slv-performance-boost

A Linux server-tuning procedure that keeps supported CPUs at their highest performance settings. It can update the kernel, CPU frequency controls, boost settings, idle states, and boot options.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when preparing AMD or Intel Solana infrastructure for sustained CPU performance; some AMD systems need a kernel update and reboot.
Why use it?
It reduces CPU frequency changes and idle-state delays that can cause latency variation on Solana validators and RPC servers.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/validatorsdao/slv/slv-performance-boost
Any agent
npx skills add ValidatorsDAO/slv --skill slv-performance-boost
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ValidatorsDAO/slv

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 85 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,260 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00085 $0.01260
Opus 5 $0.00043 $0.00630
Sonnet 5 $0.00017 $0.00252
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00126

Measured 3d ago against content hash 647271912262, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

slv-performance-boost scanned grade B with 1 finding 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 3d ago.

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.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

sudo systemctl disable --now slv-cpu-boost.service
oss-skills/slv-performance-boost/SKILL.md · 94 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 94 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SLV CPU Performance Boost Skill

Keeps Solana validator / RPC nodes running at peak CPU frequency at all times. Runs alongside SMT disable and IRQ tuning as part of the slv v init / slv r init tuning phase.

What it applies

# Item Effect Reboot
1 apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y Refresh OS packages and userland No
2 Install HWE kernel (linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04) Enables amd_pstate 6.14+ on AMD Yes (AMD only when kernel < 6.14)
3 GRUB amd_pstate=active processor.max_cstate=0 cpufreq.default_governor=performance Initializes amd_pstate driver in active mode at boot Yes (AMD only, first apply)
4 modprobe amd_pstate Try to load the driver at runtime No
5 governor=performance Lock frequency at maximum No
6 EPP=performance Push the energy/performance preference toward performance No
7 boost=enabled / Intel no_turbo=0 Enable Turbo Boost No
8 cpuidle state*/disable=1 Disable C-states to avoid latency spikes No
9 scaling_max_freq=cpuinfo_max_freq Align scaling ceiling with the hardware ceiling No
10 slv-cpu-boost.service (oneshot) Re-applies items 5-9 on every boot No
  • ansible/cmn/boost_performance.yml
  • Idempotency marker: /var/lib/slv/.boost_applied
  • Persistence script: /usr/local/bin/slv-cpu-boost.sh
  • systemd unit: /etc/systemd/system/slv-cpu-boost.service

Options

Variable Default Description
amd_pstate_mode active active (best performance) or passive

Standalone run

ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml cmn/boost_performance.yml --limit <host>
ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml cmn/boost_performance.yml --limit <host> -e amd_pstate_mode=passive

Kernel update + reboot

When an AMD CPU is detected and uname -r is below 6.14, the playbook installs the HWE kernel, writes the amd_pstate=active GRUB cmdline, and the orchestrator (cmn/optimize_node.yml) detects need_reboot=true and reboots automatically.

Read the full file on GitHub · 94 lines

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. 3d ago First seen · 94 lines · 85 tokens per session scan B 647271912262

Subscribe to this mod's changes

slv-performance-boost is a skill published in the GitHub repository ValidatorsDAO/slv (89 stars, last pushed 11d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 85 tokens to every session and 1,260 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (asks for root). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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