mlrun · Eyal-Danieli · Jan 11, 2026 · Jan 6, 2026 · Jan 6, 2026 · Jan 6, 2026
diff --git a/cli/utils/step_item_template.yaml.j2 b/cli/utils/step_item_template.yaml.j2
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ spec:
   filename: {{ filename|default('') }}              {# Implementation file #}
   image: mlrun/mlrun                                {# Base image name #}
   requirements: []                                  {# List of Pythonic library requirements #}
+  kind: ''                                          {# Step kind #}
 version: 1.0.0                                      {# Step version, should follow standard semantic versioning schema #}
diff --git a/functions/src/arc_to_parquet/function.yaml b/functions/src/arc_to_parquet/function.yaml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ spec:
   disable_auto_mount: false
 metadata:
   categories:
-  - utils
+  - utilities
   name: arc-to-parquet
   tag: ''
 verbose: false
diff --git a/functions/src/arc_to_parquet/item.yaml b/functions/src/arc_to_parquet/item.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 categories:
-- utils
+- utilities
 description: retrieve remote archive, open and save as parquet
 doc: ''
 example: arc_to_parquet.ipynb

diff --git a/functions/src/azureml_utils/function.yaml b/functions/src/azureml_utils/function.yaml
@@ -242,6 +242,6 @@ kind: job
 metadata:
   categories:
   - model-serving
-  - utils
+  - utilities
   tag: ''
   name: azureml-utils
diff --git a/functions/src/azureml_utils/item.yaml b/functions/src/azureml_utils/item.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 categories:
 - model-serving
-- utils
+- utilities
 description: Azure AutoML integration in MLRun, including utils functions for training
   models on Azure AutoML platfrom.
 doc: ''

diff --git a/functions/src/github_utils/function.yaml b/functions/src/github_utils/function.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     author: Iguazio
   categories:
-  - utils
+  - utilities
 spec:
   command: ''
   args: []

diff --git a/functions/src/github_utils/item.yaml b/functions/src/github_utils/item.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 categories:
-- utils
+- utilities
 description: add comments to github pull request
 doc: ''
 example: github_utils.ipynb

diff --git a/functions/src/mlflow_utils/function.yaml b/functions/src/mlflow_utils/function.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
 metadata:
   categories:
   - model-serving
-  - utils
+  - utilities
   name: mlflow-utils
   tag: ''
 kind: serving
diff --git a/functions/src/mlflow_utils/item.yaml b/functions/src/mlflow_utils/item.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 categories:
 - model-serving
-- utils
+- utilities
 description: Mlflow model server, and additional utils.
 doc: ''
 example: mlflow_utils.ipynb

diff --git a/functions/src/onnx_utils/function.yaml b/functions/src/onnx_utils/function.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 kind: job
 metadata:
   categories:
-  - utils
+  - utilities
   - deep-learning
   name: onnx-utils
   tag: ''

diff --git a/functions/src/onnx_utils/item.yaml b/functions/src/onnx_utils/item.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 categories:
-- utils
+- utilities
 - deep-learning
 description: ONNX intigration in MLRun, some utils functions for the ONNX framework,
   optimizing and converting models from different framework to ONNX using MLRun.

diff --git a/functions/src/open_archive/function.yaml b/functions/src/open_archive/function.yaml
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ spec:
 metadata:
   name: open-archive
   categories:
-  - utils
+  - utilities
   tag: ''
diff --git a/functions/src/open_archive/item.yaml b/functions/src/open_archive/item.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 categories:
-- utils
+- utilities
 description: Open a file/object archive into a target directory
 doc: ''
 example: open_archive.ipynb

diff --git a/functions/src/send_email/function.yaml b/functions/src/send_email/function.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     author: Iguazio
   categories:
-  - utils
+  - utilities
 spec:
   command: ''
   args: []

diff --git a/functions/src/send_email/item.yaml b/functions/src/send_email/item.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 categories:
-- utils
+- utilities
 description: Send Email messages through SMTP server
 doc: ''
 example: send_email.ipynb

diff --git a/steps/src/verify_schema/item.yaml b/steps/src/verify_schema/item.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ spec:
   filename: verify_schema.py              
   image: mlrun/mlrun                                
   requirements:
+  kind: generic
 version: 1.0.0