tool-ticks SKILL.md skillA
tool-ticks from feilipu/8085-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add feilipu/8085-skills/tool-ticks@git:20260912.9177912Pins git:20260912.9177912 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- feilipu/8085-skills
- Path
.agents/skills/tool-ticks/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260912.9177912, committed Sep 12, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 21, 2026
- Size
- 3,031 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
z88dk-ticks cycle-accurate emulator: TIMER bounds, hotspots, debugger, CPU -m flags. Use for suite runs and library timing.
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
# Tool — ticks | | | |--|--| | Binary | `z88dk-ticks` | | Help | Run bare `z88dk-ticks` (NOT -h — treated as a filename) | | Wiki (local draft) | `wiki/tools/Tool---ticks.md` | ## Agent essentials | Rule | Detail | |------|--------| | CPU flag **before** binary | `z88dk-ticks -m8085 prog.bin` | | TIMER | `-x map -start TIMER_START -end TIMER_STOP -counter …` | | Default `-counter` | **100000000**. Whole-program `+test` PRINTF of n-body n≥~125 dies mid-loop; the `10000000x` line is the cap, not `%f`. Raise `-counter`. | | Hotspots | debugger `hotspot on` → file `hotspots` in cwd | | Models | `-m8080 -m8085 -mz80 -mz80n -mz180 -mgbz80 …` | Full A/B and bench recipes: `methodology-measure`. ## Condensed reference (from wiki / tree) # Tool — ticks (`z88dk-ticks`) Ticks is a command-line CPU emulator used to **run** small binaries and **count T-states**. Prefer it over wall-clock timing for library and benchmark work. It includes a debugger, hotspot histogram, and optional function profiler. ## Quick start ```text zcc +test -vn prog.c -o prog.bin -m z88dk-ticks -mz80 prog.bin ``` 8085 binary (must match the CPU model): ```text …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add feilipu/8085-skills/tool-ticks@sha256:b90eb415461258acThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260912.9177912, 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 Aug 21, 2026 and Sep 12, 2026, about one every 22 days.
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| git:20260912.9177912 latest | 2026-09-12 | 9177912 | 3,031 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260821.71d8484 | 2026-08-21 | 71d8484 | 2,610 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
feilipu/8085-skills · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ux24ypxvp2ddohmp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=feilipu/8085-skills/tool-ticks GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b90eb415461258ac1af671378bd8005f4459f668bc79a2217c7f7747feb0f07e
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