When does an AI-built app stop being a prototype?

I’m starting to worry that the AI app we’re building is basically a really impressive demo, not an actual product yet.

We used agents to move fast and it worked almost too well. The UI came together, flows look good, customers can click through it, and everyone feels like we’re close.

But underneath, it’s messy. Architecture decisions were rushed, tests are thin, edge cases are mostly vibes, and nobody fully owns some of the generated parts because “the agent built that.”

Now I’m stuck wondering if we keep shipping and clean it up later, or slow down before this debt becomes the product.

Has anyone else hit this point? How did you decide when an AI-built app was ready for real users vs still just a polished prototype?