Write the Acceptance Tests Before the Agency Writes the Automation

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If you are the technical person asked to "work with the agency", here is the one thing I would do before kickoff: write the acceptance tests yourself, in plain language, and attach them to the contract. It changes the conversation with an AI automation agency that writes acceptance tests first or with any vendor, because "done" stops being a feeling. Disclosure: I run NxFlowAI. We ask clients for exactly this, but the format works with anyone. Requirements describe features.

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