---
id: "explicit-metadata-installation"
type: "concept"
title: "Explicit metadata validation and installation"
summary: "Validation does not install; installation requires confirmation."
problem: "Auto-applying packs or proposals would silently change runtime behavior."
why: "Reviewable, deterministic, reversible configuration changes."
mentalModel: "Treat metadata packs like deployments."
audiences: ["builders", "developers"]
related: ["intelligence-proposals", "effective-metadata"]
---
# Explicit metadata validation and installation

Validation does not install; installation requires confirmation.

## Problem

Auto-applying packs or proposals would silently change runtime behavior.

## Why

Reviewable, deterministic, reversible configuration changes.

## Mental model

Treat metadata packs like deployments.