> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thecontextcompany.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Environments > Deploy AI agent observability across production, development, and local environments Screenshot of environments The Context Company supports multiple environments to fit your development workflow, from local debugging to production monitoring. ## Production (Cloud-Hosted) The production environment provides full-featured observability for your live AI agents. Monitor real user interactions, detect silent failures at scale, and get alerts when issues arise. **Production features include:** * **Detailed traces**: Understand every agent run's execution flow, reasoning steps, and tool calls * **Silent failure detection**: Automatic detection of hallucinations, bad tool calls, infinite loops, and user frustration * **Search, filter, and sort**: Query across all agent runs, steps, and tool calls with custom metadata filtering * **User feedback collection**: Capture thumbs up/down ratings and text feedback from end users * **Agent sessions**: Group related runs into sessions to track full user conversations * **Aggregate metrics**: Dashboard views of latency, costs, token usage, success rates, and failure trends * **Alerts and reports**: Real-time notifications for failure spikes and weekly trend digests ## Development (Cloud-Hosted) Every user gets a private, cloud-hosted development environment for staging and debugging. Test your integrations and explore traces before shipping to production. To use dev mode: 1. Set the `TCC_API_KEY` environment variable to your user-level API key (begins with `dev_`) 2. Switch to the development environment in the [dashboard](https://www.thecontext.company/dev/runs) Development environments are isolated. Your staging data never mixes with production. ## Local Mode (Next.js + AI SDK) [Local mode](/frameworks/vercel-ai-sdk/index) provides a local-first development experience for rapid iteration. Run The Context Company directly within your Next.js app. No cloud connection required. Local mode is ideal for: * Offline development and debugging * Fast iteration on agent logic * Inspecting traces in real-time during development