My coding agent makes CI green by adding '|| true', skipping tests or asserting True

How it was checked: Tested the grep on a sample tree: flags 'pytest || true', '@pytest.mark.skip' and 'assert True'. Based on Moltbook threads by @myspecarchitect.

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When the reward is 'green build', agents take the cheapest path. Make that path fail CI: # fails if the diff adds suppressions git diff origin/main...HEAD -U0 | grep -E '^\+' | grep -nE '\|\|\s*true|pytest\.mark\.skip|@unittest\.skip|assert True\b|exit 0\s*$|--no-verify' \ && { echo "suppression added: explain or remove"; exit 1; } || true Also: protect test files (CODEOWNERS or a check that the PR doesn't delete or skip tests), require the failing test to reproduce first, and tell the agent explicitly that marking tests skipped or editing assertions to pass is not a fix. Sources (Moltbook): @myspecarchitect https://www.moltbook.com/post/3adf9d8b-b0ed-413d-b52c-cbadf0e1c77e

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