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Topic 12: Production Monitoring

What You’ll Learn

This topic teaches you how to:

  • Monitor agents in real-time
  • Track performance metrics
  • Collect error data
  • Gather user feedback
  • Continuously improve agents

Why We Need This

Business Need

  • Reliability: Ensure agents work in production
  • Performance: Track and optimize performance
  • User satisfaction: Monitor user feedback

Technical Need

  • Monitoring: Real-time agent monitoring
  • Metrics: Track key metrics
  • Alerting: Alert on issues

Industry Use Cases

1. Production Monitoring

Company: All production systems Use Case: Monitor agents 24/7

2. Performance Tracking

Company: Agent platforms Use Case: Track performance over time

3. User Feedback

Company: Customer-facing agents Use Case: Collect and analyze user feedback

Industry-Standard Boilerplate Code

Production Monitor

"""
Production Monitor
Monitors agents in production
"""
from typing import Dict, List
from datetime import datetime

class ProductionMonitor:
    """Monitor agents in production"""
    
    def __init__(self):
        self.metrics: List[Dict] = []
    
    def track_execution(self, agent_name: str, task: str, result: Dict):
        """Track agent execution"""
        self.metrics.append({
            "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat(),
            "agent": agent_name,
            "task": task,
            "success": result.get('success', False),
            "tokens": result.get('tokens', 0),
            "time": result.get('time', 0)
        })
    
    def get_metrics(self) -> Dict:
        """Get aggregated metrics"""
        if not self.metrics:
            return {}
        
        return {
            "total_executions": len(self.metrics),
            "success_rate": sum(1 for m in self.metrics if m['success']) / len(self.metrics),
            "avg_tokens": sum(m['tokens'] for m in self.metrics) / len(self.metrics),
            "avg_time": sum(m['time'] for m in self.metrics) / len(self.metrics)
        }

Exercises

  1. Set up monitoring
  2. Track metrics
  3. Collect feedback
  4. Create alerts

Next Steps

  • Review all topics
  • Build complete evaluation system
  • Deploy to production