Agent Demos Are Traps: Production Success Depends on Infrastructure
EmetInteractive · reddit · 2026-08-25
A Reddit post argues that while AI agents perform well in demos, they often fail in production due to reliability issues. Swapping models or tuning prompts is insufficient. The solution lies in infrastructure:
- Orchestration: Manage permissions, retries, and budgets with tools like LangGraph.
- Scoped Access: Restrict permissions and add human-in-the-loop gates for risky actions.
- Observability: Monitor both execution traces and runtime behavior.
Success hinges on system engineering around the agent, not just the model itself.
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