From prototype to production in twelve weeks

The name is the method. Six systems keep agents alive. Twelve weeks is long enough to ship, short enough to refuse theatre.

Weeks 1–4: the job and the rails

Pick one high-value workflow. Write the runtime spec, tool list, and evals. Stand up hosting, secrets, and a health endpoint. If this phase slips, do not buy more model access — narrow the job.

Weeks 5–8: knowledge and observation

Connect sources with a freshness SLA. Put heartbeats and p95 on a page your team actually opens. Shadow-run against real tickets or calls before the agent speaks to customers.

Weeks 9–12: governance and handoff

• Access, audit, and a rollback drill
• Runbooks for degraded and down states
• Paired on-call so the lab is not the pager
• A backlog the team owns, not a slide deck

Enablement succeeded if your people can ship a prompt change on a Tuesday without us.