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Anti-patternv1AP-020

Abstract-agent-design anti-pattern

designing cognitive agents that are too abstract to execute, where vague intentions like "be more intentional" substitute for specific trigger-condition-action sequences, producing agents that feel good to design but never fire

Why This Is an Anti-Pattern

Inverts cue-dependency (Cue-dependency pattern). Violates Implementation intentions (if-then plans) significantly… (implementation intentions need specificity). Recurs in vague resolutions, unactionable goals, abstract self-improvement.