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Developers who’ve built MVAs highlight several recurring lessons:
Developers who’ve built MVAs highlight several recurring lessons:
* **Avoid Overbuilding**: Adding too many features early on wastes effort when user needs shift (a pitfall noted in Article 2).
*'''Avoid Overbuilding''': Adding too many features early on wastes effort when user needs shift.
* **Launch Early**: Waiting for a "perfect" agent delays feedback, which is critical for improvement. Successful cases like [[ChatGPT]] started basic and scaled rapidly (from Articles 2 and 3).
*'''Launch Early''': Waiting for a "perfect" agent delays feedback, which is critical for improvement. Successful cases like [[ChatGPT]] started basic and scaled rapidly.
* **Monitor Usage**: Tracking interactions—via logs, surveys, or tools like [[OpenTelemetry]]—reveals what works and what fails (from Article 3).
*'''Monitor Usage''': Tracking interactions—via logs, surveys, or tools like [[OpenTelemetry]]—reveals what works and what fails.
* **Charge Sooner**: Offering the agent free for too long can undervalue it; even a small fee identifies committed users (from Articles 2 and 3).
*'''Charge Sooner''': Offering the agent free for too long can undervalue it; even a small fee identifies committed users.
* **Differentiate Early**: In a crowded AI market, a unique value proposition sets the MVA apart (from Article 2).
*'''Differentiate Early''': In a crowded AI market, a unique value proposition sets the MVA apart.


Common pitfalls include over-engineering, neglecting user feedback, and underestimating maintenance needs (e.g., model drift), all of which can derail progress if ignored (from Articles 2 and 4).
Common pitfalls include over-engineering, neglecting user feedback, and underestimating maintenance needs (e.g., model drift), all of which can derail progress if ignored.


== Tools and Frameworks ==
== Tools and Frameworks ==