PSI Agent: Tool Hosting & Deployment (PSI↔AKD alignment)

PSI Agent: Tool Hosting & Deployment

Tracking · Parent EPIC: #377 — PSI Agent · Tool scope: #500 · Tool build: #503 · PI: 26.4 Agent Development
Collaboration: NASA PSI (Physical Science Informatics) team

Context

Once the PSI agent tools are built and validated in the fast-iteration space (#503, in nasa-impact/akd-ext), the open question is where they should actually live and run long-term. akd-ext is a prototyping ground, not a production home.

Answering this needs a discussion between the PSI and AKD teams — it's as much an ownership/operations decision as a technical one, and it depends on PSI's infrastructure, data access, and who maintains what.

What this issue covers

• Align PSI↔AKD on the permanent hosting home for each PSI agent tool (AKD-side, PSI-side, or hybrid).
• Decide the build/operate ownership split — who maintains each tool once it leaves akd-ext.
• Confirm data & access in the target environment (PSI data sources, credentials, network reach).
• Plan the migration of the validated tools out of nasa-impact/akd-ext into their agreed home.
• Deploy the tools there and confirm the PSI agent reaches them in the target setup.

Done when

• Hosting home for each tool agreed with the PSI team.
• Ownership / maintenance split (AKD vs PSI) agreed and documented.
• Data/access validated in the target environment.
• Tools migrated out of akd-ext and deployed to the agreed home.
• PSI agent invokes the tools in the target/production setup; validated end-to-end.

Depends on

• #503 — tools built & validated in akd-ext (this decision is informed by what the build learns).
• #500 — tool scope (the hosting / ownership questions originate there).

Blocked by

• ⛔ PSI↔AKD discussion on hosting & ownership. Needs input from the PSI team; not fully actionable until the tools are built and that conversation happens.

Out of scope

• Building the tools — covered by #503.
• Full-agent deployment (the PSI agent itself, beyond its tools) — broader EPIC #377 concern.