--- title: Architect an open blueprint for cloud-native AI agents description: A detailed architecture blueprint for running AI agents as cloud-native workloads on Kubernetes-based platforms like Red Hat OpenShift. The blueprint separates... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/architect-an-open-blueprint-for-cloud-native-ai-agents-ifsnucvwn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Architect an open blueprint for cloud-native AI agents | daily.dev og:description: A detailed architecture blueprint for running AI agents as cloud-native workloads on Kubernetes-based platforms like Red Hat OpenShift. The blueprint separates... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/architect-an-open-blueprint-for-cloud-native-ai-agents-ifsnucvwn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IFsNUCVWn.png og:image:alt: Architect an open blueprint for cloud-native AI agents og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Architect an open blueprint for cloud-native AI agents **[Red Hat Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/rhdev)** · 21 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A detailed architecture blueprint for running AI agents as cloud-native workloads on Kubernetes-based platforms like Red Hat OpenShift. The blueprint separates the model (stateless inference), harness (agent loop and memory), and sandbox runtime (isolation) into distinct components with independent lifecycles. Key design principles include: sandboxed pods with three nested isolation rings (process, pod, hardware), workload identity via SPIFFE/SPIRE replacing static API keys, tool governance through an MCP Gateway using claims-based authorization, and a three-tier inference routing system separating security, cost, and efficiency decisions. Two deployment patterns are contrasted — Agent-as-a-Workload (one pod per agent) and Agent-as-a-Service (shared loop runtime). The blueprint emphasizes open interfaces (OpenAI-compatible APIs, MCP, agent-sandbox SIG, SPIFFE) to keep vendor choices reversible, while honestly cataloging open problems like multi-agent coordination, memory poisoning, and fleet-scale policy authoring. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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