We investigate how the pairing mechanism influences the chirality of a superconducting state (i.e., how the gap function winds in the complex plane) in systems with Berry curvature. We demonstrate that short-range attractive interactions, such as those mediated by phonons, favor superconducting states where the chirality is positive when the Berry curvature is positive and vice versa. In contrast, overscreened repulsive interactions, as in the Kohn–Luttinger mechanism, favor superconducting states where the chirality is negative when the Berry curvature is positive, and vice versa. We establish these trends in both a fully controlled limit and in an effective model for rhombohedral multilayer graphene–a system where signatures of chiral superconductivity were recently observed. Our theory provides a new framework for identifying the pairing mechanism of multi-band superconductors with Berry curvature.