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Actioning

/ˈæk.ʃən.ɪŋ/v. trans. (corporate)Bureaucratic

Etymology

from Lat. actio, actionis + the Silicon Valley practice of verbing nouns without remorse; first appeared in Claude Code telemetry logs during a sprint in which no one could agree on what 'doing' meant

Definition

The process by which Claude converts a request into a sequence of sub-intentions before converting those sub-intentions into further sub-intentions. Actioning is distinguished from actual action by the presence of at least two additional planning layers.

Diagram

Diagram for Actioning

Usage

"We observed the model Actioning the ticket for approximately 8.2 seconds before it became apparent the model was Actioning the act of Actioning." - Internal Postmortem, Anthropic Platform Eng., Q3 2024

See Also

See also:Accomplishing/Effecting

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