# Contextual Pattern Selection

> A technique for choosing a pattern by the forces of the problem at hand instead of by familiarity.

Record: `lexicon:contextual-pattern-selection`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-contextual-pattern-selection

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Anchor to Use Cases](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/anchor-to-use-cases.md) and before [Dead Code Check](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dead-code-check.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## Refactors

- [Golden Hammer](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/golden-hammer.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)