{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/make-the-first-version-simple-enough-to-repeat-before-making-it-impressive",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0905",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Make the first version simple enough to repeat before making it impressive",
  "summary": "Automaticity has an easier time learning a small repeatable unit.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "The habit review notes simpler repetitive behaviors with clear cues can be easier to automate. Start with the smallest version that still preserves the identity of the behavior, then expand after the cue-response link is reliable. Complexity can be layered later without making initiation complex.",
  "limits": [
    "Do not shrink safety-critical or clinically prescribed behavior below its effective requirement."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-habit-daily-operating-system"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-8A8121875B5A038C"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "The systematic review discusses simpler repetitive behaviors and clear cues as favorable characteristics for habit formation.",
      "source_id": "RS-8A8121875B5A038C",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Do not shrink safety-critical or clinically prescribed behavior below its effective requirement.",
      "locator": "See source record"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A new habit starts with a complex routine containing many steps and decisions."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Do not shrink safety-critical or clinically prescribed behavior below its effective requirement."
  ],
  "example": "Start a mobility habit with one five-minute sequence rather than a 45-minute program with different exercises every day.",
  "check": "The habit has a consistent start that can survive low-motivation days.",
  "steps": [
    "Define the smallest real version of the behavior.",
    "Keep the cue and start sequence stable.",
    "Repeat that version until initiation becomes easier.",
    "Expand duration or sophistication without changing the cue unnecessarily."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-8A8121875B5A038C",
      "title": "Time to Form a Habit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Health Behaviour Habit Formation and Its Determinants",
      "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11641623/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-886B56010DBE46F3",
      "title": "Build habits for real time scales, stable cues and automatic starts",
      "url": "/collections/build-habits-for-real-time-scales-stable-cues-and-automatic-starts"
    }
  ]
}