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name: test-driven-development

description: Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code. Enforces RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle.

graph:

domains: [domain:software-engineering]

skillAreas: [skill-area:agentic-loops, skill-area:orchestration-loop]

workflows: [workflow:feature-development]

topics: [topic:developer-experience]

roles: [role:tech-lead, role:backend-engineer]

2. **Verify RED** - Run test, confirm it fails for the right reason

3. **GREEN** - Write simplest code to pass (YAGNI)

4. **Verify GREEN** - Run test + full suite, all must pass

5. **REFACTOR** - Clean up while keeping tests green

6. **COMMIT** - Frequent small commits

## Red Flags (STOP and Start Over)

- Code before test

- Test passes immediately

- "I'll test after"

- "Too simple to test"

- Rationalizing "just this once"

## Agents Used

- Process agents defined in `test-driven-development.js`

## Tool Use

Invoke via babysitter process: `methodologies/superpowers/test-driven-development`