# Three reliability best practices when using AI agents for coding

DevFeed: [Three reliability best practices when using AI agents for coding](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/three-reliability-best-practices-when-using-ai-agents-for-coding-11726.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.gremlin.com/blog/three-reliability-best-practices-when-using-ai-agents-for-coding>)

Author: Gavin Cahill

Published: 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Gremlin Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gremlin-blog.md>)

Topics: [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [efficiency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/efficiency.md>), [errors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/errors.md>), [outages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outages.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [reduce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reduce.md>), [reliability-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reliability-management.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents three reliability-testing practices for coding with AI agents: test as close to production as possible, use production-parity environments when necessary, and test services holistically under realistic loads. It explains that AI-generated code can introduce system-specific errors despite following established best practices, potentially causing outages or customer impact.

## Source excerpt

AI agents can help developers move faster, but they can also introduce potential failures into your system. Find out best practices for reliability to keep human and AI errors from causing outages.