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Building AI Agents That Actually Work in Production: Lessons from Real Projects

DEV.to AIΒ·April 16, 2026

This post addresses the critical gap between AI agents working in demos and their reliability in production environments, sharing lessons learned from real-world projects. It defines an agent as a system that plans, executes, and adapts steps using tools to achieve a goal without human approval, highlighting the challenges of ensuring its reliable and continuous operation.

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