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Model Deployment

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Generates code that deploys fine-tuned models from SageMaker Serverless Model Customization to SageMaker endpoints or Bedrock. Use when the user says "deploy my model", "create an endpoint", "make it available", or asks about deployment options. Identifies the correct deployment pathway (Nova vs OSS), generates deployment code, and handles endpoint configuration.
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This skill guides users through the deployment process for LoRA fine-tuned Nova and OSS models originally trained via SageMaker Serverless Model Customization. It identifies the correct deployment pathway, verifies model eligibility, presents target options (SageMaker or Bedrock), displays relevant license terms, and generates the necessary Python code or Jupyter notebooks to execute the deployment.

What it does

  • Identifies training job details and model types from SageMaker metadata.
  • Determines eligible deployment targets based on model characteristics.
  • Displays required license agreements for the specific model.
  • Generates deployment code as either a Python script or Jupyter notebook.
  • Provides post-deployment summaries including invocation samples and cleanup instructions.

When to use it

  • When you need to deploy a LoRA fine-tuned model to a SageMaker endpoint.
  • When you want to make a fine-tuned model available via Amazon Bedrock.
  • When you need to generate deployment code for Nova or OSS models.
  • When you are unsure which deployment target is appropriate for your fine-tuned model.

Advantages

  • Automates the identification of deployment pathways.
  • Ensures consistent configuration through standardized code templates.
  • Provides clear, step-by-step guidance for complex AWS deployments.
  • Integrates license verification into the deployment workflow.

Usage examples

“Deploy my fine-tuned model.”
The agent will ask for the training job name, identify the model type, and guide you through selecting a deployment target.
“Create an endpoint for my Nova model.”
The agent will verify the model's eligibility, display the license, and generate the deployment code for SageMaker or Bedrock.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/awslabs/model-deployment/download
  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip model-deployment.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by AWS Labs

Model Deployment

Identifies the correct deployment pathway based on model characteristics and generates deployment code.

Scope

This skill supports deploying Nova and OSS models that were fine-tuned through SageMaker Serverless Model Customization only.

Not supported:

  • Base models (not fine-tuned)

  • Models fine-tuned through other processes

  • Full Fine-Tuning (FFT) — only LoRA fine-tuned models are supported

Prerequisites

  • The SDK environment has been verified (SDK version, region, execution role). If not done, activate the sdk-getting-started skill first.


Principles

  1. One thing at a time. Each response advances exactly one decision.

  2. Confirm before proceeding. Wait for the user to agree before moving on. But don't re-ask questions already answered in the conversation — use what you know.

  3. Don't read files until you need them. Only read pathway references after the pathway is confirmed.

  4. Use what you know. If conversation history or artifacts already answer a question, confirm your understanding instead of asking again.

Workflow

Step 1: Identify the Training Job

You need the training job name or ARN. Check the conversation history first — the user may have already mentioned it, or it may be available from earlier steps in the workflow (e.g., fine-tuning). If not, ask the user.

Once you have the training job name or ARN, use the AWS MCP tool to look it up:

  1. Use the AWS MCP tool describe-training-job and extract:

    • S3 output path (from ModelArtifacts.S3ModelArtifacts or OutputDataConfig.S3OutputPath)

    • IAM role ARN (from RoleArn)

    • Region

  2. Use the AWS MCP tool list-tags on the training job ARN and extract:

    • Model ID from the sagemaker-studio:jumpstart-model-id tag

  3. Determine the model type from the model ID:

    • Contains "nova" (nova-micro, nova-lite, nova-pro) → Nova

    • Llama, Mistral, Qwen, GPT-OSS, DeepSeek, etc. → OSS

Unsupported models: This skill only supports OSS and Nova models that were LoRA fine-tuned through SageMaker Serverless Model Customization. If the model doesn't match, tell the user this skill can't help and suggest the finetuning skill.

Step 2: Determine Eligible Deployment Targets

Use the following table:

Model TypeEligible Targets
OSSSageMaker, Bedrock
NovaSageMaker, Bedrock

If only one target is eligible, confirm it with the user. Use details from Step 5.

If multiple targets are eligible, help the user decide. Use details from Step 5.

If no targets are eligible, tell the user and explain why.

