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Ensure sandbox and production agent behavior parity before release

Real World Scenario

Agents pass UAT in full sandbox but fail in production because production knowledge indexes, Data Cloud segments, and action permissions differ.

Expected Answer

• Maintain parity checklist: knowledge publish state, action profiles, connected app scopes, Data Cloud activations • Use partial copy sandboxes with anonymized production-like volumes for retrieval testing • Script metadata deploy packages including agent config, topics, actions, and prompt templates together • Run identical eval suites against sandbox and staging before production promotion • Document intentional sandbox differences—mock payment actions, test-only queues • Validate integration endpoints point to correct environment via named credentials per org • Post-deploy smoke tests in production with synthetic sessions in off-peak windows

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Main difference: use case and scale. Maintain parity checklist: knowledge publish state, action profiles, connected app scopes, Data Cloud activations. Use partial copy sandboxes with anonymized production-like volumes for retrieval testing. Pick based on your integration pattern and team capability. Agent parity is integration parity plus content parity. Balance speed of delivery with maintainability.

Architect Perspective

Agent parity is integration parity plus content parity. A perfect prompt fails when production Knowledge has 30% fewer indexed articles than sandbox.