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+---
+name: vast-gpu
+description: "Rent, manage, and destroy GPU instances on vast.ai. Use when user says \"rent gpu\", \"vast.ai\", \"rent a server\", \"cloud gpu\", or needs on-demand GPU without owning hardware."
+argument-hint: "[task-description or action]"
+allowed-tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob
+---
+
+# Vast.ai GPU Management
+
+Manage vast.ai GPU instance: $ARGUMENTS
+
+## Overview
+
+Rent cheap, capable GPUs from vast.ai on demand. This skill **analyzes the training task** to determine GPU requirements, searches for the best-value offers, presents options with estimated total cost, and handles the full lifecycle: rent → setup → run → destroy.
+
+Users do NOT specify GPU models or hardware. They describe the task — the skill figures out what to rent.
+
+**Prerequisites:** The `vastai` CLI must be installed (requires **Python ≥ 3.10**) and authenticated:
+```bash
+pip install vastai
+vastai set api-key YOUR_API_KEY
+```
+
+> If your system Python is < 3.10, create a virtual environment with Python ≥ 3.10 (e.g., `conda create`, `pyenv`, `uv venv`, etc.) and install `vastai` there.
+
+SSH public key **must be uploaded at https://cloud.vast.ai/manage-keys/ BEFORE creating any instance**. Keys are baked into instances at creation time — if you add a key after renting, you must destroy and re-create the instance.
+
+## State File
+
+All active vast.ai instances are tracked in `vast-instances.json` at the project root:
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "instance_id": 33799165,
+    "offer_id": 25831376,
+    "gpu_name": "RTX_3060",
+    "num_gpus": 1,
+    "dph": 0.0414,
+    "ssh_url": "ssh://root@1.208.108.242:58955",
+    "ssh_host": "1.208.108.242",
+    "ssh_port": 58955,
+    "created_at": "2026-03-29T21:12:00Z",
+    "status": "running",
+    "experiment": "exp01_baseline",
+    "estimated_hours": 4.0,
+    "estimated_cost": 0.17
+  }
+]
+```
+
+This file is the source of truth for `/run-experiment` and `/monitor-experiment` to connect to vast.ai instances.
+
+## Workflow
+
+### Action: Provision (default)
+
+Analyze the task, find the best GPU, and present cost-optimized options. This is the main entry point — called directly or automatically by `/run-experiment` when `gpu: vast` is set.
+
+**Step 1: Analyze Task Requirements**
+
+Read available context to determine what the task needs:
+
+1. **From the experiment plan** (`refine-logs/EXPERIMENT_PLAN.md`):
+   - Compute budget (total GPU-hours)
+   - Hardware hints (e.g., "4x RTX 3090")
+   - Model architecture and dataset size
+   - Run order and per-milestone cost estimates
+
+2. **From experiment scripts** (if already written):
+   - Model size — scan for model class, `num_parameters`, config files
+   - Batch size, sequence length — estimate VRAM from these
+   - Dataset — estimate training time from dataset size + epochs
+   - Multi-GPU — check for `DataParallel`, `DistributedDataParallel`, `accelerate`, `deepspeed`
+
+3. **From user description** (if no plan/scripts exist):
+   - Model name/size (e.g., "fine-tune LLaMA-7B", "train ResNet-50")
+   - Dataset scale (e.g., "ImageNet", "10k samples")
+   - Estimated duration (e.g., "about 2 hours")
+
+**Step 2: Determine GPU Requirements**
+
+Based on the task analysis, determine:
+
+| Factor | How to estimate |
+|--------|----------------|
+| **Min VRAM** | Model params × 4 bytes (fp32) or × 2 (fp16/bf16) + optimizer states + activations. Rules of thumb: 7B model ≈ 16 GB (fp16), 13B ≈ 28 GB, 70B ≈ 140 GB (needs multi-GPU). ResNet/ViT ≈ 4-8 GB. Add 20% headroom. |
+| **Num GPUs** | 1 unless: model doesn't fit in single GPU VRAM, or scripts use DDP/FSDP/DeepSpeed, or plan specifies multi-GPU |
+| **Est. hours** | From experiment plan's cost column, or: (dataset_size × epochs) / (throughput × batch_size). Default to user estimate if available. Add 30% buffer for setup + unexpected slowdowns |
+| **Min disk** | 20 GB base + model checkpoint size + dataset size. Default: 50 GB |
+| **CUDA version** | Match PyTorch version. PyTorch 2.x needs CUDA ≥ 11.8. Default: 12.1 |
+
+**Step 3: Search Offers**
+
+Search across multiple GPU tiers to find the best value. Always search broadly — do NOT limit to one GPU model:
+
+```bash
+# Tier 1: Budget GPUs (good for small models, fine-tuning, ablations)
+vastai search offers "gpu_ram>=<MIN_VRAM> num_gpus>=<N> reliability>0.95 inet_down>100" -o 'dph+' --storage <DISK> --limit 10
+
+# Tier 2: If VRAM > 24 GB, also search high-VRAM cards specifically
+vastai search offers "gpu_ram>=48 num_gpus>=<N> reliability>0.95" -o 'dph+' --storage <DISK> --limit 5
+```
+
+The output is a table with columns: `ID`, `CUDA`, `N` (GPU count), `Model`, `PCIE`, `cpu_ghz`, `vCPUs`, `RAM`, `Disk`, `$/hr`, `DLP` (deep learning perf), `score`, `NV Driver`, `Net_up`, `Net_down`, `R` (reliability %), `Max_Days`, `mach_id`, `status`, `host_id`, `ports`, `country`.
