# hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner

Picks a deployment pathway for a model on Amazon SageMaker: real-time, async, serverless or batch. Useful once training is done and the endpoint still isn't decided.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 544 installs · ★ 11213
- Author: huggingface
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/huggingface/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner

## What it does

The skill covers the first two phases of a deployment: discovery, then pathway selection. After that it hands off to `hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery`, `hf-cloud-python-env-setup`, `hf-cloud-sagemaker-iam-preflight`, `hf-cloud-serving-image-selection` and `hf-cloud-sagemaker-production-defaults`.

It keeps the questioning short. A typical minimum is two things: which model, and roughly how often it gets called. Model type is often readable from the name — anything with `-embed-` or `sentence-transformers/*` is embeddings, chat and instruct models are LLMs. LLMs default to a real-time endpoint. Embeddings also default to real-time, but on CPU instances, since GPU rarely pays off for that workload.

Before naming an instance, the skill checks quotas with `aws service-quotas list-service-quotas`. GPU quotas default to zero in many accounts, so a deploy dies on `ResourceLimitExceeded` — worth checking before you burn a deploy cycle. If the quota call itself is denied, the skill says so once and moves on; the check is an optimization, not a gate.

Three pathways are scripted: `deploy.py`, `deploy_ic.py` and `deploy_async.py`. Serverless, batch transform and Bedrock Custom Model Import have no scripts yet, so the skill explains the options instead of deploying them.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install huggingface/skills hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/huggingface/skills --path skills/hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/huggingface/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- choose between real-time, async and serverless for a given model
- deploy an LLM on AWS without guessing the instance type
- check GPU instance quotas before creating an endpoint
- pick a CPU instance for an embedding model instead of a GPU
- separate long-running inference from interactive calls

## Example prompts
- Deploy my fine-tuned model to SageMaker, the artifacts are in S3
- Serve this embedding model, it gets called rarely
- I need async inference for text-to-image, requests come in bursts

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: hf-cloud-sagemaker-deployment-planner
description: 'Plan and coordinate the deployment of a model to Amazon SageMaker AI. Use this skill whenever the user wants to deploy, host, serve, or expose a model on SageMaker or AWS — including phrases like "deploy a model", "host this LLM on AWS", "serve this embedding model", "deploy a reranker", "deploy a text-to-image / diffusion model", "host this for async inference", "create an endpoint", "serve my fine-tuned model", or any request that involves making a model available for inference on AWS. Use this even when the user is vague (e.g. "I just want to get this running on AWS, you figure it out"). Works for text-generation LLMs, embedding models, rerankers, classifiers, text-to-image / diffusion models — picks the right serving stack and chooses between real-time and async inference. This is the entry-point skill for SageMaker deployment work — it asks clarifying questions, picks a deployment pathway, and coordinates the other deployment skills.'
---

# SageMaker Deployment Planner

You are helping a user deploy a model to Amazon SageMaker. Most users invoking this skill want the model deployed with reasonable defaults, in as few questions as possible. Ask only what you need, recommend a pathway honestly, and hand off to the specialized skills.

## Workflow phases

1. **Discovery** — what is being deployed and what are the constraints (this skill)
2. **Pathway selection** — real-time / serverless / async / batch / Bedrock CMI (this skill)
3. **Context preflight** — `hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery`, then `hf-cloud-python-env-setup`
4. **IAM preflight** — `hf-cloud-sagemaker-iam-preflight`
5. **Image selection** — `hf-cloud-serving-image-selection`
6. **Deployment** — `hf-cloud-sagemaker-production-defaults`

Phases 1–2 are this skill's job. The others activate when their patterns match.

## Discovery: ask only what you need

You will eventually need to know:
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