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  "handle": "ConstraintFirst",
  "mechanism": "The agent first generates the 'negative space' (the {{constraint}}s, safety rules, and format requirements), defining a rigid container. Only THEN does it generate the content to fill that container. It separates 'form' from 'function'. This prevents the generation of content that is creative but invalid.",
  "gloss": "Defining boundaries before content",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Over-constraining the solution space.",
    "Retrofitting: constraints are loosened mid-pass to admit content already generated, which reverses the pattern."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "The {{constraint}} set is generated before any content.",
    "Constraints are fixed for the duration of a generation pass; revising them starts a new pass."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 2,
    "ring": 0,
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Strategy"
    ],
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:ConstraintFirst#mh:SHA-256:10b8fcc765c09236232529dc50ab31552658027fe8df05d72bbf5c22725a7fa7"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:ConstraintFirst#mh:SHA-256:7d699d6c7f5c44f16125377bb24781286e9fec56f46a307130e6c8ae13473b4d",
  "sema_ref": "ConstraintFirst#7d69",
  "sema_stub": "7d69",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "constraint": "sema:Constraint#mh:SHA-256:70136d525260a10eedf156aad1fe6c50510eadb10a89d063c7a85575b15708fc"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Strategy",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "Bubble": "sema:Bubble#mh:SHA-256:dd4e6be4e6d2751c5ebbed88908b85ad05bc2ca5071d252cb2f883eb71b29968"
    }
  }
}