mcpbeat Sign in

Model Serving Kubernetes Agent Skill

Deploy ML models on Kubernetes with KServe (formerly KFServing) and NVIDIA Triton Inference Server. Includes canary deployments, autoscaling, model versioning, A/B testing, and GPU resource management for production model serving.

2k tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
1
files
instructions only
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
511
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill model-serving-kubernetes

The instruction itself

14 sections, as written by the author

Model Serving on Kubernetes

Production ML model serving with KServe and Triton — canary deployments, autoscaling, and GPU-aware scheduling.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

  • Serving scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or ONNX models at scale
  • Implementing canary deployments and A/B testing for ML models
  • Autoscaling inference pods based on request rate or GPU metrics
  • Deploying LLMs with Triton or KServe on Kubernetes
  • Managing multiple model versions with traffic splitting

Prerequisites

  • Kubernetes 1.28+ with GPU nodes
  • KServe installed (or Triton standalone)
  • kubectl and helm configured
  • NVIDIA GPU Operator installed on cluster

KServe Installation

# Install KServe with Helm
helm repo add kserve https://kserve.github.io/helm-charts
helm repo update

helm install kserve kserve/kserve \
  --namespace kserve \
  --create-namespace \
  --set kserve.controller.gateway.ingressGateway.className=nginx

# Verify
kubectl get pods -n kserve
kubectl get crd | grep kserve

Basic InferenceService (KServe)

apiVersion: serving.kserve.io/v1beta1
kind: InferenceService
metadata:
  name: sklearn-iris
  namespace: models
spec:
  predictor:
    sklearn:
      storageUri: gs://kfserving-examples/models/sklearn/1.0/model
      resources:
        requests:
          cpu: "1"
          memory: 2Gi
        limits:
          cpu: "2"
          memory: 4Gi
kubectl apply -f inference-service.yaml

# Get inference service URL
kubectl get inferenceservice sklearn-iris -n models
# NAME           URL                                          READY   ...
# sklearn-iris   http://sklearn-iris.models.example.com       True

# Test prediction
curl -X POST http://sklearn-iris.models.example.com/v1/models/sklearn-iris:predict \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"instances": [[6.8, 2.8, 4.8, 1.4]]}'

GPU-Enabled LLM InferenceService

apiVersion: serving.kserve.io/v1beta1
kind: InferenceService
metadata:
  name: llama-3-8b
  namespace: models
  annotations:
    serving.kserve.io/enable-prometheus-scraping: "true"
spec:
  predictor:
    containers:
    - name: vllm-container
      image: vllm/vllm-openai:latest
      args:
      - "--model"
      - "meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"
      - "--tensor-parallel-size"
      - "1"
      - "--gpu-memory-utilization"
      - "0.90"
      ports:
      - containerPort: 8080
        protocol: TCP
      resources:
        requests:
          nvidia.com/gpu: "1"
          memory: "20Gi"
          cpu: "4"
        limits:
          nvidia.com/gpu: "1"
          memory: "24Gi"
          cpu: "8"
      readinessProbe:
        httpGet:
          path: /health
          port: 8080
        initialDelaySeconds: 60
        periodSeconds: 10
      env:
      - name: HUGGING_FACE_HUB_TOKEN
        valueFrom:
          secretKeyRef:
            name: hf-token
            key: token
    nodeSelector:
      nvidia.com/gpu.present: "true"
  transformer:
    containers:
    - name: kserve-container
      image: kserve/kserve-transformer:latest

Canary Deployment (Traffic Splitting)

apiVersion: serving.kserve.io/v1beta1
kind: InferenceService
metadata:
  name: llama-3-8b
  namespace: models
spec:
  predictor:
    canaryTrafficPercent: 20    # 20% to new version, 80% to stable
    containers:
    - name: vllm-container
      image: vllm/vllm-openai:latest
      args:
      - "--model"
      - "meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-v2"  # new model version
      resources:
        limits:
          nvidia.com/gpu: "1"
# Gradually increase canary traffic
kubectl patch inferenceservice llama-3-8b -n models \
  --type='json' \
  -p='[{"op":"replace","path":"/spec/predictor/canaryTrafficPercent","value":50}]'

