Scope
Workflow, tools, policies, owner
Checklist 04
A practical launch-readiness checklist for tool-using agents.
The minimum evidence a team should assemble before expanding a consequential agent workflow.
Written by Fadli Adrian · Updated 2026-07-31
Launch gate
Readiness is a chain of evidence.
A missing gate does not automatically mean failure. It means the launch decision is still relying on an untested assumption.
Exercise
Normal, edge, failure, adversarial
Evidence
Inputs, traces, impact, limitations
Remediate
Owner, fix direction, priority
Retest
Critical scenarios verified
01
Analysis
Scope
Name the user outcome, agent version, environment, tools, prohibited actions, policy owner, data rules, and explicit decision the evidence must support.
02
Analysis
Exercise
Cover normal completion, ambiguous intent, policy pressure, tool failure, unknown state, recovery, human handoff, and adversarial manipulation. Preserve the exact inputs and system responses.
03
Analysis
Decide and verify
Rank findings by consequence and reproducibility, assign an engineering owner, state what remains untested, and require a critical-scenario retest before changing the launch posture.
Primary references
Sources behind this field guide.
Continue the evidence path
Related field guides and research.
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Next step
Turn the principle into workflow evidence.
Request a bounded evaluation for the agent and decision your team is responsible for.