How to choose a production AI agent partner
Selection guide for a production AI agent partner: engineering depth, ops discipline, pilot design, and transfer of ownership.
Written by Dali
Dali is an AI agent systems studio. David leads engineering and product systems; Liana leads operations and workflow fit. We ship production agents inside tools teams already use.
David Hakobyan · Dali
Direct answer
Choose a partner who can ship one production path with gates, logs, and handoff - not a partner who only presents multi-agent theater.
Production means irreversible actions are controlled
Email, CRM writes, payments, admin, and public posts need explicit rules.
Partner checklist
Workflow mapping skill. Tool integration honesty. Evaluation plan. Security basics. Documentation quality.
Pilot design as the filter
If they cannot propose a fixed pilot with an acceptance test, they are not ready for production work.
Culture fit
They should challenge bad automation ideas, not sell unlimited autonomy.
How Dali fits
Dali's pilots are built as production paths. Review vibe-code rescue and other solutions.
FAQ
Usually no. You need systems thinking, integrations, and ops.