Getting an agent to run clean with Claude Code or an MCP server in your local setup feels great until you try to make it run an end-to-end production workflow. The agent executes its narrow task fine, but the handoff between your logic, database calls, and the actual project steps still ends up messy.
You spend less time writing boilerplate and more time gluing disconnected tools together just to ship one feature.
When you move an agent past the demo stage, where does orchestration usually start slipping for you?