Step 3: Let the User Choose a Deployment Target

Present the eligible options to the user. Present these details to help them decide between SageMaker and Bedrock, if both are available options:

SageMaker Endpoint:

  • Dedicated compute resources for consistent performance

  • Control instance types and scaling

  • Best for predictable workloads with specific latency requirements

Bedrock:

  • Fully managed serverless inference

  • Auto-scales instantly with no capacity planning

  • Pay per request

  • Best for variable workloads with fluctuating demand

Do NOT make a recommendation. Let the user choose.

Do NOT mention technical details like merged/unmerged weights, reference files, or APIs, unless the user asks.

⏸ Wait for user to select a deployment option.

Step 4: Display License Agreement

Before proceeding to deployment, display the model's license or service terms to the user.

  1. Read references/model-licenses.md and look up the model by its model ID (determined in Step 1).

  2. Follow the instructions in the Notes column — use the exact phrasing provided.

  3. If the model ID is not found in the table, warn the user that you could not find license information for their model and recommend they verify the license independently before proceeding.

⏸ Wait for the user to confirm before proceeding.

Step 5: Follow Pathway Workflow

Read the reference file for the selected pathway and follow its instructions.

Model TypeDeployment TargetReference
OSSSageMakerreferences/deploy-oss-sagemaker.md
OSSBedrockreferences/deploy-oss-bedrock.md
NovaSageMakerreferences/deploy-nova-sagemaker.md
NovaBedrockreferences/deploy-nova-bedrock.md
Step 6: Post-Deployment Summary

After deployment completes, provide the user with a summary. Cover these topics, using details from the pathway reference doc you followed in Step 5:

  • What was deployed — endpoint or model name, ARN, status

  • How to use it — sample invoke code for the specific deployment target

  • Cost — billing model (instance-based vs. pay-per-request) and what to expect

  • Cleanup — how to delete the endpoint or model when done

Troubleshooting

How to check if a model was LoRA or FFT fine-tuned

If deployment fails unexpectedly, the model may have been full fine-tuned (FFT) rather than LoRA. To check, download the training job's hydra config from its S3 output path at .hydra/config.yaml:

  • peft_config populated (r, alpha, dropout, etc.) → LoRA (supported)

  • peft_config: null → FFT (not supported by this skill)

Files

references/deploy-oss-sagemaker.md

Deploy OSS LoRA to SageMaker Multi-Adapter Endpoint

Scenario

  • Model Type: OSS (Open Source)

  • Fine-tuning Method: LoRA

  • Merge Status: Unmerged (merge_weights: false)

  • Deployment Target: SageMaker Multi-Adapter Endpoint

  • Approach: SageMaker PySdk JumpStartModel

Overview

Uses the SageMaker PySdk JumpStartModel to resolve the base model S3 URI and container image, rather than manually querying describe_hub_content and parsing the hub content document JSON. Requires sagemaker>=3.7.0.

Required inputs (collected in the steps below):

  • Training job name (to resolve JumpStart model ID from tags)

  • Instance type

  • IAM execution role ARN

  • AWS region

  • EULA acceptance (from Step 4 of the main workflow)

Prerequisites

SDK Version

Requires sagemaker>=3.7.0 with JumpStartModel support.

Key Gotchas

  • ArtifactUrl for adapter ICs: An S3 prefix (directory) works despite docs saying it must be .tar.gz. No need to repackage.

  • Container version: LMI 0.31.0 does NOT have the vllm_async_service entrypoint. Use OPTION_ROLLING_BATCH=lmi-dist instead.

  • Gated models: Use JumpStart S3 cache via ModelDataSource to avoid needing HF_TOKEN.

  • Endpoint config: Including ExecutionRoleArn enables inference-component mode. Do NOT include ModelName in ProductionVariants.

Workflow

Step 1: Gather Training Job Name

The training job name was identified in Step 1 of the main workflow. Confirm you have it.

This is needed to look up the JumpStart model ID (from training job tags), which JumpStartModel uses to resolve the base model S3 URI and container image automatically.

Step 2: Determine Instance Type

For this step, you need: the instance type.

Recommend an instance based on model size:

  • Small models (<3B): ml.g5.2xlarge (1 GPU, ~24GB)

  • Medium models (<10B): ml.g5.12xlarge (4 GPUs, ~96GB)

  • Large models (>10B): ml.g6e.48xlarge (8 GPUs, ~1TB)

Give your suggestion to the user with reasoning and ask them to confirm. If they would like a different instance type, accept their choice. If you think it will cause issues (e.g., not enough GPU memory for the model), call that out.

