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>>net01+(OP)
> Copilot excels at low-to-medium complexity tasks

Oh cool!

> in well-tested codebases

Oh ok never mind

>>muglug+34
As peer commenters have noted, coding agent can be really good at improving test coverage when needed.

But also as a slightly deeper observation - agentic coding tools really do benefit significantly from good test coverage. Tests are a way to “box in” the agent and allow it to check its work regularly. While they aren’t necessary for these tools to work, they can enable coding agents to accomplish a lot more on your behalf.

(I work on Copilot coding agent)