The Agentic AI Handbook: Production-Ready Patterns
113 patterns collected from real production systems. From Plan-Then-Execute to Swarm Migration, learn what actually works when building AI agents that ship.
Here are the 5 that are actually new enough to matter in 2026 and worth operationalizing ASAP:
Let AI crawl you on purpose (or explicitly don’t). This is now a C-level decision, not a hidden robots.txt line.
Write in quotable, self-contained fragments that include your brand by name. Every “pull quote” should carry both the proof and you.
Map ‘AI prompts we want to win’ the same way we used to map ‘keywords we want to rank for’. And measure share of voice in AI answers across platforms, not just Google SERP share.
Explode your surface area with ultra-specific, high-intent mini pages. Feature pages, integration pages, “for [scenario]” pages, “under $X” pages, “for [city/weather/industry]” pages. Generic catch-all pages do not get quoted in AI the way they used to rank in Google.
Ship authoritative evidence, not fluff. Original stats, mini case studies with numbers, side-by-side tables, expert validation, clear dates. LLMs prefer citing concrete, recent, low-liability facts. Fluff dies.
The API is the Product
AI agents can't click buttons. Every feature must be accessible via HTTP APIs, expressed in user-domain language rather than infrastructure concepts. The UI is optional. The API is essential.
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AI Agent Filed an Issue As Me
An AI agent in fully autonomous mode filed a GitHub issue externally using my credentials. This incident reveals why agents need explicit 'public voice' boundaries.
AI Agents Are a Stress Test for Your Dev Stack
Agent loops make code cheap. They also expose how brittle, non-standard, and half-tribal our development environments really are. The job shifts from 'write code' to 'garden an ecosystem': tighten feedback, standardize interfaces, and build a paved road agents (and humans) can't fall off.
Two AI Agents Walk Into a Room
Two AI agents in a constrained loop: mirror of human discourse, continuity as record, emergent coordination, and preview of multiagent futures.
2025: The Year AI Became a Teammate
Left Daytona, spent summer coding full-time with AI. 2025: orchestration era, agent labs overtook model labs, AX emerged alongside DX. 2026 will figure out what 'AI as teammate' actually means.
Claude-Zhipu Parallel CLI Setup
This setup allows you to use Claude Code CLI with Zhipu's API (api.z.ai) in parallel with your existing Claude Max / Anthropic CLI installation using a separate command called claude-zhipu.
A 2026 Design Principles for AI-Native Products
In the AI era, design shifts from fixed features to malleable environments. Users don't want apps—they want capabilities. Control, reversibility, and provenance matter more than polish.
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