# action

> Every PAG keyword record, with what grounds it and how it is checked.

Page: Ontology · Grammar
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/grammar#pag-keywords-action

Listed in [Ontology · Grammar](https://banes-lab.com/api/pages/ontology/grammar.md), before [control_flow](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/grammar/pag-keywords-control-flow.md).

Every PAG keyword record, with what grounds it and how it is checked.

### READ

Details

Meaning
Input acquisition · lowers to READ_RESOURCE

Example
READ file INTO data

Grounds
[mode:observation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-observation.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### WRITE

Details

Meaning
Output generation · lowers to PERSIST_ARTIFACT

Example
WRITE content TO file

Grounds
[axis:formalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-formalization.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### EXECUTE

Details

Meaning
Action invocation · lowers to EXECUTE_TOOL

Example
EXECUTE command WITH params

Grounds
[axis:formalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-formalization.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### CREATE

Details

Meaning
Construction · lowers to COMPOSE_ARTIFACT

Example
CREATE artifact FROM template

Grounds
[mode:construction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-construction.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### DELETE

Details

Meaning
Removal · an irreversible write, refused before it lands

Example
DELETE file_path

Grounds
[node:ver-refusal](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ver-refusal.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### FIND

Details

Meaning
Discovery · lowers to DISCOVER_RESOURCES

Example
FIND pattern IN scope

Grounds
[mode:observation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-observation.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### ANALYZE

Details

Meaning
Inspection · lowers to ANALYZE_CONTENT

Example
ANALYZE target FOR condition

Grounds
[mode:observation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-observation.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### VALIDATE

Details

Meaning
Verification · lowers to VALIDATE_ARTIFACT

Example
VALIDATE state AGAINST schema

Grounds
[node:ver-evidence](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ver-evidence.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### VERIFY

Details

Meaning
Confirmation against evidence

Example
VERIFY condition

Grounds
[node:ver-evidence](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ver-evidence.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### EXTRACT

Details

Meaning
Isolation · lowers to EXTRACT_FACTS

Example
EXTRACT data FROM source

Grounds
[mode:abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-abstraction.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### COLLECT

Details

Meaning
Aggregation

Example
COLLECT items INTO container

Grounds
[mode:abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-abstraction.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### FILTER

Details

Meaning
Selection

Example
FILTER items WHERE condition

Grounds
[mode:classification](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-classification.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### COMPARE

Details

Meaning
Comparison

Example
COMPARE a AGAINST b

Grounds
[mode:comparison](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-comparison.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### CONVERT

Details

Meaning
Transformation · a lowering that names what it preserves

Example
CONVERT data TO format

Grounds
[invariant:epi-preserved-distinction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-preserved-distinction.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### MERGE

Details

Meaning
Combination

Example
MERGE sources INTO target

Grounds
[mode:abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-abstraction.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### SPLIT

Details

Meaning
Division

Example
SPLIT data BY delimiter

Grounds
[substrate-node:difference](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/substrate-node-difference.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### SORT

Details

Meaning
Ordering

Example
SORT items BY criteria

Grounds
[lens:sequential](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/lens-sequential.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### RANK

Details

Meaning
Prioritization · the ranking a worth gate reads

Example
RANK items BY score

Grounds
[node:tel-priority](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-tel-priority.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### LINK

Details

Meaning
Association · a declared edge, never a name match

Example
LINK source TO target

Grounds
[lens:relation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/lens-relation.md), [invariant:epi-declared-dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-declared-dependency.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### REPORT

Details

Meaning
Output · lowers to REPORT_RESULT

Example
REPORT findings

Grounds
[node:ver-evidence](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ver-evidence.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### ADD

Details

Meaning
Add to collection

Example
ADD item TO list

Grounds
[substrate-node:existence](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/substrate-node-existence.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### APPEND

Details

Meaning
Append to end

Example
APPEND value TO array

Grounds
[substrate-node:existence](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/substrate-node-existence.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### INSERT

Details

Meaning
Insert at position

Example
INSERT item AT index

Grounds
[substrate-node:structure](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/substrate-node-structure.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### REMOVE

Details

Meaning
Remove from collection

Example
REMOVE item FROM list

Grounds
[substrate-node:difference](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/substrate-node-difference.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### MOVE

Details

Meaning
Relocation · a create at the destination, read before it lands

Example
MOVE file TO destination

Grounds
[node:ver-refusal](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ver-refusal.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### COPY

Details

Meaning
Duplication · a second derivation of one fact, declared as such

Example
COPY file TO backup

Grounds
[invariant:epi-one-derivation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-one-derivation.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### BACKUP

Details

Meaning
Preservation of the last accepted state before a mutation

Example
BACKUP file TO location

Grounds
[node:ter-promotion](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-promotion.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### RESTORE

Details

Meaning
Recovery of the last accepted state

Example
RESTORE FROM backup

Grounds
[node:ter-promotion](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-promotion.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### LOAD

Details

Meaning
Resource acquisition · lowers to READ_RESOURCE

Example
LOAD config FROM file

Grounds
[mode:observation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-observation.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### SEND

Details

Meaning
Communication · lowers to REPORT_RESULT

Example
SEND message TO recipient

Grounds
[axis:formalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-formalization.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### WAIT

Details

Meaning
Timing control · waiting has a command

Example
WAIT FOR condition

Grounds
[node:ter-block](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-block.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### ATTEMPT

