# Auto-Discovery / Startup Cost

> "auto-discovery" (extensibility-core layer) is traded against "Startup Cost" (extensibility-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Startup Cost" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:auto-discovery-startup-cost`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-auto-discovery-startup-cost

## tensions-with

- [Auto-Discovery](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/auto-discovery.md)
- [Startup Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/startup-cost.md)