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red-green-proof

Turns a suspected bug into a proven one. Verify the cause against reality before claiming it, write a test that FAILS on the current code, apply the fix, watch it pass — then revert the fix and confirm the test goes red again, because a test that passes both ways proves nothing. Invoked bare after a debugging conversation, it takes the target from context rather than asking. Use when fixing a bug, investigating an incident, hardening a flaky area, or when asked to "add tests that reveal the bug". Triggers on "/red-green-proof", "prove the bug", "red-green", "make the test fail first", "is that test load-bearing", "reveal the bug with a test".

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# Red-Green-Proof

A bug is not fixed because the tests pass. A bug is fixed when a test **fails without your fix and passes with it**, and you have watched it do both.

## Overview

Use this skill when a bug, incident, flaky test, or unproven regression test is
under investigation. It applies a strict red-green-red loop: establish the
cause, observe a focused test fail, make the smallest fix, then remove the fix
and observe the test fail again. The final revert is the proof that the test is
actually coupled to the defect.

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