The most successful AI products in history didn't launch with every feature imaginable—they launched with one thing that worked incredibly well. Minimum Viable AI isn't about building a weak product; it's about identifying the smallest possible AI capability that delivers genuine value to users while giving you maximum learning per engineering hour invested.
123456789101112interface AIFeatureConfig { enabled: boolean; rolloutPercentage: number; confidenceThreshold: number; fallbackEnabled: boolean; humanReviewRequired: boolean; } const AI_FEATURE_FLAGS: Record<string, AIFeatureConfig> = { 'ai-summarization': { enabled: true, rolloutPercentage: 100, // Fully rolled out
123456789101112import { LaunchDarkly } from '@launchdarkly/node-server-sdk'; interface AIFeatureConfig { enabled: boolean; rolloutPercentage: number; fallbackMode: 'human' | 'simple' | 'disabled'; confidenceThreshold: number; maxLatencyMs: number; enabledModels: string[]; } class AIFeatureManager {
123456789101112// Progressive enhancement for document summarization interface SummaryResult { summary: string; enhancementLevel: 'basic' | 'standard' | 'advanced'; processingTime: number; confidence?: number; } class ProgressiveSummarizer { // Level 1: Basic extraction (always available, instant) private extractBasicSummary(document: string): string {
123456789101112from dataclasses import dataclass from enum import Enum from typing import Callable, TypeVar, Generic, Optional import logging T = TypeVar('T') class RoutingDecision(Enum): AI_AUTONOMOUS = "ai_autonomous" # AI handles completely AI_WITH_REVIEW = "ai_with_review" # AI output, human reviews HUMAN_PRIMARY = "human_primary" # Human handles, AI assists HUMAN_ONLY = "human_only" # No AI involvement