The query works fine in development with 1,000 rows. In production with 50 million rows it locks up the database for 3 minutes. One missing WHERE clause, one implicit type cast, one function wrapping an indexed column — and PostgreSQL ignores your index entirely.
Deep dive into core agent patterns: ReAct loops, Plan-Execute-Observe, reflection mechanisms, and preventing infinite loops with real TypeScript implementations.
Master error detection, reflection prompting, alternative tool selection, human-in-the-loop escalation, and graceful degradation for production agents.