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Question Raised on Automated Tests for AI Coding Agents

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OPSimon Willison#193Simon Willison@SIMONW

Do you have your coding agents include automated tests for the code that they write?

12:23 PM · May 25, 2026 View on X
REPLYSimon Willison#193Simon Willison@SIMONW

(I'm firmly on team red/green TDD for agent code, I like having a test suite that protects against them breaking old features when they make new changes - https://simonwillison.net/guides/agentic-engineering-patterns/red-green-tdd/)

Simon WillisonSimon Willison@simonw

Do you have your coding agents include automated tests for the code that they write?

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