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sqlperfmon-review from vanterx/mssql-performance-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it. Analyze Windows Performance Monitor counter data for a SQL Server host to establish whether the operating system itself is the bottleneck and which process is responsible. Applies 14 checks (PM1-PM14) covering SQL process CPU saturation, non-SQL CPU competition, privileged/kernel time, page life expectancy, virtual address space growth, OS memory exhaustion, logical disk latency, hot volumes masked by the _Total instance, compilation and recompilation rates expressed against batch throughput…

Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
vanterx/mssql-performance-skills
Path
skills/sqlperfmon-review/SKILL.md
Audit grade
B, 16 of 17 checks passed
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1
Latest version
git:20261006.86bfc4e, committed Oct 6, 2026
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Repository stars
9
License
MIT

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What the file says

# SQL Server Perfmon Counter Review Skill

## Purpose

Determine whether the operating system hosting SQL Server is itself the constraint, and attribute the consumption to a process. Applies 14 checks (PM1-PM14) across five categories:

- **PM1-PM3** - CPU attribution: SQL Server process saturation, non-SQL process competition, and privileged/kernel time that points outside the engine
- **PM4-PM6** - Memory: page life expectancy, virtual address space growth against committed memory, and OS-level memory exhaustion
- **PM7-PM8** - Storage: logical disk latency per volume, and a hot volume hidden behind the `_Total` instance
- **PM9-PM12** - Compilation and workload: compile and recompile rates expressed against batch throughput, plan cache object growth by cache type, and batch request baseline shifts
- **PM13-PM14** - Client behaviour and collection integrity: attention (cancellation) rate, and gaps or too-short a sample window in the capture itself
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B  16 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • fail: No prompt-injection phrasing (matched: ignore the previous instructions)
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (31902 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 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

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vanterx/mssql-performance-skills · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yvh5avm2db2jfoqz
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vanterx/mssql-performance-skills/sqlperfmon-review
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2ca18706223221536c273467a4672cebe16d881c62565c2d86286880637d8097

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