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Production Readiness Checklist

Complete production readiness checklist for deploying AI agents including security, performance, reliability, and compliance

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Introduction

Deploying AI agents to production requires rigorous validation. This checklist covers 45+ items across security, performance, reliability, compliance, and operations. Before launch, verify every critical requirement. A missed checklist item can cause production incidents, security breaches, or compliance violations.

Why Checklists Matter

In 2018, Knight Capital lost $440M in 45 minutes due to untested deployment. In 2021, Facebook went down for 6 hours due to a configuration error. Checklists prevent disasters. Systematic validation catches issues before users see them.

Interactive: Checklist Categories Explorer

Explore the four major categories of production readiness:

Production Readiness Stages

1.
Pre-Production Review
Complete all checklist items, security audit, performance testing
2.
Staged Rollout
Deploy to staging, then 1%→5%→10%→25%→50%→100% of production traffic
3.
Post-Launch Monitoring
Monitor for 48 hours, validate metrics, verify all systems healthy
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Checklist as Gate

Treat the production checklist as a deployment gate. If any critical item is incomplete, DO NOT deploy. 100% critical completion required. Non-critical items can be completed post-launch with tracking. Document exceptions with risk assessment and mitigation plan.