+
+The **first column (`ID`)** is the offer ID needed for `vastai create instance`.
+
+**Step 4: Present Cost-Optimized Options**
+
+Present **3 options** to the user, ranked by estimated total cost:
+
+```
+Task analysis:
+- Model: [model name/size] → estimated VRAM: ~[X] GB
+- Training: ~[Y] hours estimated
+- Requirements: [N] GPU(s), ≥[X] GB VRAM, ~[Z] GB disk
+
+Recommended options (sorted by estimated total cost):
+
+| # | GPU          | VRAM  | $/hr   | Est. Hours | Est. Total | Reliability | Offer ID  |
+|---|-------------|-------|--------|------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
+| 1 | RTX 3060    | 12 GB | $0.04  | ~6h        | ~$0.25     | 99.4%       | 25831376  |  ← cheapest
+| 2 | RTX 4090    | 24 GB | $0.28  | ~4h        | ~$1.12     | 99.2%       | 6995713   |  ← best value
+| 3 | A100 SXM    | 80 GB | $0.95  | ~2h        | ~$1.90     | 99.5%       | 7023456   |  ← fastest
+
+Option 1 is cheapest overall. Option 3 finishes fastest.
+Pick a number (or type a different offer ID):
+```
+
+**Key presentation rules:**
+- Always show **estimated total cost** ($/hr × estimated hours), not just $/hr
+- Faster GPUs have shorter estimated hours (scale by relative FLOPS)
+- Flag if a cheap option has reliability < 0.97 ("budget pick — 3% chance of interruption")
+- If task is small (<1 hour), recommend interruptible pricing for even lower cost
+- If no offers meet VRAM requirements, explain why and suggest alternatives (e.g., multi-GPU, quantization)
+
+**Relative speed scaling (approximate, for estimating hours across GPU tiers):**
+
+| GPU | Relative Speed (FP16) |
+|-----|-----------------------:|
+| RTX 3060 | 0.5× |
+| RTX 3090 | 1.0× |
+| RTX 4090 | 1.6× |
+| A5000 | 0.9× |
+| A6000 | 1.1× |
+| L40S | 1.5× |
+| A100 SXM | 2.0× |
+| H100 SXM | 3.3× |
+
+Use these to scale the base estimated hours across offers.
+
+### Action: Rent
+
+Create an instance from a user-selected offer.
+
+**Step 1: Create Instance**
+
+```bash
+vastai create instance <OFFER_ID> \
+  --image <DOCKER_IMAGE> \
+  --disk <DISK_GB> \
+  --ssh \
+  --direct \
+  --onstart-cmd "apt-get update && apt-get install -y git screen rsync"
+```
+
+Default Docker image: `pytorch/pytorch:2.1.0-cuda12.1-cudnn8-devel` (override via `AGENTS.md` `image:` field if set).
+
+The output looks like:
+```
+Started. {'success': True, 'new_contract': 33799165, 'instance_api_key': '...'}
+```
+
+The **`new_contract` value is the instance ID** — save this for all subsequent commands.
+
+**Step 2: Wait for Instance Ready**
+
+Poll instance status every 20 seconds until it's running (typically takes 30-60 seconds, max ~5 minutes):
+```bash
+vastai show instances --raw | python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+instances = json.load(sys.stdin)
+for inst in instances:
+    if inst['id'] == <INSTANCE_ID>:
+        print(inst['actual_status'])
+"
+```
+
+Wait states: `loading` → `running`. If stuck in `loading` for >5 minutes, warn the user — the host may be slow or the image may be large.
