doca-dpa-hl-tracer SKILL.md skillA
doca-dpa-hl-tracer from nvidia/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nvidia/skills/doca-dpa-hl-tracer@git:20261014.bbb601aPins git:20261014.bbb601a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nvidia/skills
- Path
skills/doca-dpa-hl-tracer/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261014.bbb601a, committed Oct 14, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 17, 2026
- Size
- 17,497 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,871
- License
- Apache-2.0
Use this skill when the user runs doca_dpa_hl_tracer to capture/decode DPA-side traces at the programming-events layer (kernel entry/exit, sync points, comm primitive calls, RDMA WR submission, completion drain) — picking TRACE vs CRIT, tuning the JSON config (file-size limits + file_size_limit_policy, thread priorities/cores), decoding against the matching DPA-side ELF, or diagnosing empty/noisy captures. Trigger even when the user does not explicitly mention "DOCA DPA tracer" or…
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
# DOCA DPA High-Level Tracer ## Examples - **"My DPA kernel is doing the wrong thing — where do I look?"** — this is in scope when there is no host-side `DOCA_ERROR_*`. Capture then decode; do not start with cycle-only profiles. - **"TRACE mode buried the DPA in observation overhead."** — switch capture window and `TRACE` vs `CRIT` before changing the kernel. ## Instructions Follow Loading order below. Open the tasks companion for configure / run / debug. Open the capabilities companion for event taxonomy. Do not open every companion file. **Where to start:** This is a tool skill for invoking `doca_dpa_hl_tracer` — the documented host-side CLI that captures DPA-side execution traces in higher-level terms (DPA programming events: kernel entry / exit, sync points, comm primitive calls, RDMA WR submission, completions) rather than raw cycle counts. Open the tasks companion and start at `## configure` for the mode-vs-overhead decision and the JSON config layout, then `## run` for the capture → decode → render pipeline. Open the capabilities companion when the question is *what does this tool actually trace*, *which DPA programming …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nvidia/skills/doca-dpa-hl-tracer@sha256:fdb5ea4703dd9bd8The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.bbb601a, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 17, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026, about one every 89 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261014.bbb601a latest | 2026-10-14 | bbb601a | 17,497 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260717.f64fa0e | 2026-07-17 | f64fa0e | 17,466 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (17497 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
nvidia/skills · 3,871 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_elg2ci3fmthpgjxd GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nvidia/skills/doca-dpa-hl-tracer GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fdb5ea4703dd9bd81a5f42854f3c732e827b7d76dade0fec293958a003328b5b
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