Asked Claude to Commit Code, It Started Writing Unit Tests Instead
silver__tsuki · x · 2026-09-24
A user asked Claude to commit some code, only to find it unpromptedly started writing unit tests. The moment sparks discussion about coding agents expanding task scope on their own — a showcase of autonomy that can delight or surprise.
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