---
slug: "ConsensusFinder"
name: "ConsensusFinder"
type: "Coordination"
layer: "Society"
ref: "ConsensusFinder#cbb7"
sema_id: "sema:ConsensusFinder#mh:SHA-256:cbb7008c04a31f627c94eaeb135e9a14f7e57085fe84ae9941e49d3204ff5190"
tags: ["Society","Coordination"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/ConsensusFinder/
related: ["Consensus","Discover","Quorum","Resonate"]
---

# ConsensusFinder

Discovering existing agreement

Layer: Society · Category: Coordination

## Mechanism

Macro for [Discover](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Discover.md)([Consensus](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Consensus.md)). Instead of initiating a vote, the agent scans the network to identify pre-existing clusters of agreement or shared state. It optimizes coordination by surfacing natural alignment before attempting to manufacture it. It applies the [Discover](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Discover.md) primitive to locate [Consensus](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Consensus.md) clusters, checking for [Resonate](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Resonate.md) signals before triggering a formal [Quorum](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Quorum.md).

## Invariants

- Passive Observation: Does not initiate new voting rounds.
- Discovery: Returns existing consensus or Null.

## Failure modes

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## Signature

- `Discover(Consensus)`

## Builds on

- [Consensus](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Consensus.md) (Society; References)
- [Discover](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Discover.md) (Society; References)
- [Quorum](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Quorum.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Resonate](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Resonate.md) (Society; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:ConsensusFinder#mh:SHA-256:cbb7008c04a31f627c94eaeb135e9a14f7e57085fe84ae9941e49d3204ff5190`
- Ref: `ConsensusFinder#cbb7`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:ConsensusFinder#mh:SHA-256:1c5d954ef53633228e32d5e237a7c2d372d48e6fcaefda775589c952e457eafa`
  - `sema:ConsensusFinder#mh:SHA-256:c6fa491bb64048866873baff4398d1519ec3ac4fd40db0b1e281196c1482bcd9`
  - `sema:ConsensusFinder#mh:SHA-256:980a543f6683878c7800e1d4db41bad49017a47f33b924a63e52e1115c7a06dd`
  - `sema:ConsensusFinder#mh:SHA-256:d4066820a61095195d1231c4352b7559b0dcd495018a28e9c070018695da0bb7`

## Links

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