---
slug: "StrategicReading"
name: "StrategicReading"
type: "Reasoning"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "StrategicReading#b5d5"
sema_id: "sema:StrategicReading#mh:SHA-256:b5d55501ddb51aa919170851ca51a337ae3b7bb29fd941190db809487e2b028c"
tags: ["Mind","Reasoning"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/StrategicReading/
related: ["Agent","CognitiveBias","ComputeBudget","Context","Tree"]
---

# StrategicReading

Navigate like a researcher, not linearly

Layer: Mind · Category: Reasoning

## Mechanism

Non-linear Information Retrieval Heuristic. [Agent](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Agent.md) treats documents as random-access databases rather than linear streams. It builds a structural map first ([Tree](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Tree.md)), identifies high-entropy sections (Abstract/Conclusion), and selectively loads only the relevant chunks. Utilizes [ComputeBudget](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/ComputeBudget.md).

## Invariants

- Budget Awareness: Read volume must be < 10% of total document size unless DeepRead approved.
- Structure First: Must execute `doc_get_tree` or `outline` before reading body content.

## Preconditions

- Large document identified
- Specific information goal defined

## Postconditions

- Relevant sections extracted
- Remainder of document remains unloaded

## Failure modes

- [Context](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Context.md) Overflow: Loading entire documents saturates memory, displacing instructions.
- Linear [CognitiveBias](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/CognitiveBias.md): Reading irrelevant introductions while missing key results buried in appendices.
- Fragmented [Context](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Context.md): Jumping too aggressively leads to missing critical connective logic.

## Parameters

- `scan_depth` (Integer, [1, 10]): Pages/sections to scan before deciding relevance
- `strategy` (Enum, {Survey, DeepDive, Needle}): Default: Survey

## Builds on

- [Agent](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Agent.md) (Mind; References)
- [CognitiveBias](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/CognitiveBias.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [ComputeBudget](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/ComputeBudget.md) (Mind; References)
- [Context](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Context.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Tree](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Tree.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:StrategicReading#mh:SHA-256:b5d55501ddb51aa919170851ca51a337ae3b7bb29fd941190db809487e2b028c`
- Ref: `StrategicReading#b5d5`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:StrategicReading#mh:SHA-256:ef9282eb9e5d243105ed2f8016102f7653d1a9f3abc2215f08642695fa2a33bf`
  - `sema:StrategicReading#mh:SHA-256:b6bf1e7c8713db8a84b5f3947aa28a3511d5bccfe29004c891e958c3f1345e98`
  - `sema:StrategicReading#mh:SHA-256:1790c7c097b39837089025ff6056a9ca3ffb0ad53473b82faee983a071761d47`

## Links

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