Details

Meaning
Trial operation

Example
ATTEMPT operation

Grounds
[mode:intervention](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-intervention.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### FAIL

Details

Meaning
Error termination · loud at the boundary

Example
FAIL WITH message

Grounds
[node:ver-refusal](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ver-refusal.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### EXIT

Details

Meaning
Exit execution

Example
EXIT 1

Grounds
[node:ter-stop](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-stop.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### RETURN

Details

Meaning
Return value · how a bounded reader ends

Example
RETURN result

Grounds
[node:ter-completion](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-completion.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### ITERATE

Details

Meaning
Repetition

Example
ITERATE operation

Grounds
[representation:computation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/representation-computation.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### INVESTIGATE

Details

Meaning
Deep analysis

Example
INVESTIGATE issue

Grounds
[mode:observation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-observation.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### DETERMINE

Details

Meaning
Decision making

Example
DETERMINE outcome

Grounds
[mode:classification](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-classification.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### ENFORCE

Details

Meaning
Constraint application

Example
ENFORCE rule

Grounds
[substrate-node:constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/substrate-node-constraint.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### EVIDENCE

Details

Meaning
Proof provision

Example
EVIDENCE claim

Grounds
[node:ver-evidence](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ver-evidence.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### PROPAGATE

Details

Meaning
Change distribution · the ripple through declared dependencies

Example
PROPAGATE updates

Grounds
[invariant:epi-declared-dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-declared-dependency.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### FINALIZE

Details

Meaning
Completion

Example
FINALIZE operation

Grounds
[node:ter-completion](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-completion.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### REDUCE

Details

Meaning
Aggregation · a fusion that drops nothing live

Example
REDUCE items TO value

Grounds
[mode:abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-abstraction.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### RENAME

Details

Meaning
Name modification · every referencing surface enumerated first

Example
RENAME file TO newname

Grounds
[invariant:epi-declared-dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-declared-dependency.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### ORDER

Details

Meaning
Arrangement

Example
ORDER items BY key

Grounds
[lens:sequential](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/lens-sequential.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### MARK

Details

Meaning
Annotation

Example
MARK item AS complete

Grounds
[axis:representation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-representation.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### PREDICT

Details

Meaning
Infer a future state

Example
PREDICT outcome FROM model

Grounds
[mode:prediction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-prediction.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### CLASSIFY

Details

Meaning
Group by kind

Example
CLASSIFY item BY type

Grounds
[mode:classification](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-classification.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### EXPLAIN

Details

Meaning
Identify the mechanism

Example
EXPLAIN behavior

Grounds
[mode:explanation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-explanation.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### REFLECT

Details

Meaning
Discover the principle behind the examples

Example
REFLECT ON outcome

Grounds
[mode:reflection](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-reflection.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### ABSTRACT

Details

Meaning
Remove irrelevant detail

Example
ABSTRACT pattern FROM cases

Grounds
[mode:abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-abstraction.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### GENERALIZE

Details

Meaning
Extend examples into a principle

Example
GENERALIZE FROM examples

Grounds
[mode:generalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-generalization.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### DESCRIBE

Details

Meaning
Characterize an object

Example
DESCRIBE structure

Grounds
[mode:description](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-description.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

### FORMALIZE

Details

Meaning
Express symbolically

Example
FORMALIZE rule AS predicate

Grounds
[mode:formalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-formalization.md)

How it is checked

Checked by
a structured-document validator that parses each document against the grammar and reports every defect by its shape

Population
Every agent and template document the validator walks, and every occurrence of the keyword in them

Freshness
A verdict stands until the grammar data or a document that uses the keyword changes

Refusal
The validation stage fails the gate on any defect code, so a document with a malformed keyword does not ship

Observation
None, because a keyword is static text in a document, and nothing observes it while a run executes

Evidence
Watched to fire and to accept: a suite plants a retired head in a real template and validates every agent and template on disk clean

Authoritative side
The grammar data, which every keyword in a document conforms to

Depends on
Not answered

Shape it refuses
Not answered

## Links to

- [Observation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-observation.md)
- [Formalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-formalization.md)
- [Construction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-construction.md)
- [Refusal](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ver-refusal.md)
- [Evidence](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ver-evidence.md)
- [Abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-abstraction.md)
- [Classification](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-classification.md)
- [Comparison](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-comparison.md)
- [Preserved Distinction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-preserved-distinction.md)
- [Difference](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/substrate-node-difference.md)
- [Sequential](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/lens-sequential.md)
- [Branch Priority](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-tel-priority.md)
- [Relation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/lens-relation.md)
- [Declared Dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-declared-dependency.md)
- [Existence](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/substrate-node-existence.md)
- [Structure](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/substrate-node-structure.md)
- [One Derivation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-one-derivation.md)
- [Promotion](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-promotion.md)
- [Blocked Run](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-block.md)
- [Intervention](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-intervention.md)
- [Stop Condition](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-stop.md)
- [Completion](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-completion.md)
- [Computation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/representation-computation.md)
- [Constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/substrate-node-constraint.md)
- [Representation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-representation.md)
- [Prediction](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-prediction.md)
- [Explanation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-explanation.md)
- [Reflection](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-reflection.md)
- [Generalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-generalization.md)
- [Description](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-description.md)
- [Formalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-formalization.md)
