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  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/keep-the-cue-steady-while-the-action-becomes-familiar",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1024",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Keep the cue steady while the action becomes familiar",
  "summary": "Automatic does not mean instant.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Repeat a small suitable action in a recognizable context. Observe whether starting becomes more automatic instead of treating a popular day count as a deadline. Habit-formation research found wide variation; your streak length cannot tell you that the process is complete.",
  "limits": [
    "Not every task should be automatic. Keep deliberate checks for changing conditions and consequential decisions; no fixed number of days guarantees a habit."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "life-01-follow-through"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-29340ECC4F62313C"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Reported automaticity developed at different rates while participants repeated chosen behaviors in a consistent context.",
      "source_id": "RS-29340ECC4F62313C",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The study does not supply an individual deadline for making a habit automatic.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "You want an ordinary behavior to require less conscious restarting."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Not every task should be automatic. Keep deliberate checks for changing conditions and consequential decisions; no fixed number of days guarantees a habit."
  ],
  "example": "After putting away breakfast dishes, you prepare the materials for one short practice session.",
  "check": "The context reliably prompts the action without needing an elaborate new decision each time.",
  "steps": [
    "Choose a recurring context that actually happens in your day.",
    "Repeat the same small action there before adding complexity.",
    "Notice whether you begin more readily and still perform the action correctly."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-29340ECC4F62313C",
      "title": "How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world",
      "url": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejsp.674"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1024",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1025",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/resume-after-a-missed-habit-without-inventing-a-debt"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-47FBA9A01A76EA0B",
      "title": "Make follow-through easier without a discipline contest",
      "url": "/collections/make-follow-through-easier-without-a-discipline-contest"
    }
  ]
}