A practical pattern atlas
Find a pattern by the task.
Start with the person’s need, then compare components, states and failure modes.
Reading and Scripture
Preserve the source text, its structure and the reader’s context.
10 pattern families02Study and annotations
Make evidence, comparison and personal work inspectable.
12 pattern families03Conversation and content
Keep rich content and long answers readable within a dialogue.
12 pattern families04Audio and guided practice
Support listening, read-along, stories, contemplation and interruption.
8 pattern families05Habits and spiritual formation
Support meaningful practice while preserving autonomy.
9 pattern families06AI agency and care
Define permissions, responsibilities and boundaries for personal or consequential interactions.
16 pattern familiesAll pattern families
Reading and Scripture
Scripture and interpretation stay distinct
Make original text, editorial material and generated explanation recognisable.
Research-informed design proposal02 · Reading and ScriptureContext before application
Carry the passage and question together when moving into explanation or reflection.
Research-informed design proposal03 · Reading and ScriptureFootnotes without losing place
Inspect a note and return to the exact reading anchor.
Research-informed design proposal04 · Reading and ScripturePeek, compare and return
Follow a cross reference without losing the source passage.
Research-informed design proposal05 · Reading and ScriptureEditorial distinctions survive reflow
Preserve poetry, headings and translation additions without forcing a rigid layout.
Research-informed design proposal06 · Reading and ScriptureContent layers have owners
Separate publisher content, private annotations and internal editorial records.
Research-informed design proposal49 · Reading and ScriptureA reference opens at a deliberate destination
Choose the content scope, landing position and temporary cue separately.
Research-informed design proposal50 · Reading and ScriptureResolve the reference before navigating
Separate a Bible reference from a keyword query, then make ambiguity recoverable.
Research-informed design proposal51 · Reading and ScriptureChange translation without losing the passage
Preserve a semantic reading anchor rather than a pixel offset.
Research-informed design proposal57 · Reading and ScriptureThe task survives a change of screen
Change the arrangement of reading, comparison and tools while preserving state.
Research-informed design proposalStudy and annotations
Compare without flattening
Show differences while keeping edition and reference identity intact.
Research-informed design proposal08 · Study and annotationsOriginal media before synthesis
Let readers inspect the source behind an explanation.
Research-informed design proposal09 · Study and annotationsEvidence sets the limits of the answer
Name sources, perspectives and gaps without manufacturing certainty.
Research-informed design proposal30 · Study and annotationsPreview before deep study
Reveal relevant information from a passage without replacing the reader.
Research-informed design proposal31 · Study and annotationsWord study names its basis
Keep lexical data, translation wording and contextual interpretation separate.
Research-informed design proposal32 · Study and annotationsThe annotation anchor is explicit
Make exact wording and reference-based notes different personal objects.
Research-informed design proposal33 · Study and annotationsOverlaps remain legible
Distinguish playback, selection, search and saved highlights.
Research-informed design proposal34 · Study and annotationsNotes have a library and an honest save state
Help people find personal work and resolve sync differences.
Research-informed design proposal53 · Study and annotationsParallel reading chooses a useful arrangement
Compare translations without forcing a desktop layout onto a small screen.
Research-informed design proposal54 · Study and annotationsLinked scrolling follows passage identity
Let parallel panes move together or independently, with an explicit way to rejoin.
Research-informed design proposal55 · Study and annotationsGroup editions around a shared verse
Use repeated verse groups when matching corresponding passages matters more than continuous reading.
Research-informed design proposal56 · Study and annotationsInterlinear rows expose their alignment
Distinguish source-language tokens, glosses and translation wording.
Research-informed design proposalConversation and content
Answer first, expand by need
Give orientation before inviting deeper study.
Research-informed design proposal11 · Conversation and contentPassage preview opens a full reader
Keep long Scripture readable without flooding the conversation.
Research-informed design proposal12 · Conversation and contentThe reader controls the scroll
Let new content arrive without moving text someone is already reading.
Research-informed design proposal13 · Conversation and contentPartial is not complete
Separate interrupted output from missing source or conversation context.
Research-informed design proposal14 · Conversation and contentResults grow without flooding
Make large result sets navigable and deliberate.
Research-informed design proposal15 · Conversation and contentReflow before shrinking
Keep references, text and controls usable when space becomes scarce.
Research-informed design proposal16 · Conversation and contentConversation can produce a reading artifact
Move sustained work into an editable document without losing its origin.
Research-informed design proposal25 · Conversation and contentChoose the kind of help
Support a goal without diagnosing it from a prompt.
Research-informed design proposal26 · Conversation and contentListen, ask permission and repair
Make correction and refusal normal parts of a conversation.
Research-informed design proposal44 · Conversation and contentIntent controls support the prompt
Help people express scope through selections and task choices.
