Agent skill

Llvm Ir And Passes

by mohitmishra786 in mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills

LLVM IR and passes skill for reading compiler IR. An agent skill from mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Llvm Ir And Passes

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills --skill llvm-ir-and-passes -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills llvm-ir-and-passes --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/mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/compiler-internals/llvm-ir-and-passes .claude/skills/llvm-ir-and-passes && 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
llvm-ir-and-passes
GitHub stars
252
Token cost
~723 tokens
SKILL.md length
208 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
138
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

LLVM IR and passes skill for reading compiler IR. An agent skill from mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills.

  • Works in 7 steps: LLVM IR structure → Emit IR from Clang → Standard optimization pipeline (New PM) → …
  • Analyzing LLVM IR
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, When to Use, Workflow and Common Problems, plus 1 more section
  • Calls rustc

What it does

Llvm Ir And Passes is an agent skill from mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills. LLVM IR and passes skill for reading compiler IR. Use when analyzing LLVM IR, understanding SSA, pass pipeline order, or running opt on bitcode. Activates on queries about LLVM IR, SSA form, opt passes, llvm-dis, pass pipeline, or reading .ll files.

Its SKILL.md is about 720 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 Development. The repository describes itself as: A curated suite of AI agent skills for systems and low-level programming with C/C++, Rust, and Zig toolchains, covering compilers, debuggers, profilers, build systems…. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Analyzing LLVM IR
  • Understanding SSA
  • Pass pipeline order
  • Running opt on bitcode

Example prompts

  • “/llvm-ir-and-passes”

Workflow steps

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

  1. LLVM IR structure
  2. Emit IR from Clang
  3. Standard optimization pipeline (New PM)
  4. Useful analysis passes
  5. Reading PHI and UB
  6. Compare before/after
  7. Agent usage

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bdc5847. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • rustc

    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

Llvm Ir And Passes loads about 723 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 208 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~67
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~723

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

The full file from mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills at commit bdc5847, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitmishra786). 208 words, ~723 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/llvm-ir-and-passes/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
llvm-ir-and-passes
description
LLVM IR and passes skill for reading compiler IR. Use when analyzing LLVM IR, understanding SSA, pass pipeline order, or running opt on bitcode. Activates on queries about LLVM IR, SSA form, opt passes, llvm-dis, pass pipeline, or reading .ll files.

LLVM IR and Passes

Purpose

Teach agents to read and reason about LLVM IR (SSA, types, terminators), navigate the standard pass pipeline, and use opt/llvm-dis for inspection. Complements skills/compilers/llvm (toolchain) and skills/compiler-internals/llvm-passes (writing plugins) — not merged.

When to Use

  • Understanding what -O2 changed in generated IR
  • Triaging miscompiles between Clang versions
  • Preparing to write a custom pass
  • Teaching SSA and dominance without writing C++ passes yet

Workflow

1. LLVM IR structure
llvm
; Function in SSA form
define i32 @add(i32 %a, i32 %b) {
entry:
  %sum = add i32 %a, %b
  ret i32 %sum
}

Key concepts: basic blocks, PHI nodes at merges, typed values (i32, ptr, vectors).

2. Emit IR from Clang
bash
clang -S -emit-llvm -O0 -o foo.ll foo.c
clang -c -emit-llvm -O2 -o foo.bc foo.c
llvm-dis foo.bc -o foo.ll
3. Standard optimization pipeline (New PM)

Clang -O2 roughly runs:

SimplifyCFG → InstCombine → GVN → LICM → LoopVectorize → ...

Inspect with:

bash
opt -passes='default<O2>' -S foo.ll -o foo-opt.ll
opt -passes='default<O2>' -print-passes foo.ll 2>&1 | head
4. Useful analysis passes
PassShows
-passes=print<domtree>Dominator tree
-passes=print<loops>Loop nests
-passes=print-alias-setsAlias sets
bash
opt -passes='print<domtree>' -disable-output foo.ll
5. Reading PHI and UB
llvm
merge:
  %v = phi i32 [ %a, %then ], [ %b, %else ]

undef and poison in IR model LLVM poison semantics — distinct from C UB but related.

6. Compare before/after
bash
opt -passes='instcombine,simplifycfg' -S foo.ll -o - | diff -u foo.ll -
7. Agent usage
/llvm-ir-and-passes Explain this PHI node and which pass likely created it

Common Problems

SymptomCauseFix
Pass not foundLLVM version renameopt --print-passes for your build
IR mismatchDifferent LLVM majorMatch clang/opt versions
"optnone" blocks opts-O0 attributeCompile with -O1+
Huge IRInlined headers-fno-discard-value-names off; filter function
Wrong pipelineLegacy vs NPMUse -passes= syntax
  • skills/compilers/llvm — toolchain overview
  • skills/compiler-internals/llvm-passes — writing PassPlugins
  • skills/compiler-internals/compiler-optimizations-deep — RA and ISel
  • skills/compiler-internals/compiler-frontend — IR generation
  • skills/rust/rustc-basics — rustc --emit=llvm-ir

© mohitmishra786, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/compiler-internals/llvm-ir-and-passes of mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bdc5847

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Questions about Llvm Ir And Passes

What does Llvm Ir And Passes do?

LLVM IR and passes skill for reading compiler IR. An agent skill from mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills. Llvm Ir And Passes is an agent skill from mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills. LLVM IR and passes skill for reading compiler IR.

When should I use Llvm Ir And Passes?

Llvm Ir And Passes fits situations like: analyzing LLVM IR; understanding SSA; pass pipeline order; running opt on bitcode.

How do I install Llvm Ir And Passes in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills --skill llvm-ir-and-passes -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/compiler-internals/llvm-ir-and-passes in mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills) into .claude/skills/llvm-ir-and-passes in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Llvm Ir And Passes in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills --skill llvm-ir-and-passes -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/compiler-internals/llvm-ir-and-passes in mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills) into .agents/skills/llvm-ir-and-passes in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Llvm Ir And Passes 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 mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills --skill llvm-ir-and-passes -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/llvm-ir-and-passes, .gemini/skills/llvm-ir-and-passes, .github/skills/llvm-ir-and-passes and .opencode/skills/llvm-ir-and-passes in your project.

What does Llvm Ir And Passes need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Llvm Ir And Passes needs the command-line tools its instructions call (rustc).

Does Llvm Ir And Passes 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 Llvm Ir And Passes 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 Llvm Ir And Passes use?

Llvm Ir And Passes is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Llvm Ir And Passes use?

About 723 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 Llvm Ir And Passes?

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Who maintains Llvm Ir And Passes?

mohitmishra786 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills, which has 252 GitHub stars. The repository holds 138 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 27, 2026.

Source: mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.