{
  "handle": "Goal",
  "mechanism": "A specification of a desired end state. It defines the target that {{work}} aims to achieve and that evaluation measures against. A Goal is testable: given a {{result}}, one can determine if the Goal is satisfied. Goals can be composed (AND/OR) and prioritized.",
  "gloss": "Specification of desired end state",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Goal Ambiguity: Goal admits multiple incompatible interpretations.",
    "Goal Conflict: Multiple goals cannot all be satisfied simultaneously.",
    "Moving Target: Goal changes during execution without proper signaling."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Testability: Given a Result, Goal satisfaction must be decidable.",
    "Explicit revision: a Goal may change only by explicit re-declaration, never silently. An execution whose Goal differs from the one it began under, with no re-declaration recorded, has no decidable satisfaction condition."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 0,
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      "sema:Goal#mh:SHA-256:10766784445e66efafa393ed841ebfc1b68b763269f1a144fe7457478fcdb422",
      "sema:Goal#mh:SHA-256:b011159e6135b97ac191b4a06846af58c55af37a977aaf58c1e3556457538808"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Infrastructure",
      "Data Structures"
    ],
    "related": [
      "Goalweave#5000",
      "PurposeLinkReview#6f85"
    ]
  },
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    "type": "object",
    "required": [
      "goal_statement",
      "success_criteria"
    ],
    "properties": {
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        "type": "string",
        "description": "The desired end state"
      },
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        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "Binary conditions that define completion"
      },
      "priority": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 100
      },
      "metric_target": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "metric_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "target_value": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "comparator": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
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              "<",
              ">=",
              "<=",
              "="
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
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  "sema_ref": "Goal#986b",
  "sema_stub": "986b",
  "dependencies": {
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      "work": "sema:Work#mh:SHA-256:f0c3ba2d663c900244d2ed814ed3682c56a867aa32bc3c4dfd1b19fe311aa2c6"
    }
  },
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  "sema_category": "Data Structures",
  "used_by": {
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      "Plan": "sema:Plan#mh:SHA-256:246db278c5db286fcd78d824d85054fafb3348565ef584599b63900000c43b32",
      "PurposeLinkReview": "sema:PurposeLinkReview#mh:SHA-256:6f8593cf37e5aab8107fe18114cf93d5b06b17d742b324cc332ab14a2cdf8ed7",
      "Reflexion": "sema:Reflexion#mh:SHA-256:81eb9140703ea95f53556741df731af84c1cada66cc1e0f3a1d88e4de5fe54d8",
      "Roadmap": "sema:Roadmap#mh:SHA-256:959d72fa090e38c0600aa4fc3db975a0a957b94913638a70da91351a18e733ae",
      "Spec": "sema:Spec#mh:SHA-256:c9537551b2bfa2639c15270994fdbb5a52a41d098f499c5ed5d61945a7c50da7"
    }
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}