configure-zymtrace-mcp

configure-zymtrace-mcp is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from zystem-io/zymtrace-skills. It costs 192 tokens per session (3,523 once invoked), scanned C, original, Apache-2.0.

A setup guide for connecting Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or Cursor to zymtrace’s MCP server. zymtrace is a backend service that stores CPU and GPU flamegraphs, which show where software spends processing time.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to connect an agent to zymtrace so it can analyse CPU or GPU flamegraphs and help investigate performance problems.
Why use it?
It removes the configuration work needed before a coding agent can query performance data in plain language. The guide covers the server address, authentication token, reachability, and client-specific setup.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for Claude Code and Codex: shipped in a Claude Code plugin, but also reads ~/.codex or $CODEX_HOME. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code; mentions Codex.

Part of the zymtrace plugin — 10 skills, 1 agent shipped together

Good fit Use it to connect an agent to zymtrace so it can analyse CPU or GPU flamegraphs and help investigate performance problems.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/zystem-io/zymtrace-skills/configure-zymtrace-mcp
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 zystem-io/zymtrace-skills --skill configure-zymtrace-mcp
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zystem-io/zymtrace-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install zymtrace, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 10 skills, 1 agent.

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Per session 192 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,523 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 3 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 $0.00192 $0.03523
Opus 5 $0.00096 $0.01761
Sonnet 5 $0.00038 $0.00705
Haiku 4.5 $0.00019 $0.00352

Measured 12d ago against content hash 2194ba07bd3e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

configure-zymtrace-mcp scanned grade C with 3 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 12d 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.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

Codex stores it as a `streamable_http` server in `~/.codex/config.toml`.

Reads MCP configurationmediumAgent snooping

mcp.json carries server URLs and auth tokens; reading it lets a mod discover and abuse other integrations.

- **Never** inline the MCP token in the conversation, values files, scripts, commits, `mcp.json`, or any MCP-add command arguments. Always reference an env var (`$ZYMTRACE_MCP_TOKEN`, or `${env:ZYMTRACE_MCP_TOKEN}` in Cu

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

curl -fsI <gateway-url>/health 2>&1 | head -3
zymtrace/skills/configure-zymtrace-mcp/SKILL.md · 230 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 230 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Configure zymtrace MCP

Helps the user connect their coding agent — Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or Cursor — to their zymtrace backend's MCP server. Once connected, the user can analyze their CPU and GPU flamegraphs with natural-language queries — see optimize-cpu-workloads (CPU-only) or optimize-gpu-workloads (GPU) for the analytical workflow.

The MCP server is part of the zymtrace backend itself — it lives at <gateway-host>/mcp. If the backend isn't installed and reachable yet, route to install-zymtrace-backend and expose-zymtrace-backend first.

Which client? The URL, token, and reachability steps are identical for every client; only the add-the-server command differs (Step 3–4). Detect the client from context — which agent is running this, or what the user says ("connect Codex", "Cursor") — and use that client's block. If unsure, ask: "Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor?"

Greet the user

👋 Let's connect your agent to the zymtrace MCP so you can analyze flamegraphs in natural language. I'll need your zymtrace URL and — if your install has service-token auth on — a token. Five minutes max.

Doc reference: https://docs.zymtrace.com/mcp/configure-mcp

Skip the greeting if the user has already volunteered the URL and token.

Sources of truth

Pre-flight

Check whether zymtrace is already connected in the user's client:

Client Check
Claude Code claude mcp list 2>&1 | head -20 (and claude --version — older than v2.x: MCP support varies, recommend updating)
Codex codex mcp list 2>&1 | head -20
Cursor open ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or project .cursor/mcp.json); or Settings → MCP/Tools

If zymtrace already appears, the connection exists — jump straight to verification (Step 5).

Read the full file on GitHub · 230 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. 12d ago First seen · 230 lines · 192 tokens per session scan C 2194ba07bd3e

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configure-zymtrace-mcp is a skill published in the GitHub repository zystem-io/zymtrace-skills (5 stars, last pushed 29d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 192 tokens to every session and 3,523 once invoked, about $0.0010 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 3 findings (reads agent configuration directories, reads mcp configuration, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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