AI Feature Degradation Plan

Format: Design a degradation plan for when AI services are unavailable.

The Question: What happens to your app if the Claude/GPT API goes down?

Degradation Strategies:

Graceful degradation:
1. AI search → Degrade to keyword search
2. AI customer service → Degrade to FAQ list
3. AI summary → Degrade to extracting the first 200 characters
4. AI recommendations → Degrade to trending/popular rankings

Cannot degrade (needs special handling):
1. AI translation (core feature) → Show "Service temporarily unavailable"
2. AI moderation → All content enters human review queue