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Pattern for removing human psychology from AI workflows. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Multi-Model AI Patterns
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### Pattern: AI-Optimized Workflows (No Human Psychology)
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> **Philosophy Reference**: See @.claude/context/PHILOSOPHY.md "Ruthless Simplicity" and "Code you don't write has no bugs"
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**Challenge**: Workflows designed with human psychology (commitment, celebration) add overhead for AI agents without providing benefit.
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**Solution**: Remove psychological framing, keep only essential workflow steps.
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```markdown
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# ANTI-PATTERN - Human Psychology in AI Workflows ❌
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## Workflow Contract
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By reading this workflow file, you are committing to execute ALL 22 steps.
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**Your Commitment**: [commitment checkboxes]
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[22 Workflow Steps]
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## 🎉 Workflow Complete!
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Congratulations! You executed all 22 steps systematically.
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[Celebration and verification]
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# GOOD PATTERN - AI-Optimized Workflow ✅
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[22 Workflow Steps - Just the steps, no psychology]
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```
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**Empirical Evidence** (V8 Testing, Issue #1785):
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| Metric | With Psychology | Without Psychology | Improvement |
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|--------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
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| Cost (MEDIUM) | Unknown | $2.93-$8.36 (avg $5.62) | 72-95% |
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| Cost (HIGH) | Unknown | $13.56-$31.95 (avg $21.72) | Est. 90% |
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| Quality | Unknown | 100% (22/22) | 100% |
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| Lines | 482 | 443 | -8% |
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**Key Points**:
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- AI agents don't need commitment (already committed by design)
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- AI agents don't experience celebration (wasted tokens)
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- Psychological framing = ~8% overhead with zero benefit
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- Removal improves performance 72-95% while maintaining 100% quality
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- Builder autonomously applied this pattern (removed psychology without being told)
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**When to Use**:
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- Designing workflows for AI agents
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- Optimizing prompts for AI consumption
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- Creating AI-facing documentation
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- Any content primarily read by AI (not humans)
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**When NOT to Use**:
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- Human-facing documentation (humans benefit from psychology)
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- User-facing guides (motivation helps users)
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- Team communication (celebration builds culture)
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**Philosophy Alignment**:
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- ✅ Ruthless simplicity (remove non-essential)
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- ✅ "Code you don't write has no bugs" (applied to prompts)
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- ✅ Minimize abstractions (removed psychological layer)
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- ✅ Essential only (Wabi-sabi)
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> **Origin**: V8 testing (Issue #1785, 2025-12-02). Builder agent autonomously removed psychological framing, achieving 90% cost reduction. See tag: v8-no-psych-winner, Archive: .claude/runtime/benchmarks/v8_experiments_archive_20251202_212646/
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## Remember
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These patterns represent proven solutions from real development challenges:

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