{
  "handle": "Cocapacity",
  "gloss": "Record the joint capacity an exchange creates, beyond the information it transfers",
  "mechanism": "After an exchange, the parties record what they can now do together that they could not before, such as a shared term, a {{contract}}, an agreed procedure or a fact each knows the other knows. Each capacity is tested by naming a joint action it enables.",
  "invariants": [
    "Each new capacity is named with a joint action it enables.",
    "A capacity counts only if it needs every party; an individual gain does not."
  ],
  "failure_modes": [
    "Information mistaken for capacity: facts were transferred, but nothing can be done together that could not be done before.",
    "Unused capacity: the capacity is recorded but never exercised."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Protocols"
    ],
    "ring": 2,
    "tier": 2,
    "related": [
      "Coflourish",
      "Jointscape"
    ],
    "minted": "2026-10-05T21:48:40+02:00"
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Cocapacity#mh:SHA-256:0924cffc9a46023862f0a81ad3c96c35111fd246c6de483789a120f1b4774fdc",
  "sema_ref": "Cocapacity#0924",
  "sema_stub": "0924",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "contract": "sema:Contract#mh:SHA-256:98747322ee31ffa265a8dfd6609d726e0dcba9c513e5ec85742c6c04e4afaa26"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Society",
  "sema_category": "Protocols",
  "used_by": {}
}