Working vocabulary

Clarity uses a small set of terms on purpose.

The definitions are short so they can be revised as the framework develops.

Action Trigger

A threshold crossing or event that causes an immediate response to protect the system.

The act of changing beliefs, commitments, or behavior in response to reality.

Something that must remain true for a claim to hold.

When the cost of uncertainty or error is pushed onto others who do not own the claim.

A belief stated clearly enough to inspect, support, challenge, or revise.

The posture used when action depends on a claim being relied on as true enough.

The gap created when confidence exceeds what the available evidence supports.

How feasible it is to repair course after a belief turns out to be wrong.

The posture used when a claim is still being explored or formed.

What currently supports a claim.

Accumulated confusion about who can decide, who must review, and who owns consequences.

The mode of engagement a team should take toward a claim at a given time.

The posture used when a previously accepted claim needs to be checked again.

A measurable or observable condition used to detect whether reality may be changing.

A threshold crossing or event that causes a claim, assumption, belief, commitment, or trigger design to be reviewed.

Unresolved ambiguity that has been carried forward into action instead of clarified.

An assumption that is materially shaping action without being named.

The point at which a monitoring signal becomes meaningful enough to require attention.

A threshold crossing or event that requires action, reassessment, or both.

The belief that a particular signal or threshold meaningfully indicates a need for response or reassessment.

The process of reviewing whether a trigger, threshold, or monitoring signal still represents meaningful risk or change.