# Context-Specific Coupling

> Baking one caller's specific assumptions into a component, preventing its reuse elsewhere.

Record: `lexicon:context-specific-coupling`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-context-specific-coupling

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Centralized Runtime Control](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/centralized-runtime-control.md) and before [Copy-Paste Programming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/copy-paste-programming.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## Negated by

- [Reusability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/reusability.md)

## Linked from

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)