What separates a demo from a production AI agent: a 5-point eval checklist
ghumare64 · x · 2026-11-12
Using an interview Q&A format, the author contrasts weak answers ("it works on my machine", "I used the best LLM") with a production-readiness checklist:
- Test on unseen tasks, not handpicked demos
- Measure task completion, not just answer quality
- Trace retrieval and tool-call failures
- Track p95 latency, tokens and cost per task
- Test retries, timeouts and malformed outputs
Key takeaway: a working demo is not a production system.
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