+
+**Step 3: Get SSH Connection Details**
+
+```bash
+vastai ssh-url <INSTANCE_ID>
+```
+
+This returns a URL in the format: `ssh://root@<HOST>:<PORT>`
+
+Parse out host and port from this URL. Example:
+- Input: `ssh://root@1.208.108.242:58955`
+- Host: `1.208.108.242`, Port: `58955`
+
+> **Important:** Always use `vastai ssh-url` to get connection details — do NOT rely on `ssh_host`/`ssh_port` from `vastai show instances`, as those may point to proxy servers that differ from the direct connection endpoint.
+
+**Step 4: Verify SSH Connectivity**
+
+```bash
+ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=15 -p <PORT> root@<HOST> "nvidia-smi && echo 'CONNECTION_OK'"
+```
+
+If SSH fails with "Permission denied (publickey)":
+- The user's SSH key was not uploaded to https://cloud.vast.ai/manage-keys/ **before** the instance was created
+- **Fix:** Destroy this instance, have user upload their key, then create a new instance. Keys are baked in at creation time — there is no way to add keys to a running instance.
+
+If SSH fails with "Connection refused":
+- The instance may still be initializing. Retry up to 3 times with 15-second intervals.
+
+**Step 5: Update State File**
+
+Write/update `vast-instances.json` with the new instance details including the `ssh_url` from Step 3, estimated hours and cost.
+
+**Step 6: Report**
+
+```
+Vast.ai instance ready:
+- Instance ID: <ID>
+- GPU: <GPU_NAME> x <NUM_GPUS>
+- Cost: $<DPH>/hr (estimated total: ~$<TOTAL>)
+- SSH: ssh -p <PORT> root@<HOST>
+- Docker: <IMAGE>
+
+To deploy: /run-experiment (will auto-detect this instance)
+To destroy when done: /vast-gpu destroy <ID>
+```
+
+### Action: Setup
+
+> Follow `../shared-references/compute-env-contract.md`: write/reuse the
+> declarative env spec (ordered `pip_phases`, not one big install), record the
+> `env:<name>@<specHash>` block in `.aris/compute/vast.md`, and run the seeded
+> kernel witness before launching the real experiment — a fresh instance whose
+> `import torch` succeeds can still have the wrong-SM wheel.
+
+Set up the rented instance for a specific experiment. Called automatically by `/run-experiment` when targeting a vast.ai instance.
+
+**Step 1: Install Dependencies (render the env spec, phase by phase)**
+
+Render the project's env spec as ORDERED phases — one `pip install` per phase,
+so an earlier phase's pin can't be dragged by a later package:
+
+```bash
+# phase 1: the fought-over pins first (torch/cuda wheel)
+ssh -p <PORT> root@<HOST> "pip install -q torch==<pinned>"
+# phase 2+: everything that must respect those pins
+ssh -p <PORT> root@<HOST> "pip install -q wandb tensorboard scipy scikit-learn pandas"
+```
+
+Legacy fallback — if the project only has a `requirements.txt` and no env spec,
+install it as a single phase, then treat any version fight it causes as the
+signal to convert it into ordered phases:
+```bash
+scp -P <PORT> requirements.txt root@<HOST>:/workspace/
+ssh -p <PORT> root@<HOST> "pip install -q -r /workspace/requirements.txt"
+```
+
+> Note: `scp` uses uppercase `-P` for port, while `ssh` uses lowercase `-p`.
+
+**Step 2: Sync Code**
+
+```bash
+rsync -avz -e "ssh -p <PORT>" \
+  --include='*.py' --include='*.yaml' --include='*.yml' --include='*.json' \
+  --include='*.txt' --include='*.sh' --include='*/' \
+  --exclude='*.pt' --exclude='*.pth' --exclude='*.ckpt' \
+  --exclude='__pycache__' --exclude='.git' --exclude='data/' \
+  --exclude='wandb/' --exclude='outputs/' \
+  ./ root@<HOST>:/workspace/project/
+```
+
+**Step 3: Verify Setup**
+
+```bash
+ssh -p <PORT> root@<HOST> "cd /workspace/project && python -c 'import torch; print(f\"PyTorch {torch.__version__}, CUDA: {torch.cuda.is_available()}, GPUs: {torch.cuda.device_count()}\")'"
+```
+
+Expected output: `PyTorch 2.1.0, CUDA: True, GPUs: 1` (or more GPUs if multi-GPU instance).