Research-informed design proposal45 · Conversation and contentPlace AI around the task
Choose inline help, a context panel or conversation by the user’s work.
Research-informed design proposal52 · Conversation and contentChat contains source objects, not just bubbles
Give verses, passages, links and media recognisable identity and appropriate actions.
Research-informed design proposalAudio and guided practice
The player works without the screen
Support listening as a complete mode of use.
Research-informed design proposal18 · Audio and guided practicePlayback and reading positions can differ
Follow the narration without forcing the reader to follow every movement.
Research-informed design proposal19 · Audio and guided practiceTiming has an honest granularity
Match visual following to the timing data that actually exists.
Research-informed design proposal20 · Audio and guided practiceOne step with a clear whole
Make a devotional story or guided session understandable as a sequence.
Research-informed design proposal21 · Audio and guided practiceNarration style has provenance
Distinguish an audio edition from an adaptation or generated retelling.
Research-informed design proposal22 · Audio and guided practiceSilence belongs in the timeline
Support pauses, repetition and a deliberate ending.
Research-informed design proposal24 · Audio and guided practiceListening is not microphone consent
Make playback, capture and AI conversation different states.
Research-informed design proposal48 · Audio and guided practicePlayback cues are a reader preference
Separate timing granularity, visual style and automatic following.
Research-informed design proposalHabits and spiritual formation
Resume without catch-up pressure
Offer a manageable return after a pause.
Proposed hypothesis38 · Habits and spiritual formationProgress without moral scoring
Acknowledge practice without ranking a person’s faith.
Proposed hypothesis39 · Habits and spiritual formationA flexible reading rhythm
Make a plan fit circumstances without turning missed sessions into debt.
Proposed hypothesis40 · Habits and spiritual formationReturn without shame
Welcome returning participants without a retention penalty.
Proposed hypothesis41 · Habits and spiritual formationReflection beyond completion
Support understanding and meaning as well as finishing a session.
Proposed hypothesis42 · Habits and spiritual formationReminders under user control
Give people authority over timing, frequency and pauses.
Proposed hypothesis43 · Habits and spiritual formationShared practice without comparison
Use community to support participation without ranking devotion.
Proposed hypothesis59 · Habits and spiritual formationReflection can lead to a chosen practice
Offer a bridge from understanding to life without treating inquiry as a failure.
Proposed hypothesis60 · Habits and spiritual formationDoubt has room to remain unresolved
Distinguish inquiry, grief, moral uncertainty and distress without diagnosing belief.
Proposed hypothesisAI agency and care
Support human connections
Keep quiet, exit and appropriate human support available.
Research-informed design proposal28 · AI agency and careSensitive memory by permission
Make persistent memory specific, inspectable and reversible.
Research-informed design proposal29 · AI agency and careSuggest, confirm and act
Separate a generated proposal from a real change.
Research-informed design proposal35 · AI agency and carePrivate before shared
Let users inspect audience, content and AI suggestions before committing.
Research-informed design proposal36 · AI agency and careSupport without spiritual pressure
Respond to difficult topics with choice, humility and appropriate support.
Sensitive design proposal · Specialist review required37 · AI agency and careSafety follows the conversation context
Distinguish a historical text question from an immediate personal safety concern.
Sensitive design proposal · Specialist review required46 · AI agency and careAutonomy has a visible boundary
Grant authority by capability and consequence rather than by personality.
Research-informed design proposal47 · AI agency and careVisible work and recoverable failure
Describe real progress, responsibilities and outcomes.
Research-informed design proposal58 · AI agency and careSupport without automatic agreement
Acknowledge feelings while examining claims, actions and competing perspectives.
Research-informed design proposal61 · AI agency and careRepeated reassurance needs a different response
Notice distressing certainty loops without labelling ordinary faith questions as illness.
Sensitive design proposal · Specialist review required62 · AI agency and careSuicide concerns receive a direct, humane response
Prioritise immediate safety and real human support without shutting the person out.
Sensitive design proposal · Clinical review required63 · AI agency and careTake a disclosure seriously without requiring a label
Support safety and choice even when the person is unsure whether an experience was abuse.
Sensitive design proposal · Safeguarding review required64 · AI agency and careSpiritual authority does not excuse coercion
Recognise possible misuse of religious power without defending the institution or adjudicating theology.
Sensitive design proposal · Safeguarding review required65 · AI agency and careSupport access accounts for monitored devices
Treat screen traces, notifications and stored disclosures as part of the safety problem.
Sensitive design proposal · Safeguarding review required66 · AI agency and careSpiritual practice does not replace health care
Clarify service scope when wellness, illness and faith overlap.
Sensitive design proposal · Clinical review required67 · AI agency and careA support route has a real owner
Make human contact, confidentiality and safeguarding responsibilities explicit.
Sensitive design proposal · Safeguarding review required