troubleshoot-zymtrace-profiler SKILL.md skillA

troubleshoot-zymtrace-profiler from zystem-io/zymtrace-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add zystem-io/zymtrace-skills/troubleshoot-zymtrace-profiler@git:20261027.524bf2c

Pins git:20261027.524bf2c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
zystem-io/zymtrace-skills
Path
zymtrace/skills/troubleshoot-zymtrace-profiler/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20261027.524bf2c, committed Oct 27, 2026
First version recorded
May 19, 2026
Size
18,869 bytes
Repository stars
6
License
Apache-2.0

Use when the zymtrace profiler agent is misbehaving — pods crash-looping, image pull errors, OOMKilled, CPU profiles working but no GPU profiles, NVML library not found, PC sampling not producing SASS-level data, or license errors on the profiler side. Walks symptom → diagnosis → fix. Focused on the agent itself; for "no data anywhere" use troubleshoot-zymtrace-backend. Trigger phrases: "profiler not working", "profiler pods crashing", "profiler CrashLoopBackOff", "profiler ImagePullBackOff…

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Troubleshoot zymtrace Profiler

Helps the user diagnose problems with the **profiler agent** — the DaemonSet (or Docker / binary) that ships profiles to the backend. Backend / ClickHouse / ingest problems live in [`troubleshoot-zymtrace-backend`](../troubleshoot-zymtrace-backend/SKILL.md). If the customer's symptom is "the UI is empty" without a clearer signal, route there instead — it covers the cross-cutting "no data" diagnostic across both sides.

## Greet the user

Open warmly. Diagnostic conversations start frustrated.

> 👋 Sorry the profiler isn't behaving — let's track it down. Tell me what you're seeing (e.g. "agent pods CrashLoopBackOff", "CPU profiles arrive but no GPU traces", "OOMKilled every 5 min", "license rejected") and I'll walk the diagnosis with you.
>
> **Need a human?**
> - Community Slack: <https://join.slack.com/t/zymtrace/shared_invite/zt-3fdidjufl-q~NHxDzQlzal2B9mujfaoQ>
> - Email: <support@zymtrace.com>
>
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add zystem-io/zymtrace-skills/troubleshoot-zymtrace-profiler@sha256:8ab7ff14a3ad2b7d

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261027.524bf2c, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between May 19, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026, about one every 40 days.

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git:20261027.524bf2c latest2026-10-27 524bf2c 18,869 BA view · diff
git:20260605.f5be0302026-06-05 f5be030 16,765 BA view · diff
v26.5.02026-06-03 96a7db9 16,991 BA view · diff
v26.5.02026-05-30 d71575d 16,882 BA view · diff
v26.5.02026-05-19 71c3238 16,819 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (18869 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

zystem-io/zymtrace-skills · 6 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dpzzudfczpq5btbs
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=zystem-io/zymtrace-skills/troubleshoot-zymtrace-profiler
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8ab7ff14a3ad2b7d108138da2cd022e4eaeb6e9cd5de64474813615cf8e2db1d

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