Feature Flags for Agent Skills: A Production Cheatsheet
blaizedsouza · x · 2026-08-22
This post outlines best practices for using Feature Flags with Agent skills to manage risk and enable progressive delivery in production.
Core Principle: A skill you cannot disable is a skill you cannot safely ship.
Skill Flag Cheatsheet:
- Gate each new skill behind a flag.
- Enable by tenant, user, or percentage.
- Kill Switch: Keep a switch next to the flag for immediate cutoff.
- Measure: Track quality and cost per flag.
- Rollback: Turn off skills without a new deployment.
- Cleanup: Remove stale flags after rollout.
Pro Tip: Place the flag check in the orchestration layer, not buried inside a prompt.
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