The demo is not the danger. Production is.
Demos are easy. Production is where agent strategies break. Not because the AI is weak, but because the work was never defined clearly enough for the machine to keep moving.
Give an agent vague work, undefined outcomes, and no clear operating contract, and the system will drift. Tokens get burned. Agents wander. Humans get nervous. Everyone starts inventing reasons the work cannot move.
That is not an AI problem. That is a definition problem.
The work is not blocked. Something is missing: information, authority, access, configuration, tests, decisions, or definitions. Those are work items. If you don't know, configure.
If the end state is unclear, define it. If the test is missing, write it. If the authority is missing, route it. If the communication is vague, contract it. Work does not stop. The system gets made more explicit.