LLMLLMOps Control PlaneEngineering case study
PUBLIC · LLMOPS

LLMOps Control Plane

A local-first control loop around LLM applications: route requests, version prompts, retrieve context, evaluate outputs, measure operations and gate releases.

PublicLocal-firstEvaluation gatesCI + Kubernetes

The problem

Why this project exists

Prompt, retrieval and model changes are software changes. The control plane turns them into versioned, testable and observable lifecycle artifacts.

Verified capabilities

What is actually implemented

These capability descriptions are intentionally limited to the evidence-backed implementation surface.

01

Gateway

Provider-specific inference is isolated behind a model-agnostic generation contract.

02

Prompt registry

Prompts are versioned assets rather than hidden application strings.

03

RAG

A transparent local retrieval baseline keeps context selection inspectable.

04

Evaluation gates

Golden datasets and thresholds can gate releases.

05

Observability

Request count, latency, estimated cost and evaluation status are exposed.

06

Delivery

Docker Compose and Kubernetes examples connect quality checks to deployment workflows.

Architecture

How the system is structured

The diagram below represents the current verified architecture boundary; planned or environment-dependent components are described in the engineering notes rather than silently promoted.

Client
↓
LLM Gateway
↓
Prompt Registry
↓
Retrieval
↓
Model Provider
↓
Evaluation Gate
↓
Metrics / CI
BOUNDARY

Evidence and authority

Local deterministic operation supports repeatable evaluation.

Production security hardening remains environment-specific and is not claimed as certification.

Engineering deep dive

Decisions, trade-offs and boundaries

Technology names matter less than the engineering contracts they enforce.

E1

Local deterministic operation supports repeatable evaluation.

E2

Golden evaluation data makes output quality a release signal.

E3

Request IDs, latency, token estimates, cost estimates and evaluation status are explicit.

E4

Production security hardening remains environment-specific and is not claimed as certification.

Project status

Public · evidence-backed status

Implemented local-first reference control plane with API, evaluation, telemetry, infrastructure examples and CI.

ClassificationPublic implementation
EvidenceRepository implementation, tests and project records cross-checked
ClaimsCurrent, planned and limitations kept separate
DeploymentNot changed by portfolio integration
PUBLIC IMPLEMENTATION

Inspect the implementation directly.

Public implementation — source and documentation are available.