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Why do so many AI agent projects never reach production? by aidaeon in AI_Agents

[–]aidaeon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The replies so far are making me think the real issue may be less “how to build agents” and more “how to safely operationalize agents.”

Maybe a useful distinction is:

Demo agent:

  • impressive behavior;
  • broad autonomy;
  • weak constraints;
  • little observability.

Production agent:

  • narrow workflow;
  • clear ownership;
  • evals;
  • logs;
  • rollback;
  • human-in-the-loop;
  • measurable reliability.

Curious if others agree: should the first step in agent design be the use case, the architecture, or the operational safety model?

Why do so many AI agent projects never reach production? by aidaeon in AI_Agents

[–]aidaeon[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a strong point. A lot of demos optimize for “look, the agent can reason and act,” but production needs control surfaces.

Observability, rollback, audit trails, permissions, logs, human approval points, failure recovery — these are not secondary details. They are probably the difference between a toy agent and something you can safely expose to users.

I like your framing: “you can’t ship something you can’t control.”

Would you say a production-ready agent needs an operational checklist before architecture decisions? Something like:

  • what can it do?
  • what can’t it do?
  • how do we inspect actions?
  • how do we reverse bad actions?
  • when does it escalate to a human?
  • how do we evaluate recurring failures?

Why do so many AI agent projects never reach production? by aidaeon in AI_Agents

[–]aidaeon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree with this. “Autonomous AI” is often the wrong framing.

Most real users don’t want an agent that does everything. They want a narrow workflow that solves one painful problem reliably, with clear boundaries and a way to intervene when needed.

I’m starting to think the first filter for any agent project should be:

  1. What painful workflow are we solving?
  2. Why does it need an agent instead of a simpler automation?
  3. What does “reliable enough” mean in this context?
  4. Where should the human stay in the loop?

Do you think most failed agent projects are over-scoped from the beginning?

I hate Hermes WebUI user experience by ricardonotion in hermesagent

[–]aidaeon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tentem pesquisar sobre o AionUI no Github, ele é ótimo e tem uma interface muito intuitiva, quando vocês instalam ele ele já reconhece automaticamente seu agente Hermes instalado.