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name: ashby-1956
description: Apply the Ashby 1956: An Introduction to Cybernetics article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Ashby 1956: An Introduction to Cybernetics

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/ashby-1956). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/ashby-1956.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/ashby-1956/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

The Source W. Ross Ashby. An Introduction to Cybernetics . Chapman & Hall, London, 1956. 295 pp. No DOI assigned; ISBN 978-0416683004. Companion volume: Design for a Brain Wiley, 1960 . The Claim A system survives only if it matches the com

## Representations

- Human: /a/ashby-1956
- JSON: /api/articles/ashby-1956
- Relationships: /api/articles/ashby-1956/topology
- History: /api/articles/ashby-1956/revisions
