Genie Sessions: TCR Skill

How TCR with AI Skills creates safer, faster test-driven development cycles

Test & Commit or Revert (TCR) eliminates broken code by auto-reverting failed tests—but manual resets kill flow. By pairing TCR discipline with AI Skills (like Claude's function calling), you can automate the revert-and-retry loop, letting the genie handle syntax errors and false starts while you focus on design decisions. This blend turns TCR from a rigorous practice into a practical, AI-augmented workflow.

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Questions this essay answers

  • How can AI Skills automate the revert cycle in TCR?
  • Does TCR work better with AI pair programming than solo?
  • Can Skills help junior engineers adopt TCR without constant context-switching?
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