multicore

multicore is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from beriberikix/zephyr-agent-skills. It costs 70 tokens per session (892 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

Guidance for using multiple processor cores in Zephyr RTOS. It covers shared-core operation, communication between different kinds of cores, inter-processor messaging, and loading binary modules at runtime.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to configure SMP or AMP systems, exchange messages through OpenAMP, RPMsg, shared memory, or mailboxes, and build separate images for multi-domain chips such as the nRF5340.
Why use it?
It helps divide work between cores and move data between them when one processor is not enough or different cores have different roles.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to configure SMP or AMP systems, exchange messages through OpenAMP, RPMsg, shared memory, or mailboxes, and build separate images for multi-domain chips such as the nRF5340.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/beriberikix/zephyr-agent-skills/multicore
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add beriberikix/zephyr-agent-skills --skill multicore
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/beriberikix/zephyr-agent-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 70 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 892 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00070 $0.00892
Opus 5 $0.00035 $0.00446
Sonnet 5 $0.00014 $0.00178
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00089

Measured 10d ago against content hash 62a8bf92f3ce, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

multicore scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 10d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/smp_config_check.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/multicore/SKILL.md · 80 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 80 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Zephyr Multicore Development

Leverage multiple CPU cores to increase performance, isolate critical tasks, and integrate heterogeneous systems.

Core Workflows

1. SMP Configuration

Run the Zephyr kernel and your threads across multiple identical cores.

2. OpenAMP & RPMsg

Communicate between heterogeneous cores (e.g., A-series and M-series) using standard protocols.

  • Reference: openamp_rpmsg.md
  • Key Tools: CONFIG_OPENAMP, message vrings, Resource Tables.

3. IPC Patterns

Implement efficient data exchange between cores using high-level services or low-level mailboxes.

  • Reference: ipc_patterns.md
  • Key Tools: IPC Service, IPM drivers, Shared Memory.

4. LLEXT (Linkable Extensions)

Dynamically load and run binary modules at runtime without a full firmware update.

  • Reference: llext_basics.md
  • Key Tools: CONFIG_LLEXT, dynamic ELF loading, Symbol Export.

5. Multi-domain SoCs (nRF5340)

Build separate application-core and network-core images in one Sysbuild invocation.

  • Reference: multidomain_sysbuild.md
  • Key Tools: west build --sysbuild, CONFIG_NRF53_BOOT_NETWORK_CORE_ON_STARTUP, domains.

Quick Start (SMP prj.conf)

# Enable SMP for dual-core SoCs
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_MP_NUM_CPUS=2
// Using spinlocks for cross-core sync
struct k_spinlock lock;
k_spinlock_key_t key = k_spin_lock(&lock);
// ... critical section ...
k_spin_unlock(&lock, key);

Professional Patterns (Architecture Design)

  • Linux Bridging: Use OpenAMP/RPMsg to bridge Zephyr real-time logic with a Linux application controller.
  • Core Isolation: Pin high-frequency interrupts (e.g., motor control) to Core 1 and keep the main application on Core 0 to prevent jitter.
  • Zero-Copy Transfers: Use shared memory regions for large data (video/audio) and only pass meta-data via IPC channels to minimize overhead.

Read the full file on GitHub · 80 lines

Files

What ships with it

8 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 10d ago First seen · 80 lines · 70 tokens per session scan A 62a8bf92f3ce

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multicore is a skill published in the GitHub repository beriberikix/zephyr-agent-skills (63 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 70 tokens to every session and 892 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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