# Implicit Capability

> Leaving what a component can do implicit and undiscoverable instead of declaring it.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Hidden Runtime Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hidden-runtime-behavior.md) and before [Opaque API](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/opaque-api.md).

## Category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## Negated by

- [Capability Declaration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/capability-declaration.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)