Automatic Patterns
Automatic patterns capture your instinctive reaction when you are dropped into a realistic scenario with emotional stakes, revealing your default behaviour under pressure rather than your idealised self-image.
Instead of asking you to rate yourself, scenario questions place you in a situation with real stakes and ask what you would instinctively do. This surfaces your automatic pattern — how you actually behave under pressure — which is often different from how you picture yourself.
Its role in your Kompunik score
Automatic patterns are heavily weighted as capability evidence, second only to behaviour frequency. They are harder to game than a self-rating, which is why the assessment leans on them to keep your score honest.