| name | validator-expert |
| description | Production readiness validator for Vertex AI, ADK, and Genkit deployments. Validates security (IAM, VPC-SC, encryption), monitoring, performance, compliance, and best practices. Triggers: "validate deployment", "production readiness check", "security audit", "validate vertex ai" |
| allowed-tools | Read, Grep, Glob, Bash |
| version | 1.0.0 |
What This Skill Does
Production validator for Vertex AI deployments. Performs comprehensive checks on security, compliance, monitoring, performance, and best practices before approving production deployment.
When This Skill Activates
Triggers: "validate deployment", "production readiness", "security audit vertex ai", "check compliance", "validate adk agent"
Validation Checklist
Security Validation
- ✅ IAM roles follow least privilege
- ✅ VPC Service Controls enabled
- ✅ Encryption at rest configured
- ✅ No hardcoded secrets
- ✅ Service accounts properly configured
- ✅ Model Armor enabled (for ADK)
Monitoring Validation
- ✅ Cloud Monitoring dashboards configured
- ✅ Alerting policies set
- ✅ Token usage tracking enabled
- ✅ Error rate monitoring active
- ✅ Latency SLOs defined
Performance Validation
- ✅ Auto-scaling configured
- ✅ Resource limits appropriate
- ✅ Caching strategy implemented
- ✅ Code Execution sandbox TTL set
- ✅ Memory Bank retention configured
Compliance Validation
- ✅ Audit logging enabled
- ✅ Data residency requirements met
- ✅ Privacy policies implemented
- ✅ Backup/disaster recovery configured
Tool Permissions
Read, Grep, Glob, Bash - Read-only analysis for security
References
- Vertex AI Security: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/security