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+id: CUST-CPT-FOER-2026-000001
+type: concept
+title: "Foerster Capabilities — Seed Concepts v0.1"
+status: active
+owners: ["Bernd", "Custodian"]
+created: "2026-02-24"
+updated: "2026-02-24"
+scope:
+  domains: ["Foerster Capabilities"]
+  sensitivity: internal
+tags: ["concepts", "cybernetics", "capabilities"]
+---
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+# Foerster Capabilities — Seed Concepts v0.1
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+1. **Non-Trivial Machine** — a system whose output depends on internal state/history, not only current input.
+2. **Governability** — degree to which an environment/controller can constrain and steer the system.
+3. **Reliability** — stability of behavior under expected conditions; predictability of failure modes.
+4. **Adaptivity** — capacity to adjust behavior in response to changing environment and feedback.
+5. **Reflexivity** — capacity to model/self-reference its own behavior and update based on that model.
+6. **Autonomy** — ability to set and pursue goals with limited external control.
+7. **Sovereignty** — autonomy plus control over critical dependencies (resources, memory, tooling).
+8. **Capability Vector** — multi-dimensional description placing a system in capability space.
+9. **Interaction Envelope** — boundary conditions within which safe, intended interaction holds.
+10. **Control Surface** — set of levers available to govern a system (policies, tools, incentives).