{
  "handle": "PreMortem",
  "mechanism": "For a contemplated course, state an unwanted outcome and reason as though it has already occurred. Ask what caused it and record course- and context-linked causal scenarios. Return those scenarios; selection, ranking, and response remain caller choices.",
  "gloss": "Simulating failure to identify hidden risks",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Performative Doomerism: Recording generic disasters disconnected from the course or context."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Prospective Hindsight: During scenario generation, the selected unwanted outcome is treated as already having occurred, without asserting its probability.",
    "Causal Specificity: Each recorded scenario names a causal explanation linked to the course and context; generic bad luck alone is insufficient."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "A contemplated course is identified."
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "Course-linked causal failure scenarios, or an explicit none-found result, recorded."
  ],
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    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 2,
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    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Strategy"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:PreMortem#mh:SHA-256:e4c24813f33aa41fdb183e380d05707fe1fd813c46b4127602449a8988f47964",
  "sema_ref": "PreMortem#e4c2",
  "sema_stub": "e4c2",
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Strategy",
  "used_by": {
    "composes_with": {
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    },
    "references": {
      "HindsightBlock": "sema:HindsightBlock#mh:SHA-256:5d8d82eb55fe76c2657aa1f5ac21d4bc38edb2a3835c4e1ca1a071bad5f2a8fd"
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}