Prompting AI Agents to Write Automated Tests
dotey · x · 2026-07-18
Introduces how to guide AI Agents to write automated tests via prompting. If a project lacks tests, simply prompt: "Please help me initialize automated tests." If tests already exist, add instructions to the AGENTS.md file requiring the Agent to write test code while implementing features, and verify the implementation using the tests upon completion.
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