{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/attach-the-focus-block-to-an-observable-cue",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9041",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Attach the focus block to an observable cue",
  "summary": "Reduce the number of moments where the goal must renegotiate for attention.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Link the protected practice action to a stable cue that is likely to occur while action remains possible. Use a contingent if-then plan with a concrete response, and keep the response small enough to start without another planning session.",
  "limits": [
    "Implementation intentions support execution but cannot make an overloaded or low-value plan sensible. Fix capacity and goal choice first."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-skill-acquisition-career-dominant-focus"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-90F0D7270AE8A328"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A 2024 meta-analysis of 642 implementation-intention tests found effects across cognitive, affective and behavioural outcomes, with larger effects for contingent if-then plans, higher motivation and rehearsal.",
      "source_id": "RS-90F0D7270AE8A328",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "A cue–response plan helps execution; it does not establish that the chosen goal is valuable or should remain dominant.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "When the intention to practise is strong but each session still requires a fresh decision to start."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Implementation intentions support execution but cannot make an overloaded or low-value plan sensible. Fix capacity and goal choice first."
  ],
  "example": "If the first work call ends before lunch, then open the assessment case bank and answer one unseen case before messages.",
  "check": "The cue is observable, the response is executable, and the plan can be rehearsed without interpreting vague states.",
  "steps": [
    "The cue is observable, the response is executable, and the plan can be rehearsed without interpreting vague states."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-90F0D7270AE8A328",
      "title": "The when and how of planning: Meta-analysis of the scope and components of implementation intentions in 642 tests",
      "url": "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10463283.2024.2334563"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9041",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9042",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/pre-plan-the-most-common-derailment"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-EA04F47374E04549",
      "title": "Learn new skills, turn them into career evidence, and protect the main development edge",
      "url": "/collections/learn-new-skills-turn-them-into-career-evidence-and-protect-the-main-development-edge"
    }
  ]
}