# Magic Value

Record: `arch:magic-value`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Enforcement Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/enforcement-core.md)
Severity: discouraged
Scope: domain_boundary
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology#arch-magic-value

## Repair

- Refactored by: name_constant, centralize_rule, externalize_config_if_runtime_variable, document_semantics
- Detected by: repeated_number_literal, unexplained_string_literal, inline_threshold, hidden_timeout
- Violated by: Encode policy, [thresholds](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/thresholds.md), status, timing, permissions, or domain rules as unexplained literals.

## referenced-by

- [Single Source of Truth](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/single-source-of-truth.md)