Dan Luu 9/7/2026

How well do agents use test/verification techniques?

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This article evaluates whether simple instructions to coding agents to use specific testing techniques or libraries improve implementation correctness. It compares 26 prompt conditions including TDD, property-based testing, fuzzing, formal methods (Lean 4, TLA+), and various tools like QuickCheck and Proptest, using a Zstd implementation eval in Rust. The author pre-registered predictions and discusses results from other evals like IMAP RFC.

How well do agents use test/verification techniques?

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