Five questions to answer before launching an AI agent, beyond picking a model
hubtyper · reddit · 2026-08-21
The author shares a checklist to review before deploying an AI agent:
- Can it actually take action? Answering questions is baseline; checking orders, updating info or triggering processes is what makes it an agent.
- Does it have enough context? Access to the right customer and business data avoids generic answers.
- Does it know when to stop? Knowing when to escalate to a human matters as much as solving things.
- What happens at handoff? The human should receive full conversation context, not make the customer repeat everything.
- How will you measure success? Resolution rate, escalation rate, response time, CSAT and real cost savings beat "we automated X% of conversations".
Takeaway: the model is only one part of the equation — these operational questions determine whether the agent actually works.
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