pi-red-green

TDD enforcement for Pi coding agent sessions. Forces agents to follow the RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle: write failing tests first, implement minimally, then refactor.

Installation

pi install npm:pi-red-green

Usage

Start a TDD session

/tdd Add user authentication

This enters RED phase. The agent's system prompt is modified to enforce writing failing tests first.

Check status

/tdd-status

Shows current phase, task, file history, test results, and staleness.

End a TDD session

/tdd off

Phase cycle

1. RED: Write failing tests. Agent is blocked from writing implementation.
2. GREEN: Tests are failing as expected. Write the simplest code to pass.
3. REFACTOR: Tests pass. Clean up without adding behavior.
4. COMPLETE: Cycle done. Start a new task or deactivate.

Phase transitions happen automatically when test runner output is detected (vitest, jest, pytest, go test, cargo test, etc).

LLM Tools

The extension registers three tools the agent can call:

Tool	Description
tdd_status	Returns current phase, task, file history, test results
tdd_advance	Manually advance to next phase (escape hatch)
tdd_reset	Reset TDD state to idle

Configuration

Create ~/.pi/red-green/config.json to override defaults:

{
  "injection_mode": "active-only",
  "ordering_enforcement": "warn",
  "auto_advance": true,
  "coverage_threshold": 80,
  "coverage_enabled": false,
  "test_file_patterns": {
    "typescript": ["**/*.test.ts", "**/*.spec.ts"],
    "python": ["**/test_*.py", "**/*_test.py"],
    "go": ["**/*_test.go"],
    "rust": ["**/tests/**/*.rs"],
    "java": ["**/*Test.java", "**/*Spec.java"],
    "php": ["**/*Test.php"]
  },
  "test_runner_patterns": [
    "vitest", "jest", "pytest", "go test", "cargo test",
    "phpunit", "mix test", "npm test"
  ]
}

Injection modes

• active-only (default): Only inject TDD prompts when /tdd is active
• always: Inject TDD guidance on every turn, nudge when idle
• nudge: Inject gentle "consider writing tests first" reminders
• off: No injection

Ordering enforcement

• warn (default): Warn when implementation files are edited before test files
• strict: Instruct the agent to delete implementation and start over with tests
• off: No enforcement

Storage

Runtime data lives under ~/.pi/red-green/:

~/.pi/red-green/
  config.json     # User config overrides
  state.json      # Current TDD state (survives session restarts)
  history.jsonl   # Completed TDD cycles

License

MIT