Testing and evaluating AI agent behaviors as they move from prototypes to production is crucial but often overlooked.
Challenges include data contamination, lack of reproducibility, no structured QA feedback, and absence of baseline comparison.
A better approach involves isolated agent versioning with separate configuration, logs, and quality metrics for each version.
Setting up multi-agent versioning includes creating separate branches, database schemas, and Azure AI Agent project.
Instructions in the article detail creating Neon Postgres on Azure, setting up database schemas, connecting to Azure AI Agent project, and setting up the Python project.
Benefits of this approach include clean testing environments, structured QA, faster iteration, and safe experimentation.
This workflow is useful for AI/ML developers, QA engineers, and product teams looking to test and ship new agent behavior confidently.
By separating agent versions and logging structured QA data, teams can make experimentation safe, comparisons measurable, and releases more confident.
Starting with two branches allows for independent testing of agent changes, with room to expand as the AI agent ecosystem grows.
Structured evaluation is key for gaining visibility into behavior differences, ensuring safe experimentation, and supporting confident releases.
The outlined approach helps teams to test variations of prompt-engineered agents, validate agent responses, and ship new agent behaviors confidently.