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Aug 24, 2026

The Contract Test Is the Only Witness the Agent Cannot Author

A test the agent wrote against code the same agent wrote shares the agent's blind spot: a misunderstanding in the implementation becomes a matching misunderstanding in the test, the bar goes green, and the bug ships certified. Consumer-driven contract tests are the only category where a second team publishes the assertion the first team has to satisfy. That separation of authorship is exactly what tamper-resistant test design demanded, applied at the integration seam.

Aug 24, 20268 min read1 reactions2 comments