How do I evaluate AI agents for production?

Use this framework: test real inputs, tool-calling under chaos, context in long runs, costs at scale, failures predefined.

What makes an AI agent production-ready?

Reliable on messy data, graceful fails, full audits, stable under load — confirm all four.

Poor tool-calling, context loss, unhandled errors, ignored scale costs — demos hide these killers.

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AI agents dazzle in demos. They crumble in the wild. Here's the no-BS framework to tell them apart.

theAIcatchup Apr 10, 2026 3 min read

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