Vertex AI Pipelines (based on Kubeflow) provides Google Cloud Pipeline Components (GCPC) . These are pre-built, optimized components that perform common tasks.

Pre-built Components: ModelUploadOp and ModelDeployOp are native components specifically designed for these two steps. Chaining them together in your pipeline definition is the " simplest " approach because you don ' t have to write any custom Docker containers or manage Python client logic manually.

Why other options are incorrect:

Options A and B: These require writing custom code and maintaining container images, which increases complexity and maintenance overhead compared to using the built-in operators.

Option D: ModelEvaluationOp is used for assessing model quality (calculating metrics like AUC/Recall), not for the action of uploading or deploying a model.