Why this matters
A production agent can succeed on the happy path and still fail the business if it is too slow, expensive or hard to audit.
The practical takeaways
- Build a representative task set from real work.
- Track tool errors and recovery attempts.
- Review bad outcomes by severity, not just frequency.
How to apply it
Start with one measurable workflow, define the failure boundary, and publish the result with enough context for another builder to reproduce the decision. The goal is not to chase every announcement; it is to turn useful changes into better products, skills and deployment practice.
Editorial note
This is an original FDE editorial synthesis based on the linked source. It is not a translation or reproduction of the source article.