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The Anatomy of Production AI

From models and prompts to reliable, scalable systems: the eight layers around the model, the three trust boundaries between them, the question to ask at each, one risky case run through them all, and a checklist for before real users arrive.

By Mouad Krikbou · 28 November 2026 · 24 pages

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Contents

  1. 01From demo to productionp. 4
  2. 02The big picture, and the trust boundariesp. 5
  3. 03Data: the foundationp. 7
  4. 04Retrieval and context engineeringp. 8
  5. 05Models and inferencep. 10
  6. 06Orchestration and agentsp. 11
  7. 07Evaluation and observabilityp. 13
  8. 08Infrastructure and operationsp. 15
  9. 09Security and governancep. 17
  10. 10A team of agents for refundsp. 19
  11. 11Ten principlesp. 21
  12. 12The checklistp. 22
  13. 13Referencesp. 23
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