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[Initiative]: TOC AI Cloud-Native Standards Checklist
Name
Kubernetes Agentic Standards Checklist Creation
Short description
Creation of a best practice recommendation checklist for Agentic AI micro-services
Responsible group
TOC
Does the initiative belong to a subproject?
Yes
Subproject name
Kubernetes Agentic Standards Checklist
Primary contact
joshhalley
Additional contacts
Nina Polshakova
Initiative description
The objective of this initiative is to provide a concise checklist in under 10 pages associated with best practices which have been learned around the deployment and creation of micro-services in the domain of AI Agentic containers.
Key topics are based of the pre-work that the team pursued in the below working document:
Deliverable(s) or exit criteria
The objective is to create concise and easy to understand checklist covering the topics described in the Document Link that can support individuals and teams that are developing agents to consider important topics, in domains of security and observability.
The objective from the team is to have the document concluded by the end of July 2025.
+1 @leonardpahlke -- looks like it could also be a short, concise Initiative that the TOC is looking for (versus the longer whitepapers)
okay to open vote @riaankleinhans
This initiative has been approved by the TOC and is ready to be worked on with the appropriate TAG and TOC liaison.
Kubernetes Agentic AI Standards:
Document Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pH7b2IKNg6lDcHNHZJoDdWNoe8jvp3Kd0Aoy7vTdAOA/edit?tab=t.0
Attendees: Deep Patel Claudia Misale Victor Lu
cc: Ricardo Aravena Nina Polshakova Vincent Caldeira Nimisha Mehta
Meeting Minutes - Tuesday July the 10th - 08:00 PT:
Hi Team,
please find the minutes from todays session:
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Overview was shared for the format of the document
- Max 10 pages - short abstract followed by checklist
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Described how supporting or reference documentation associated with checklist should be handled
- Links for these documents to be included at the bottom of each sections checklist
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How do we handle disclaimers for fair use, to indicate that this document does not mean that users are not at risk of security breach etc...
- Disclaimer can be included in document, however there is an expectation that something exists already (boilerplate) from the CNCF
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Deep volunteered to support Vincent on Governance section
- Deep to reach out to Vincent
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Victor indicated that a section on trust is missing and should be added
- Added to the governance section of the document
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Topic of up and coming / future research was discussed
- For future topics, limited abstracts can be added at the end of each section, however given the pace of change in this domain, it is expected that change revision is high
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Meeting Schedule Tue / Thu at 08:00 AM Pacific
- Josh to reach out to Riaan to make the meeting series less restrictive and get the Tuesday slot on the schedule
In case any topics were missed or misrepresented let me know.
Kind Regards,
Josh
Kubernetes Agentic AI Standards:
Document Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pH7b2IKNg6lDcHNHZJoDdWNoe8jvp3Kd0Aoy7vTdAOA/edit?tab=t.0
Attendees: Nimisha Mehta Claudia Misale Victor Lu Nina Polshkova
cc: Ricardo Aravena Deep Patel Vincent Caldeira
Meeting Minutes - Tuesday July the 15th - 08:00 PT:
Hi Team,
please find the minutes from the session:
- Discussed the General section, indicating that it should set the stage and cross reference other links to avoid base jumping into content which is too heavy
- Low Level Hardware topics (i.e. Metrics for NVIDIA vs AMD etc...) will be called out as out of scope, as this domain is quite exhausive and goes well beyond agents
- Various topics converge across domains in terms of trust and security (such as accounting for audit trails, arguably could also be a observability metric), team agreed should work with the current format and we can always reshuffle the final to make it more readable
Target delivery remains end of July
Meeting Schedule Tue / Thu at 08:00 AM Pacific, until the end of the month
In case any topics were missed or misrepresented let me know.
Kind Regards,
Josh
Kubernetes Agentic AI Standards:
Document Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pH7b2IKNg6lDcHNHZJoDdWNoe8jvp3Kd0Aoy7vTdAOA/edit?tab=t.0
Attendees: Nimisha Mehta Victor Lu Vincent Caldeira
cc: Ricardo Aravena Deep Patel Claudia Misale Nina Polshkova
Meeting Minutes - Thursday July the 17th - 08:00 PT:
Hi Team,
Thanks to those of you who were able to make the meeting yesterday.
Please find the topics discussed
Team agreed with the current format, with the understanding that during final review certain points will reshuffle to make a more consistent flow and narative.
Discussed the General section: - Given the main topics, security, observability, governance and communications, the team discussed headlining the checkboxes to make things stand out more clearly (Nimisha to discuss with Nina) Control Communications Section: - Since there is heavy churn in this domain at the moment, reference material (footnotes) is needed to highlight the different solutions that are in play today - In scenarios where there are undecided standards, calling out the topic themselves for consideration may sometimes be the most prudent approach Observability: - Section has been split into metrics, traces, spans and logs to simplify messaging Governance: - Plenty of content is present, this collateral needs to be narrowed down to be more concise to support in fitting within our page limit - Vincent and Deep to align on the current format and content to ensure that they have a common view Security: - A lot of collateral present in this space Victor and Nina to align on content
Target delivery remains end of July
Meetings scheduled Tue / Thu at 08:00 AM Pacific, until the end of the month
In case any topics were missed or misrepresented let me know.
Kind Regards,
Josh
Kubernetes Agentic AI Standards:
Document Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pH7b2IKNg6lDcHNHZJoDdWNoe8jvp3Kd0Aoy7vTdAOA/edit?tab=t.0
Attendees:
Victor Lu Nina Polshkova Josh Halley
cc: Ricardo Aravena Deep Patel Claudia Misale Nimisha Mehta Vincent Caldeira
Meeting Minutes - Tuesday July the 22nd - 08:00 PT:
Hi Team,
Thanks to those of you who were able to make the meeting today.
Please find the topics discussed in todays session:
Ongoing efforts are underway to refine different domains, with the understanding that there may be a level of overlap and excess material which needs to be reduced eventually.
Discussed the General section:
- General section is being cleaned up and further reference material being added. Victor indicated that there may be a need to set the stage more in this section to ensure that the expectations are properly described and clear.
Control Communications Section:
- Further additions have been added into this section, further updates are still needed. Given the protocol sprawl at the moment, a limited subset will be described, with reference material to other items.
Observability:
- Section has been split into metrics, traces, spans and logs to simplify messaging - further updates are still needed here.
Governance:
- Plenty of content is present, this collateral needs to be narrowed down to be more concise to support in fitting within our page limit
Security:
- Some of the sections have been updated, Victor and Nina continue to work on this section being consolidated.
Target delivery remains end of July
Meetings scheduled Tue / Thu at 08:00 AM Pacific, until the end of the month
In case any topics were missed or misrepresented let me know.
Kind Regards,
Josh
cc: @raravena80
Hi All,
the team have concluded their work on the checklist and are ready for proceed with the next steps towards publishing.
The final collateral can be found in the Final Document tab in the link below:
This document was authored jointly by the following contributors:
Document Leads: Josh Halley Nina Polshakova
Section Contributors:
General: Nina Polshakova / Nimisha Mehta Communication: Josh Halley / Nimisha Mehta Observability: Josh Halley / Claudia Misale Security: Nina Polshakova / Victor Lu Governance: Vincent Caldeira / Deep Patel
@riaankleinhans @angellk would you be so kind as to support the documents transition towards publishing.
Please advise if there are any follow on steps needed from our side.
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