> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.cortex.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.cortex.io/guides/production-readiness.md).

# Production Readiness

The guides in this section help you use Cortex to establish best practices and solve problems relating to Production Readiness.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Terraform: Provision, update, and destroy</td><td><a href="/guides/production-readiness/terraform.md">Manage Terraform infrastructure</a></td></tr><tr><td>Standardize new service creation</td><td><a href="/guides/production-readiness/standardize-new-service-creation.md">Standardize new service creation</a></td></tr><tr><td>Scaffold an ML model project</td><td><a href="/guides/ai-excellence/scaffold-ml-model.md">Scaffold an ML model project</a></td></tr><tr><td>Prepare for effective use of AI tools</td><td><a href="/guides/ai-excellence/prepare-for-effective-use-of-ai-tools.md">Prepare for effective use of AI tools</a></td></tr><tr><td>Set benchmarks for AI readiness</td><td><a href="/guides/ai-excellence/set-benchmarks-for-ai-readiness.md">Set benchmarks for AI readiness</a></td></tr><tr><td>Seasonal readiness Scorecard</td><td><a href="/guides/production-readiness/seasonal-readiness-scorecard.md">Seasonal readiness Scorecard</a></td></tr><tr><td>Verify services after AI-based auto-mapping</td><td><a href="/guides/ai-excellence/verify-auto-mappings.md">Verify services after AI-based auto-mapping</a></td></tr><tr><td>Improve bottlenecks in the SDLC</td><td><a href="/guides/production-readiness/improve-bottlenecks.md">Improve bottlenecks in your software development lifecycle</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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