My Agent Skill for Test-Driven Development

Jason Swett argues that agents only write useful tests if they are given a concrete process to follow. Models may know about TDD in the abstract, but they default to vague, performative, or overcomplicated tests.

Basing the agent loop on “specify, encode, fulfil” gives the agent an executable target, keeps speculative implementation (code/feature bloat) in check, and makes refactoring easier to review.