Compare concepts
Capability and Agency
Compared from declared Lexicon data only. Shared relationships are not a claim the concepts agree.
How they relate
- Agency distinct-from Capability
Both declare: distinct-from:authority.
| Capability | Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | An ability to achieve a stated outcome under defined conditions. A declaration alone does not establish a usable implementation. | A Thing's capacity to choose and act, represented through its intentions, decisions and commitments. Granted and widened only by recorded act; never a property a system develops. |
| Adoption | proposed | adopted |
| Change rule | ordinary | entrenched |
| Decision | none; proposed | thecy-ascode docs-ascode/decisions/PILLAR-OWNERSHIP-2026-10-13.json |
| belief What does it hold to be true? | Not captured. | Not captured. |
| purpose Why does it exist? | Not captured. | Not captured. |
| intention What does it set out to do? | Not captured. | Not captured. |
| agency Who chooses and acts? | Not captured. | Not captured. |
| capability What can it actually do? | Not captured. | Not captured. |
| consequence What follows from it? | Not captured. | Not captured. |
| responsibility Who answers for it? | Not captured. | Not captured. |
| wisdom What does it learn and keep? | Not captured. | Not captured. |
| unity How does it fit with others? | Not captured. | Not captured. |