---
slug: "Option"
name: "Option"
type: "Data Structures"
layer: "Infrastructure"
ref: "Option#134b"
sema_id: "sema:Option#mh:SHA-256:134bea703754281f36b52e9e6901090a3db9ce84f0d843a8e1d18151c0c5beb0"
tags: ["Infrastructure","Data Structures"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Option/
related: ["Canonseal","Decision","Eliminate","Jointscape","Satisfice","Canonseal#27fc","Jointscape#8aca"]
---

# Option

A discrete, executable alternative

Layer: Infrastructure · Category: Data Structures

## Mechanism

A discrete, actionable alternative within a decision space. An Option must be fully specified (executable) and mutually exclusive from other options in the same set. It represents a valid path for state transition.

## Invariants

- Fully specified: an Option is executable as written, not a direction requiring further choice.
- Mutually exclusive: selecting one Option in a set excludes the others in that set.

## Failure modes

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## Data schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "option_id",
    "description"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "option_id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "cost_estimate": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "risk_score": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1
    },
    "predicted_outcome": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Simulation result if this option is chosen"
    }
  }
}
```

## Builds on

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## Used by

- [Canonseal](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Canonseal.md) (Mind; References)
- [Decision](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Decision.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Eliminate](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Eliminate.md) (Mind; References)
- [Jointscape](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Jointscape.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Satisfice](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Satisfice.md) (Mind; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Option#mh:SHA-256:134bea703754281f36b52e9e6901090a3db9ce84f0d843a8e1d18151c0c5beb0`
- Ref: `Option#134b`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:Option#mh:SHA-256:b099a885b070faa10168a2edff0671cd773d31c0cc5fb0e775521a12444c1135`

## Links

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