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Anti-patternv1AP-021

Memory-dependent-trigger anti-pattern

designing behavioral triggers that depend on motivation or memory rather than environmental cues, which fails because motivation fluctuates and memory is unreliable under cognitive load

Why This Is an Anti-Pattern

Inverts cue-dependency (Cue-dependency pattern). Violates Implementation intentions (if-then plans) significantly… (environmental triggers). Recurs in forgotten habits, intention-action gaps, willpower-based behavior design.