Agent skill

System Profile

by AI4Scientist in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist

Profile a target (script, process, GPU, memory, interconnect) using external tools and code instrumentation.

No licenceAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install System Profile

skills CLI
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill system-profile -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist system-profile --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/system-profile .claude/skills/system-profile && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
system-profile
GitHub stars
128
Used in
4 other repos
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
530 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
74
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Profile a target (script, process, GPU, memory, interconnect) using external tools and code instrumentation.

  • Works in 6 steps: Determine the profiling target → Choose profiling methods → Key dimensions to investigate → …
  • User says profile
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Wants performance analysis

What it does

System Profile is an agent skill from AI4Scientist/nano-scientist. Profile a target (script, process, GPU, memory, interconnect) using external tools and code instrumentation. Produces structured performance reports with actionable recommendations. Use when user says "profile", "benchmark", "bottleneck", or wants performance analysis.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Performance optimization. It works with NVIDIA AI Platform. The repository describes itself as: An autonomous research agent that turns a topic into a peer-reviewed technical report.

When your agent uses it

  • User says profile
  • Wants performance analysis

Example prompts

  • “profile”
  • “benchmark”
  • “bottleneck”
  • “/system-profile”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Determine the profiling target
  2. Choose profiling methods
  3. Key dimensions to investigate
  4. Instrumentation guidelines
  5. Run profiling
  6. Produce the report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7132192. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

System Profile loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 71 tokens; SKILL.md has 530 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~71
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 530 words (~1,136 tokens).

“Profile the specified target and summarize the results. Target: $ARGUMENTS”

— opening of SKILL.md by AI4Scientist
name
system-profile
argument-hint
<target, e.g. "train.py", "gpu", "pid 1234", "vllm serving">

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/system-profile of AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7132192

Used in 4 other repositories

We found 8 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 4 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about System Profile

What does System Profile do?

Profile a target (script, process, GPU, memory, interconnect) using external tools and code instrumentation. System Profile is an agent skill from AI4Scientist/nano-scientist. Profile a target (script, process, GPU, memory, interconnect) using external tools and code instrumentation.

When should I use System Profile?

System Profile fits situations like: user says profile; wants performance analysis.

How do I install System Profile in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill system-profile -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/system-profile in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist) into .claude/skills/system-profile in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install System Profile in Codex?

Run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill system-profile -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/system-profile in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist) into .agents/skills/system-profile in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use System Profile in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill system-profile -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/system-profile, .gemini/skills/system-profile, .github/skills/system-profile and .opencode/skills/system-profile in your project.

What does System Profile need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: System Profile is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does System Profile access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is System Profile safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does System Profile use?

No licence was found for System Profile or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does System Profile use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to System Profile?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with System Profile: LLM Torch Profiler Trace Analysis (BBuf/AI-Infra-Auto-Driven-SKILLS, 925 stars), Cuda Profiling (mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills, 253 stars), LLM Torch Profiler Analysis (sgl-project/sglang, 37k stars) and Graphsignal (graphsignal/graphsignal, 257 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains System Profile?

AI4Scientist (a GitHub organization) maintains it in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist, which has 128 GitHub stars. The repository holds 74 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 3, 2026.

Source: AI4Scientist/nano-scientist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.