linux-perf SKILL.md skillA
linux-perf from intel/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add intel/skills/linux-perf@git:20260903.b1ad034Pins git:20260903.b1ad034 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- intel/skills
- Path
skills/linux-perf/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260903.b1ad034, committed Sep 3, 2026
- Size
- 12,392 bytes
- Repository stars
- 29
- License
- Apache-2.0
Profile and fix Linux performance problems using `perf`. Workflows: (A) hardware counters -- IPC, cache-miss, branch mispredictions; (B) hotspot profiling -- which functions and source lines consume CPU, with SIMD and accumulator detection; (C) cache-line contention -- false sharing, HITM, `perf c2c`; (D) core-count scaling -- dual-profile comparison, bottleneck categorization; (E) structured hotspot report with annotated source and pattern observations. Resolution strategies: TTAS spinlock…
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
<!-- (C) 2026 Intel Corporation, MIT license --> # Linux perf profiling skill Guide the user through profiling with Linux `perf` — from setup and data collection through reporting and interpretation. The skill is organized into five parts: - **Part 1: Setup** — permissions and build flags (always check these first) - **Part 2: Flows** — end-to-end workflows (A: quick stats, B: hotspot profiling, C: cache contention) - **Part 3: Cross-skill integrations** and **Reference** — when to delegate, and quick lookup tables - **Part 4: Building blocks** — focused data collection primitives that flows and other skills can call directly - **Part 5: Resolution strategies** — common fix patterns that flows can reference by name --- # Part 1: setup ## Check permissions (always do this first) ```bash cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid ``` - **≤ 1**: no `sudo` needed for most data collection - **2 or higher**: hardware events (cycles, cache-misses, etc.) require root To lower the limit (ask the user first): ```bash echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid ``` …
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How to install
mdr add intel/skills/linux-perf@sha256:7ee3edf81a451a15The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260903.b1ad034, 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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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 3, 2026.
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Source
intel/skills · 29 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fyd2y3ghlshfwzwi GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=intel/skills/linux-perf GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7ee3edf81a451a157e836721632ae074b796815b6990ccf962a170d3b667ba1d
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