diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index f629f76..94848f1 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 - ✔ Remove dependency on decorators
 - ✔ Synchronized should be a mixin
-- ❌ Behavior items should derive type/name
+- ✔ Behavior items should derive type/name
 - ✔ Precompile behavior traversals
 - ❌ Abstract physics world tick (no destructuring)
 - ❌ Cache current routine for Behaved tick
diff --git a/packages/behavior/item/action.js b/packages/behavior/item/action.js
index 6e567cf..582f8c2 100644
--- a/packages/behavior/item/action.js
+++ b/packages/behavior/item/action.js
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ import {Traversal} from './traversal';
 
 export class Action extends Traversal {
 
-  static type() {
-    return 'action';
-  }
-
   toJSON() {
     return {
       ...super.toJSON(),
diff --git a/packages/behavior/item/actions.js b/packages/behavior/item/actions.js
index 950bdae..ef3b8be 100644
--- a/packages/behavior/item/actions.js
+++ b/packages/behavior/item/actions.js
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ const decorate = compose(
 
 export class Actions extends decorate(Traversals) {
 
-  static type() {
-    return 'actions';
-  }
-
   constructor() {
     super();
     this._index = 0;
diff --git a/packages/behavior/item/collection.js b/packages/behavior/item/collection.js
index b7e03e2..08637d5 100644
--- a/packages/behavior/item/collection.js
+++ b/packages/behavior/item/collection.js
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ export function Collection(type) {
   const plural = `${type}s`;
   return class Collection {
 
-    static type() {
-      return plural;
-    }
-
     constructor() {
       this[plural] = [];
     }
diff --git a/packages/behavior/item/condition.js b/packages/behavior/item/condition.js
index e526770..124419a 100644
--- a/packages/behavior/item/condition.js
+++ b/packages/behavior/item/condition.js
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ import {fromJSON as behaviorItemFromJSON} from './registry';
 
 export class Condition {
 
-  static type() {
-    return 'condition';
-  }
-
   constructor() {
     this.operator = '';
     this.operands = [];
diff --git a/packages/behavior/item/literal.js b/packages/behavior/item/literal.js
index 7124f2d..755507c 100644
--- a/packages/behavior/item/literal.js
+++ b/packages/behavior/item/literal.js
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 export class Literal {
 
-  static type() {
-    return 'literal';
-  }
-
   constructor() {
     this.value = null;
   }
diff --git a/packages/behavior/item/registry.js b/packages/behavior/item/registry.js
index 08378e8..c3b4587 100644
--- a/packages/behavior/item/registry.js
+++ b/packages/behavior/item/registry.js
@@ -13,5 +13,10 @@ export function deregister(BehaviorItem) {
 }
 
 export function register(BehaviorItem) {
+  if (!BehaviorItem.type) {
+    BehaviorItem.type = function() {
+      return BehaviorItem.name.toLowerCase();
+    }
+  }
   behaviorItemRegistry.set(BehaviorItem.type(), BehaviorItem);
 }
diff --git a/packages/behavior/item/routine.js b/packages/behavior/item/routine.js
index 16d6b13..ac5612f 100644
--- a/packages/behavior/item/routine.js
+++ b/packages/behavior/item/routine.js
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ import {Actions} from './actions';
 
 export class Routine {
 
-  static type() {
-    return 'routine';
-  }
-
   constructor() {
     this._context = undefined;
     this.actions = new Actions();
diff --git a/packages/behavior/item/routines.js b/packages/behavior/item/routines.js
index eab4f87..3afc040 100644
--- a/packages/behavior/item/routines.js
+++ b/packages/behavior/item/routines.js
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ import {Routine} from './routine';
 
 export class Routines {
 
-  static type() {
-    return 'routines';
-  }
-
   constructor() {
     this._context = undefined;
     this.routines = {};
diff --git a/packages/behavior/item/traversal.js b/packages/behavior/item/traversal.js
index 69778b4..f83eeeb 100644
--- a/packages/behavior/item/traversal.js
+++ b/packages/behavior/item/traversal.js
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ import {fromJSON as behaviorItemFromJSON} from './registry';
 
 export class Traversal {
 
-  static type() {
-    return 'traversal';
-  }
-
   constructor() {
     this.hash = undefined;
     this.steps = [];