# meta

> 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-meta

Listed in [Ontology · Grammar](https://banes-lab.com/api/pages/ontology/grammar.md), after [document_verb](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/grammar/pag-keywords-document-verb.md) and before [validation](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/grammar/pag-keywords-validation.md).

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

### META

Details

Meaning
Metadata block

Example
%% META %%:

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

### USE

Details

Meaning
Template usage

Example
USE TEMPLATE name

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

### TEMPLATE

Details

Meaning
Template reference

Example
USE TEMPLATE validation

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

### CUE

Details

Meaning
The one-line reminder a reader executes at a node

Example
@cue: "<reminder>"

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

### RECURSION_LIMIT

Details

Meaning
A bound on repair, declared in the meta block

Example
recursion_limit: <bound>

Grounds
[node:ter-diminishing-returns](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-diminishing-returns.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

### PURPOSE

Details

Meaning
What a node decides, in one sentence

Example
@purpose: "<what this node decides>"

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

### AXIS_QUESTION

Details

Meaning
The question a node's axis asks

Example
@axis_question: "<the question>"

Grounds
[axis:ontology](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-ontology.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

### PRIORITY

Details

Meaning
The authority tiers · which source grounds which, highest first

Example
priority: <governing document> > <ontology> > <template> > <task>

Grounds
[invariant:epi-weakest-link](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-weakest-link.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

### TRUST

Details

Meaning
What is trusted as evidence and what stays a claim

Example
trust: tool_output = TRUSTED, prior_knowledge = UNTRUSTED

Grounds
[node:ver-ground-truth](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ver-ground-truth.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

### JURISDICTION

Details

Meaning
What the document may touch, and what is declared outside it

Example
jurisdiction: <in scope> | external: <declared outside>

Grounds
[axis:ontology](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-ontology.md), [invariant:epi-reachable-check](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-reachable-check.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

- [Objective](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-tel-objective.md)
- [Diminishing Returns](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ter-diminishing-returns.md)
- [Ontology](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-ontology.md)
- [Weakest Link](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-weakest-link.md)
- [Ground Truth](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/node-ver-ground-truth.md)
- [Reachable Check](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/invariant-epi-reachable-check.md)
