#423 Neil: AI Agent Skills That Separate Working Agents From Broken Ones

AI Fire Daily by AIFire.co

Episode notes

Your agent works in testing and breaks in front of real users. The fix is not a better prompt. These 7 AI agent skills cover everything between a working demo and a reliable production system that actually holds up. ⚡

We'll Talk About:

  • What AI agent skills actually mean beyond prompt engineering
  • Why system design is the foundation everything else depends on
  • How vague tool schemas cause most agent failures
  • Why retrieval quality sets the upper limit on agent performance
  • How to handle API failures before they crash your whole system
  • What security layers every production agent needs
  • How to measure and trace agent performance with real metrics
  • Why product thinking determines whether users actually trust your agent

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Keywords
AI ToolsRetrieval Augmented GenerationAI Agent SkillsSystem Design For AI AgentsTool And Contract DesignReliability Engineering