:1ae45fb5af911a83c09d9acc4a007b9147dd46c979ae0febc0bee6754f8a224e",
      "sema:BeliefTracking#mh:SHA-256:890a705eecf03acd88de6614e0225f4f910eaf6c5bf19f8852aa0b238d1ab513"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Memory"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:BeliefTracking#mh:SHA-256:c78d68a1f4fe92e2f284e489f6987bc42183245181c6710b9d0c9e582b054e13",
  "sema_ref": "BeliefTracking#c78d",
  "sema_stub": "c78d",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "agent": "sema:Agent#mh:SHA-256:e127459069739fffc96a71d54ef6e8c97ca53471d5349c16aa72a092a33756cd",
      "belief": "sema:Belief#mh:SHA-256:09e1c919d9829e30422f3fffee11c1af4af54ac7894d157ff371ed50b03f69b1",
      "cognitive_bias": "sema:CognitiveBias#mh:SHA-256:c8a4abe2e0ce048be16d25f890a50f8c7095e099b5ab2de23aa059942328f387",
      "surprisal_update": "sema:SurprisalUpdate#mh:SHA-256:26e53ade88809ac3ba9293b45db768fdbdb384a53cda1217c3a0dfc61d5f8408"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Memory",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "EpistemicCascade": "sema:EpistemicCascade#mh:SHA-256:00ae0d471938ddbddaec91d4e7936d31d21e0e52cbb9a7064dbd37f66dd513c4",
      "Revisance": "sema:Revisance#mh:SHA-256:73f113382fbaced95b63a99861b8ea1d5fae76ff2920857fdb6e187e4cb6aebc"
    }
  }
}