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test-first

Skill5 starsChanged 2 months agoMITView on GitHub

red before fix - write the failing test first, watch it fail, then fix

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The file

We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

2 rules. 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.

  • 0

    Common

    Most of the 20 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 2

    Distinctive

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 0

    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

  • Common
  • Distinctive
  • Very specific
  1. Distinctive:

    write the test that captures it.

    line 10
  2. Distinctive:

    run it, confirm it FAILS for the right reason (red).

    line 11

“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 20 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

Keep what fits and drop the rest. Your version, ready for your agents.
Files
SKILL.md

test-first

for any bug or new behaviour:

  1. write the test that captures it.
  2. run it, confirm it FAILS for the right reason (red).
  3. make it pass, and don't touch anything else.

a fix without a red test first is a guess. keep the test with the code it covers, in that project's own test setup - not in a folder here.

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