{
  "handle": "PerspectiveEnsemble",
  "mechanism": "The {{agent}} instantiates N virtual personas to debate the {{problem}} from distinct, pre-defined viewpoints. The {{synthesis}} emerges from their interaction. Unlike a single {{chain}}-of-Thought, this forces the modeling of conflicting priors. It generates diverse viewpoints using {{steelman_check}} on opposing arguments, then resolves the conflict via {{aggregate}} (e.g. Mode).",
  "gloss": "Simulating diverse experts",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Strawman Waltz: Personas agree too easily (Fabricated consensus).",
    "Role Drift: Personas lose their specific stance over long {{context}} windows."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Semantic Distance, every round: CosineSimilarity(Persona_A_Output, Persona_B_Output) < 0.6 for each round, not only the first. Checked once, it prevents early collapse; checked continuously, it is also what detects a persona drifting off its stance.",
    "Independence: Personas cannot see peer outputs in Round 1"
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "A persona set with pre-defined, mutually distinct viewpoints"
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "personas",
      "type": "List[String]",
      "range": "[3, 7]",
      "description": "Distinct viewpoints"
    },
    {
      "name": "rounds",
      "type": "Integer",
      "range": "[1, 5]",
      "description": "Debate turns"
    }
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 2,
    "ring": 2,
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    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Strategy"
    ],
    "related": [
      "Crossborn#814f"
    ]
  },
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  "sema_ref": "PerspectiveEnsemble#4afd",
  "sema_stub": "4afd",
  "dependencies": {
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      "chain": "sema:Chain#mh:SHA-256:3ba084dba5cf36bbdd43d03306c187ca75a2e3f448b555e257c26aab9b71c4fb",
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  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Strategy",
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    "composes_with": {
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}