Principlev1PR-993
Verify habit automaticity by checking whether the behavior…
Verify habit automaticity by checking whether the behavior fires from context without conscious decision rather than checking whether the behavior occurs consistently, since consistency can be maintained through willpower without successful delegation.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Automaticity Without Conscious Control (automatic processes without voluntary control), Habits as Context-Response Associations (habits are context-triggered), and Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (executive function is finite—willpower-maintained behaviors consume it). The principle prescribes testing for automaticity specifically, not mere consistency, because the delegation goal is to free executive function, which willpower-based consistency does not achieve.