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Patterns That Work and Pitfalls to Avoid in AI Agent Deployment

Patterns That Work and Pitfalls to Avoid in AI Agent Deployment

Update: 2025-12-22
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/patterns-that-work-and-pitfalls-to-avoid-in-ai-agent-deployment.

Avoid the "AI Slop" trap. From runaway costs to memory poisoning, here are the 7 most common failure modes of Agentic AI (and how to fix them).

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Highlights deployment patterns that consistently deliver value: start assistive then automate, use specialised multi-agent teams, and go event-driven

Details common failure modes: unclear goals, over-promising capabilities, messy data, integration gaps, runaway token costs – and how to mitigate them

Provides a checklist to stress-test agent projects before scaling, so you can avoid being part of the “cancelled by 2027” statistic

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Patterns That Work and Pitfalls to Avoid in AI Agent Deployment

Patterns That Work and Pitfalls to Avoid in AI Agent Deployment

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