Criteria Test Loop

Quick start

• Define success criteria or tests.
• Implement the naive correct version.
• Iterate until tests pass.
• Optimize only after correctness.

Procedure

1. Convert the request into explicit success checks.
2. Write or select tests that prove success.
3. Implement the simplest correct solution.
4. Run or reason through tests; fix failures.
5. Optimize while preserving the tests.

Output format

• Success criteria: bullets.
• Tests: new or existing.
• Result: pass/fail and notes.
• Optimization (optional): what changed and why.

Guardrails

• Do not optimize before correctness.
• Keep the test loop tight and explicit.
• If tests are missing, add the smallest set that proves success.