AI Tech Publishing

Apr 21, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Why Your AI Agent Stays a Toy: Six Production‑Readiness Gaps and How to Bridge Them

Moving an AI agent from a controlled demo to an unattended production environment introduces six critical gaps—fault handling, state persistence, observability, credential security, cost control, and human supervision—each requiring specific infrastructure, practices, and a comprehensive readiness checklist to avoid costly failures.