Infrastructure · Data Structures

FrameSpec

Structured problem definition artifact

Definition

Mechanism

A structured Spec of the Problem space, Constraints, and success criteria derived from a raw request via interpretation. It is an Artifact that acts as the contract defining the boundaries for execution.

Invariants

  1. Contains explicit, testable Constraints.
  2. States success criteria that are testable — an observation that would show the work succeeded.

Risks

Failure modes

  1. Frozen contract, moved request

    the request changed, the spec was not re-derived, and its Constraints stay authoritative.

Relationships

Builds on

References

Problem

A state gap with a cost of inaction

Spec

Rigorous requirement definition

Used by

Accepts

References

Yields

Reference

Signature

  • Artifact(Constraint)

Data schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Structured problem definition.",
  "required": [
    "problem_statement",
    "constraints",
    "success_criteria"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "problem_statement": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "constraints": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "success_criteria": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "hidden_assumptions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  }
}

Identity

Ref
FrameSpec#3c20
Sema ID
sema:FrameSpec#mh:SHA-256:3c202cc3416eadb2215857b542e4fc54660d5253fca9c2d42cb999929ad18c42
Ring
0
Tier
1
Updated
2026-11-11
Supersedes
  • sema:FrameSpec#mh:SHA-256:d5b8e71aa9d57b941df3f914b941bfb8fe6c58f62d6c6db28532defcd2237d75
  • sema:FrameSpec#mh:SHA-256:c9bc3b38bb41a0bcde26967aaebf526a344444a4f516da4fa056f8c0c347a72e
  • sema:FrameSpec#mh:SHA-256:7f9a34c3950770be588ba74b062bf9d3d998f0d15db7ba60a8c82e6baa4fd631