# Promote canary to stable
kubectl patch inferenceservice llama-3-8b -n models \
  --type='json' \
  -p='[{"op":"remove","path":"/spec/predictor/canaryTrafficPercent"}]'

Autoscaling with KEDA

apiVersion: keda.sh/v1alpha1
kind: ScaledObject
metadata:
  name: llama-scaler
  namespace: models
spec:
  scaleTargetRef:
    apiVersion: serving.kserve.io/v1beta1
    kind: InferenceService
    name: llama-3-8b
  minReplicaCount: 1
  maxReplicaCount: 5
  triggers:
  - type: prometheus
    metadata:
      serverAddress: http://prometheus-server.monitoring:9090
      metricName: kserve_request_count
      threshold: "10"
      query: |
        sum(rate(kserve_request_count_total{namespace="models",
            service="llama-3-8b"}[1m]))

NVIDIA Triton Inference Server

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: triton-server
  namespace: models
spec:
  replicas: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: triton
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: triton
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: triton
        image: nvcr.io/nvidia/tritonserver:24.05-py3
        args:
        - "tritonserver"
        - "--model-store=s3://my-model-store/models"
        - "--model-control-mode=poll"        # auto-load new model versions
        - "--repository-poll-secs=30"
        - "--metrics-port=8002"
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8000   # HTTP
        - containerPort: 8001   # gRPC
        - containerPort: 8002   # Metrics
        resources:
          limits:
            nvidia.com/gpu: "1"
        readinessProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /v2/health/ready
            port: 8000
          initialDelaySeconds: 30

Triton Model Repository Structure

s3://my-model-store/models/
├── text-classifier/
│   ├── config.pbtxt
│   ├── 1/
│   │   └── model.onnx
│   └── 2/
│       └── model.onnx          # new version; auto-loaded
├── embedding-model/
│   ├── config.pbtxt
│   └── 1/
│       └── model.onnx
# config.pbtxt for ONNX model
name: "text-classifier"
backend: "onnxruntime"
max_batch_size: 64
dynamic_batching {
  preferred_batch_size: [16, 32]
  max_queue_delay_microseconds: 1000
}
input [
  { name: "input_ids" data_type: TYPE_INT64 dims: [-1] }
  { name: "attention_mask" data_type: TYPE_INT64 dims: [-1] }
]
output [
  { name: "logits" data_type: TYPE_FP32 dims: [-1] }
]
instance_group [
  { kind: KIND_GPU count: 2 }   # 2 model instances on GPU
]

Model Management Commands

# List loaded models (Triton)
curl http://triton:8000/v2/models

# Load a new model version
curl -X POST http://triton:8000/v2/repository/models/text-classifier/load

# Unload a model
curl -X POST http://triton:8000/v2/repository/models/text-classifier/unload

# KServe — watch rollout status
kubectl rollout status deployment/llama-3-8b-predictor -n models
kubectl get inferenceservice llama-3-8b -n models -w

Common Issues

| Issue | Cause | Fix |

|-------|-------|-----|

| InferenceService not ready | Model loading or OOM | Check predictor pod logs; increase memory limits |

| Canary stuck at 0% | KNative routing issue | Check kubectl get ksvc -n models |

| Triton missing model | S3 permissions or path | Verify IAM role; check --model-store path |

| Low GPU utilization | Dynamic batching off | Enable dynamic_batching in Triton config |

| Autoscaler not triggering | Prometheus query wrong | Test query in Prometheus UI |

Best Practices

  • Use canary deployments for all model updates — roll back in seconds if metrics degrade.
  • Enable Triton dynamic batching — it can increase GPU throughput 5–10× for small models.
  • Store models in S3/GCS with versioned paths (s3://bucket/model/v1/, v2/).
  • Pin GPU node selectors to prevent model pods landing on CPU-only nodes.
  • Monitor p99 latency and error rates per model version during canary rollouts.
  • vllm-server - vLLM for LLM serving
  • llm-inference-scaling - KEDA autoscaling
  • kubernetes-ops - Core Kubernetes operations
  • gpu-server-management - GPU nodes

