Keda Scaler

helm install keda-copilot-scaler oci://ghcr.io/tamirdresher/keda-copilot-scaler \
  --namespace squad-scaler --create-namespace \
  --set github.owner=YOUR_ORG \
  --set github.repo=YOUR_REPO \
  --set github.token=YOUR_TOKEN

kubectl apply -k https://github.com/tamirdresher/keda-copilot-scaler/deploy/kustomize

apiVersion: keda.sh/v1alpha1
kind: ScaledObject
metadata:
  name: picard-scaler
  namespace: squad
spec:
  scaleTargetRef:
    name: picard-deployment
  minReplicaCount: 0          # Scale to zero when idle
  maxReplicaCount: 3
  pollingInterval: 30         # Check every 30 seconds
  cooldownPeriod: 300         # Wait 5 minutes before scaling down
  triggers:
  - type: external
    metadata:
      scalerAddress: keda-copilot-scaler.squad-scaler.svc.cluster.local:6000
      owner: your-org
      repo: your-repo
      labels: squad:copilot    # Only count issues with this label
      threshold: "1"           # Scale up when >= 1 issue exists

# Check the scaler is running
kubectl get pods -n squad-scaler

# Check ScaledObject status
kubectl get scaledobject picard-scaler -n squad

# Watch scaling events
kubectl get events -n squad --watch

# Only scale pods on GPU-capable nodes
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      nodeSelector:
        node.squad.dev/gpu: "true"
  triggers:
  - type: external
    metadata:
      labels: squad:copilot,needs:gpu

GitHub API                    KEDA                    Kubernetes
┌──────────┐              ┌──────────┐           ┌──────────────┐
│  Issues   │◄── poll ──►│  Scaler   │──metrics─►│ HPA / KEDA   │
│  (REST)   │             │  (gRPC)   │           │ Controller   │
└──────────┘              └──────────┘           └──────┬───────┘
                                                        │
                                                  scale up/down
                                                        │
                                                 ┌──────▼───────┐
                                                 │ Agent Pods    │
                                                 │ (0–N replicas)│
                                                 └──────────────┘