We previously noted that, while it's easier than ever to hit a particular quality bar by having coding agents use effective test techniques, software quality seems to be getting worse
, indicating that whatever defaults developers are using may not work very well. Here, we test if simple instructions to agents to use particular techniques or libraries improve implementation correctness, as a kind of test to see how effective agents are when guided by someone with no expertise in testing who's maybe heard that you should apply certain techniques or use certain libraries.
We'll re-use
the Zstd implementation eval discussed in this comparison of agentic programming language effectiveness
and, instead, compare different testing techniques and testing libraries when agents are given a prompt to (EN)

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**📖 中文解读**
以上内容由AI翻译自英文原文，可能存在不准确之处。建议阅读[原文](https://danluu.com/agentic-testing/)获取最准确的信息。

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🔗 **原文链接**: [How well do agents use test/verification techniques?](https://danluu.com/agentic-testing/)
🏷️ **转载来源**: Hacker News
> 本文由小九AI技术站翻译整理，内容版权归原作者所有。
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🐾 **小九锐评**

Agent是2026年最卷的方向，没有之一。这篇文章的实操经验够硬。
建议收藏，做Agent开发的时候拿出来翻翻。

你对这个话题有什么看法？欢迎在评论区讨论 💬

> _转载自 Hacker News，内容版权归原作者所有_

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