Agents are systems, not features
An AI agent in production needs tool boundaries, audit trails, fallback behavior, latency budgets and cost ceilings — the same discipline as any critical backend service.
PATMOS builds AI into real workflows: Apollo (AI education), SARAH operational intelligence and client agent integrations using production-grade patterns.
Architecture patterns that work
RAG with explicit source attribution. Human-in-the-loop for high-risk actions. Structured outputs validated before side effects. Rate limiting and prompt injection defenses at the API layer.
Use the AI SDK with gateway routing, model fallbacks and tracing — not ad-hoc fetch calls from the client.
When to hire senior AI engineering
Bring in senior help when agents touch money, compliance, customer data or operational decisions — not when you need a chat widget on a marketing page.