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AI agents are moving from impressive demos to production systems, but the transition is more complex than often presented. A recent article highlights that while frameworks and patterns for AI agents are sound, the gap between a compelling demo and a reliable production system is significant. It emphasizes that AI agents are software capable of perceiving, reasoning, acting, and learning from feedback, distinguishing them from chatbots by their autonomy in accomplishing tasks. The core pattern for modern LLM--based agents is ReAct (Reasoning and Acting). The article also points out common pitfalls in production deployments, such as prompt injection vulnerabilities and data leakage in multi--agent systems, and suggests mitigations like input sanitization, system prompt hardening, and explicit data classification.