| name | deploy-collection |
| description | Deploy the full Content Agents package with a provider-neutral, endpoint-driven, multi-instance strategy. Use when the user asks to deploy all content agents, deploy material/physics/texture together, configure shared OVRTX rendering, choose VLM/LLM/image-gen/embedding endpoints, test the full package, or use Brev as an optional self-hosted dependency provider. |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| author | NVIDIA Content Agents |
| tags | ["content-agents","collection","deployment","brev"] |
| tools | ["Shell","Docker","Python","Filesystem"] |
| compatibility | Requires the repo Python environment, Docker Compose, endpoint URLs for shared dependencies, optional Brev CLI access for self-hosted dependency nodes, and provider credentials in the repo-root .env. |
Deploy Content Agents Collection
When to Use
Use this skill to deploy the whole Content Agents package without Helm and
without a single monolithic Compose stack.
Limitations
- Keep provider credentials in the repo-root
.env; never print or commit
secrets.
- Use Brev only when the user asks for self-hosted dependencies or a full
validation topology.
- Use service-specific deploy skills when debugging one agent or dependency in
isolation.
Prerequisites
- Repo Python environment available for
deploy/collection/deploy.py.
- Docker Compose available for local CPU-only service startup.
- Endpoint URLs or Brev deployment plans for OVRTX, VLM/LLM, image generation,
and embedding dependencies selected by the user.
Core Model
- Material, Physics, and Texture Agent services are CPU-only.
- OVRTX rendering is a shared GPU dependency required by Material and Physics.
- VLM, LLM, image generation, and embeddings are optional model dependencies.
- Dependencies are configured by endpoint URL.
- Brev is optional. Use it only when the user asks for Brev or wants a full
self-hosted validation topology.
Instructions
- Inspect
deploy/collection/collection.yaml.
- Ask for missing endpoint choices only if they cannot be inferred safely.
- Keep secrets in the repo-root
.env; never write API keys into YAML.
- Run:
./deploy/collection/deploy.py plan
- If the plan is valid, start the CPU-only agents:
./deploy/collection/deploy.py up
- Check status or smoke:
./deploy/collection/deploy.py status
./deploy/collection/deploy.py smoke
- Commit and push coherent checkpoints when making implementation changes.
When To Read References
- For env vars and endpoint wiring, read
references/env-contract.md.
- For choosing a topology, read
references/topologies.md.
- For Brev-hosted dependencies, read
references/brev.md.
Existing Skills To Reuse
- Use
deploy-ovrtx-docker when starting or debugging a standalone OVRTX
renderer.
- Use
deploy-qwen-vlm-brev when the user asks for a Brev-hosted Qwen VLM.
- Use
deploy-image-gen-brev when the user asks for a Brev-hosted FLUX
image-generation endpoint.
- Use
deploy-embeddings-brev when the user asks for a Brev-hosted embedding
endpoint for Material Agent prim clustering.
- Use
brev-cli when creating, listing, accessing, port-forwarding, or cleaning
up Brev instances.
- Use service-specific Docker skills only when debugging one agent in isolation.
Do not use Helm skills for this workflow unless the user explicitly changes the
deployment target to Kubernetes/Helm.
Validation
Minimum validation for code changes:
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m py_compile deploy/collection/deploy.py
./deploy/collection/deploy.py plan
./deploy/collection/deploy.py render-env
docker compose --env-file deploy/collection/.collection.generated.env \
-f deploy/collection/docker-compose.agents.yml config --quiet
Run Docker/Brev smoke tests only when the requested topology and credentials are
available.
Output Format
Return the selected topology, generated endpoint configuration, validation
commands run, service URLs or pending dependencies, and any cleanup commands.
Troubleshooting
- If planning fails, report the invalid field and the config file to edit.
- If Docker config or smoke checks fail, include the failing command, relevant
log tail, and the next retry or cleanup command.
