TDD Governance for Multi-Agent Code Generation via Prompt Engineering
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| author | Hasanli, Tarlan Siddeeq, Shahbaz Khanal, Bishwash Kotilainen, Pyry Mikkonen, Tommi Abrahamsson, Pekka |
| author_facet | Hasanli, Tarlan Siddeeq, Shahbaz Khanal, Bishwash Kotilainen, Pyry Mikkonen, Tommi Abrahamsson, Pekka |
| contents | Large language models (LLMs) accelerate software development but often exhibit instability, non-determinism, and weak adherence to development discipline in unconstrained workflows. While test-driven development (TDD) provides a structured Red-Green-Refactor process, existing LLM-based approaches typically use tests as auxiliary inputs rather than enforceable process constraints. We present an AI-native TDD framework that operationalizes classical TDD principles as structured prompt-level and workflow-level governance mechanisms. Extracted principles are formalized in a machine-readable manifesto and distributed across planning, generation, repair, and validation stages within a layered architecture that separates model proposal from deterministic engine authority. The system enforces phase ordering, bounded repair loops, validation gates, and atomic mutation control to improve stability and reproducibility. We describe architecture and discuss encoding software engineering discipline directly into prompt orchestration, which we think offers a promising direction for reliable LLM-assisted development. |
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| spellingShingle | TDD Governance for Multi-Agent Code Generation via Prompt Engineering Hasanli, Tarlan Siddeeq, Shahbaz Khanal, Bishwash Kotilainen, Pyry Mikkonen, Tommi Abrahamsson, Pekka Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence Large language models (LLMs) accelerate software development but often exhibit instability, non-determinism, and weak adherence to development discipline in unconstrained workflows. While test-driven development (TDD) provides a structured Red-Green-Refactor process, existing LLM-based approaches typically use tests as auxiliary inputs rather than enforceable process constraints. We present an AI-native TDD framework that operationalizes classical TDD principles as structured prompt-level and workflow-level governance mechanisms. Extracted principles are formalized in a machine-readable manifesto and distributed across planning, generation, repair, and validation stages within a layered architecture that separates model proposal from deterministic engine authority. The system enforces phase ordering, bounded repair loops, validation gates, and atomic mutation control to improve stability and reproducibility. We describe architecture and discuss encoding software engineering discipline directly into prompt orchestration, which we think offers a promising direction for reliable LLM-assisted development. |
| title | TDD Governance for Multi-Agent Code Generation via Prompt Engineering |
| topic | Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.26615 |