Other skills for the same job

different authors, same section of the catalogue
Azure Kubernetes Automatic Readiness
by microsoft
vendor ×3

Assess Kubernetes workloads and cluster configuration for AKS Automatic compatibility. Identifies incompatibilities, generates fixes, and guides migration from AKS Standard to AKS Automatic. WHEN: migrate to AKS Automatic, check AKS Automatic readiness, validate manifests for Automatic, assess cluster for Automatic compatibility, fix deployment for Automatic compatibility, identify AKS Automatic migration blockers, is my cluster ready for AKS Automatic.

13k tokens
Capacity
by microsoft
vendor ×3

Discovers available Azure OpenAI model capacity across regions and projects. Analyzes quota limits, compares availability, and recommends optimal deployment locations based on capacity requirements. USE FOR: find capacity, check quota, where can I deploy, capacity discovery, best region for capacity, multi-project capacity search, quota analysis, model availability, region comparison, check TPM availability. DO NOT USE FOR: actual deployment (hand off to preset or customize after discovery), quota increase requests (direct user to Azure Portal), listing existing deployments.

6k tokens scripts
Customize
by microsoft
vendor ×3

Interactive guided deployment flow for Azure OpenAI models with full customization control. Step-by-step selection of model version, SKU (GlobalStandard/Standard/ProvisionedManaged), capacity, RAI policy (content filter), and advanced options (dynamic quota, priority processing, spillover). USE FOR: custom deployment, customize model deployment, choose version, select SKU, set capacity, configure content filter, RAI policy, deployment options, detailed deployment, advanced deployment, PTU deployment, provisioned throughput. DO NOT USE FOR: quick deployment to optimal region (use preset).

8k tokens
Deploy Model
by microsoft
vendor ×3

Unified Azure OpenAI model deployment skill with intelligent intent-based routing. Handles quick preset deployments, fully customized deployments (version/SKU/capacity/RAI policy), and capacity discovery across regions and projects. USE FOR: deploy model, deploy gpt, create deployment, model deployment, deploy openai model, set up model, provision model, find capacity, check model availability, where can I deploy, best region for model, capacity analysis. DO NOT USE FOR: listing existing deployments (use foundry_models_deployments_list MCP tool), deleting deployments, agent creation (use agent/create), project creation (use project/create).

26k tokens scripts
Preset
by microsoft
vendor ×3

Intelligently deploys Azure OpenAI models to optimal regions by analyzing capacity across all available regions. Automatically checks current region first and shows alternatives if needed. USE FOR: quick deployment, optimal region, best region, automatic region selection, fast setup, multi-region capacity check, high availability deployment, deploy to best location. DO NOT USE FOR: custom SKU selection (use customize), specific version selection (use customize), custom capacity configuration (use customize), PTU deployments (use customize).

9k tokens
Lamindb
by christophacham
×3

This skill should be used when working with LaminDB, an open-source data framework for biology that makes data queryable, traceable, reproducible, and FAIR. Use when managing biological datasets (scRNA-seq, spatial, flow cytometry, etc.), tracking computational workflows, curating and validating data with biological ontologies, building data lakehouses, or ensuring data lineage and reproducibility in biological research. Covers data management, annotation, ontologies (genes, cell types, diseases, tissues), schema validation, integrations with workflow managers (Nextflow, Snakemake) and MLOps platforms (W&B, MLflow), and deployment strategies.

22k tokens
Latchbio Integration
by christophacham
×3

Latch platform for bioinformatics workflows. Build pipelines with Latch SDK, @workflow/@task decorators, deploy serverless workflows, LatchFile/LatchDir, Nextflow/Snakemake integration.

12k tokens
Modal
by christophacham
×3

Run Python code in the cloud with serverless containers, GPUs, and autoscaling. Use when deploying ML models, running batch processing jobs, scheduling compute-intensive tasks, or serving APIs that require GPU acceleration or dynamic scaling.

17k tokens

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take bagelhole/model-serving-kubernetes from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.