Climate REF AFT (Assessment Fast Track)

Deployment configuration, integration tests, and version manifest for the CMIP7 Assessment Fast Track evaluation pipeline built on Climate REF.

What This Repository Contains

Directory	Purpose
helm/	Helm chart for Kubernetes deployment
docker/	Docker Compose for local development and testing
tests/	Cross-provider integration tests
scripts/	Smoke tests and deployment helpers
versions.toml	Version manifest pinning all component versions

Components

The AFT deployment brings together independently versioned packages:

Package	Repository	Description
climate-ref-core	Climate-REF/climate-ref	Core library with base classes and interfaces
climate-ref	Climate-REF/climate-ref	Main application, CLI, database, solver
climate-ref-celery	Climate-REF/climate-ref	Celery executor for distributed execution
climate-ref-esmvaltool	Climate-REF/climate-ref	ESMValTool diagnostic provider
climate-ref-pmp	Climate-REF/climate-ref	PCMDI Metrics Package diagnostic provider
climate-ref-ilamb	Climate-REF/climate-ref	ILAMB diagnostic provider
climate-ref-frontend	Climate-REF/ref-app	API and bundled Frontend

Note: we may split the providers out into their own repositories in future.

Versioning

This repository uses Semantic Versioning. Each release represents a tested, deployable combination of all components.

The versions.toml file pins the exact versions of each component in a given release.

Quick Start

# Install the chart from the OCI registry
helm install ref oci://ghcr.io/climate-ref/charts/climate-ref-aft --version 0.5.2

Development

DEVELOPMENT.md covers running the stack locally, the integration tests, the CI workflows, and the release process.

Related

• Climate REF Documentation
• Issue #513: Split diagnostic providers
• CMIP7 Assessment Fast Track