⏸ Wait for user to confirm before moving on.

Step 3: Verify IAM Role

Use the IAM role from the training job (extracted in Step 1 of the main workflow via describe-training-job). This role should already have the necessary SageMaker and S3 permissions. Confirm with the user.

Step 4: Confirm Region

The region was identified in Step 1 of the main workflow. Confirm it with the user.

Step 5: Confirm Configuration

"Here's the deployment setup:

  • Target: SageMaker Multi-Adapter Endpoint

  • Training Job: [name]

  • Instance Type: [type]

  • IAM Role: [arn]

  • Region: [region]

Does this look right?"

⏸ Wait for user approval.

Step 6: Generate Code

Read ../references/code_output_guide.md for output format rules.

If a project directory already exists (from earlier in the workflow), use it. Otherwise, activate the directory-management skill to set one up.

⏸ Wait for user.

Code Structure

Markdown Header
{
  "cell_type": "markdown",
  "metadata": {},
  "source": [
    "# Deploy to SageMaker Multi-Adapter Endpoint"
  ]
}
Cells

Each cell's content comes from ../code_templates/deploy-oss-sagemaker.py, split on the # Cell N: comments. Each marker starts a new notebook cell — everything between one marker and the next becomes that cell's content.

  • Cell 1: Setup (pip install)

  • Cell 2: Configuration

  • Cell 3: Create Model and Endpoint

  • Cell 4: Create Base Model and Adapter Inference Components

  • Cell 5: Test Inference

Placeholders

Cell 2:

  • [REGION] → AWS region

  • [INSTANCE_TYPE] → SageMaker instance type (e.g., ml.g5.2xlarge)

  • [TRAINING_JOB_NAME] → Training job name (used to look up JumpStart model ID from tags)

  • [ROLE_ARN] → IAM execution role ARN

  • [ENDPOINT_NAME] → Name for the endpoint (agent should generate a reasonable default)

  • [ACCEPT_EULA] → True if the user accepted the license in Step 4 of the main workflow, False otherwise

Step 7: Explicitly State EULA Acceptance

Before running the notebook (either via run_cell or by the user), confirm the EULA acceptance from Step 4 of the main workflow. Tell the user: "Since you accepted the license agreement, I've set EULA acceptance to True in the deployment code." If the user did not accept the license, tell them deployment cannot continue without license acceptance.

Step 8: Provide Run Instructions
To run:
1. Cell 1 — install/upgrade SageMaker SDK
2. Cell 2 — configuration (resolves adapter path and base model metadata via JumpStartModel)
3. Cell 3 — creates model and endpoint (waits for endpoint to be InService, ~5-10 min)
4. Cell 4 — creates base model and adapter inference components (waits for both to be InService, ~5-10 min)
5. Cell 5 — test inference with a sample prompt

Common Issues

  • "No module named 'sagemaker.jumpstart'": Upgrade SDK: pip install --upgrade sagemaker>=3.7.1

  • "ModuleNotFoundError" for vllm_async_service: Using LMI 0.31.0 container. Use OPTION_ROLLING_BATCH=lmi-dist instead of OPTION_ENTRYPOINT.

  • Base IC fails health check: Check MinMemoryRequiredInMb fits within instance memory. Reduce if needed.

  • "Inference Component Name header is required": Must pass InferenceComponentName when invoking the endpoint.

  • Console shows "Missing required key 'ModelName'": This is a console UI issue, not a deployment issue. The endpoint works correctly.

  • Adapter IC fails: Verify adapter weights exist at <model-s3-uri>/checkpoints/hf/. Check that the S3 prefix is accessible.

Post-Deployment Summary

After the notebook runs successfully, tell the user:

  • Endpoint: [ENDPOINT_NAME] is now InService

  • How to invoke: Use SageMaker runtime InvokeEndpoint with InferenceComponentName set to the adapter IC name (derived from the endpoint name)

  • Billing: This endpoint is billed by the hour while running, even when idle. Delete it when you're done testing.

  • Cleanup: Delete the adapter inference component first, then the base inference component, then the endpoint using the AWS MCP tool:

    1. Use delete-inference-component (SageMaker service) with the adapter IC name

    2. Wait for deletion to complete, then use delete-inference-component with the base IC name

    3. Wait for deletion to complete, then use delete-endpoint with the endpoint name

Requirements and compatibility

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

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