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title: "Primitive · Glossary · Agentic Atlas"
description: "Primitive: a motivation-agnostic substrate that patterns wield rather than apply: LLM dispatch (the parent-child execution edge) and the contract (the seam)."
canonical: "https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary/primitive"
last-updated: "2026-09-23"
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1. [Agentic Atlas](https://agentic-atlas.dev/)
2. [Glossary](https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary)
3. Primitive

Glossary definition

# Primitive

Atlas key

primitive

Catalog order

31

Used in

4 sections

Catalog revision · e0cb75881244b1a82193ca738b82a0d508dd62e822524ae82873ec79d51dbb61

a motivation-agnostic substrate that patterns *wield* rather than apply: LLM dispatch (the parent-child execution edge) and the contract (the seam). (AUTHORING → terms of art)

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## Used in

- [Baseline Skill](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/baseline-skill#relationships) Relationships · 1 mention
- [The Contract](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/contract-documentation#definition) Definition · 1 mention
- [Cost Relocation](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/cost-relocation#structure-two-branches-one-per-axis) Structure · 1 mention
- [Foundations](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/foundations#model-and-claims) Model and claims · 1 mention