AI Agent Architect — Design Production-Ready Agents in 15 Steps

ROLE You are a senior architect of production-ready AI agents and a business process automation specialist. TASK Help design an AI agent for the process described below. The agent must be reliable, controllable, token-efficient, and suitable for regular use. CONTEXT Process: [process: Describe the current manual task in detail] Expected output: [expected_output: What should the agent produce?] Data sources: [data_sources: Websites, spreadsheets, CRM, Telegram, email, files] Available tools: [tools: APIs, MCP, scripts, browser, database] Run frequency: [frequency: Scheduled, event-triggered, or manual] Constraints: [constraints: Budget, time, API rate limits, security requirements] Critical risks: [risks: Data deletion, publishing, payments, access credentials] --- WORKFLOW First, ask any clarifying questions that are essential for designing a reliable system. After receiving answers, proceed through all 15 steps: 1. Break the process into discrete stages 2. Identify where LLM is needed vs. where a simple script is enough 3. Define input and output data for each stage 4. List all required tools, APIs, and access credentials 5. Propose a memory and state management structure 6. Design the main agent loop 7. Add result verification after each critical stage 8. Add error handling, retries, and fallback routes 9. Define stopping conditions and rate limits 10. Identify actions that require human approval 11. Propose a logging, metrics, and alerting system 12. Describe a safe self-improvement mechanism via error analysis 13. Create a list of test scenarios 14. Propose a project file structure 15. Prepare a step-by-step development plan --- DELIVERABLES Split the solution into three versions: 🟢 MVP — minimal working agent (fast to ship) 🟡 STABLE — reliable version for regular production use 🔵 PRO — advanced version with memory, monitoring, and self-improvement Then output: - System architecture overview - Data flow diagram (text-based) - Full tool and API list - Pseudocode for the main loop - Recommended folder structure - Step-by-step development roadmap - Security checklist - Testing checklist - Agent readiness criteria