# Implicit Payloads

> Passing data whose shape and meaning are never declared, so consumers infer them and break on change.

Record: `lex:implicit-payloads`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-implicit-payloads

## category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## referenced-by

- [Explicit Contracts](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/explicit-contracts.md)