+
+### Action: Destroy
+
+Tear down a vast.ai instance to stop billing.
+
+**Step 1: Confirm Results Collected**
+
+Before destroying, check if there are experiment results to download:
+```bash
+ssh -p <PORT> root@<HOST> "ls /workspace/project/results/ 2>/dev/null || echo 'NO_RESULTS_DIR'"
+```
+
+If results exist, download them first:
+```bash
+rsync -avz -e "ssh -p <PORT>" root@<HOST>:/workspace/project/results/ ./results/
+```
+
+Also download logs:
+```bash
+scp -P <PORT> root@<HOST>:/workspace/*.log ./logs/ 2>/dev/null
+```
+
+**Step 2: Destroy Instance**
+
+```bash
+vastai destroy instance <INSTANCE_ID>
+```
+
+Output: `destroying instance <INSTANCE_ID>.`
+
+> Destruction is **irreversible** — all data on the instance is permanently deleted.
+
+**Step 3: Update State File**
+
+Remove the instance from `vast-instances.json` or mark its status as `destroyed`.
+
+**Step 4: Report Cost**
+
+Calculate actual cost based on creation time and $/hr:
+```
+Instance <ID> destroyed.
+- Duration: ~X.X hours
+- Actual cost: ~$X.XX (estimated was $Y.YY)
+- Results downloaded to: ./results/
+```
+
+### Action: List
+
+Show all active vast.ai instances:
+```bash
+vastai show instances
+```
+
+Cross-reference with `vast-instances.json` for experiment associations.
+
+### Action: Destroy All
+
+Tear down all active instances (use after all experiments complete):
+
+1. Download results from each instance
+2. Destroy all instances
+3. Clear `vast-instances.json`
+4. Report total cost
+
+## Key Rules
+
+- **Task-driven selection** — NEVER ask users to pick GPU models. Analyze the task, estimate requirements, present cost-optimized options with total price
+- **ALWAYS destroy instances when experiments are done** — vast.ai bills per second, leaving instances running wastes money
+- **Download results before destroying** — data is lost permanently on destroy
+- **Prefer on-demand pricing** for short experiments (<2 hours). Suggest interruptible/bid pricing for long runs (>4 hours) with checkpointing
+- **Check reliability > 0.95** — unreliable hosts may crash mid-training
+- **Use `--direct` SSH** when creating instances — faster than proxy SSH
+- **Always use `vastai ssh-url <ID>`** to get connection details — the host/port from `show instances` may differ
+- **SSH keys must be uploaded BEFORE creating instances** — keys are baked in at creation time. If SSH fails with "Permission denied", destroy and recreate after adding the key
+- **Default Docker image**: `pytorch/pytorch:2.1.0-cuda12.1-cudnn8-devel` unless user specifies otherwise
+- **Working directory on instance**: `/workspace/` (Docker default). Code syncs to `/workspace/project/`
+- **State file `vast-instances.json` must stay up to date** — other skills depend on it
+- **Show estimated total cost, not just $/hr** — a $0.90/hr GPU that finishes in 2h ($1.80) beats a $0.30/hr GPU that takes 8h ($2.40)
+- **`vastai` CLI requires Python ≥ 3.10** — if system Python is older, use a conda env
+
+## AGENTS.md Example
+
+Users only need to set `gpu: vast` — no hardware preferences required:
+
+```markdown
+## Vast.ai
+- gpu: vast                  # tells run-experiment to use vast.ai
+- auto_destroy: true         # auto-destroy after experiment completes (default: true)
+- max_budget: 5.00           # optional: max total $ to spend (skill warns if estimate exceeds this)
+- image: pytorch/pytorch:2.1.0-cuda12.1-cudnn8-devel  # optional: override Docker image
+```
+
+The skill analyzes experiment scripts and plans to determine what GPU to rent. No need to specify GPU model, VRAM, or instance count.
+
+## Composing with Other Skills
+
+```
+/run-experiment "train model"       ← detects gpu: vast, calls /vast-gpu provision
+  ↳ /vast-gpu provision             ← analyzes task, presents options with cost
+  ↳ user picks option               ← rent + setup + deploy
+  ↳ /vast-gpu destroy               ← auto-destroy when done (if auto_destroy: true)
+
+/vast-gpu provision                 ← manual: analyze task + show options
+/vast-gpu rent <offer_id>           ← manual: rent a specific offer
+/vast-gpu list                      ← show active instances
+/vast-gpu destroy <instance_id>     ← tear down, stop billing
+/vast-gpu destroy-all               ← tear down everything
+```