Originally published at tddbuddy.com.
This is part 2 of the "Vocabulary Is the Product" series. Part 1, The Hidden Output of TDD Was Never Code, argues that the vocabulary a disciplined test suite produces is the compounding asset most teams never account for. Part 3, Product Literacy Is the New Core Engineering Skill, names what that means for how teams hire, review, and grow. Related reading: The Bar for TDD Just Moved and Your Test Suite Is Your API for Agents.
Agents do not bring vocabulary to a codebase. They amplify whatever vocabulary they find.
That single fact reshapes the calculus on every naming decision a team has ever deferred. The disciplined codebase and the undisciplined one both get faster. Only one of them gets better.
Agents Mirror What They Find
