# hardware-probe [Health: Active]

**Category:** 💻 Developer Tools  
**Repository:** https://github.com/yamaru-eu/hardware-probe  
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## Description
Hardware probe for performance diagnostics, thermal monitoring, and LLM optimization.

## Tools
Capabilities this server exposes over MCP:

- **analyze_local_system** — Full hardware inventory.
- **analyze_performance** — Real-time performance metrics and top processes.
- **analyze_ram_pressure** — Detailed memory pressure and RSS analysis for deep RAM troubleshooting.
- **check_storage_health** — Disk SMART health, firmware, and I/O bottleneck analysis.
- **thermal_profile** — Real-time CPU/GPU thermal states, fan speeds, and frequency throttling detection.
- **diagnose_antivirus_impact** — Detects EDR/Antivirus conflicts and exclusion coverage on dev paths.
- **monitor_system_health** — Statistical health report (CPU load, RAM usage, temperature) with min/max/avg over a configurable time window (up to 10 minutes).
- **analyze_inference_config** — Deep-dive into AI runtimes and environment variables.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Install path detected from listing signals. Uses `npx` (confidence: high):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "hardware-probe": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","@yamaru-eu/hardware-probe"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation & README

# Yamaru Hardware Probe (MCP)

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Expert system hardware probe and performance diagnostic engine for AI, Gaming, and High-Performance workflows. This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides deep system insights beyond simple specifications.

## Key Features

- 🔍 **Deep Hardware Inventory**: Comprehensive analysis of CPU, RAM, GPU (VRAM/Bandwidth), Storage, and OS topology.
- ⚡ **Real-time Performance Monitoring**: Live tracking of system load and identification of resource-hogging processes.
- 🧊 **Thermal & Power Diagnostics**: Detects thermal throttling and frequency clipping to resolve unexpected slowness.
- 🤖 **AI/LLM Optimization**: Specialized tools for predicting LLM performance, calculating quantization fit, and optimizing runtimes (Ollama, CUDA, Metal).
- 🛡️ **Privacy-First**: Automatic anonymization of unique hardware identifiers before any remote transmission.

## Installation

### For Gemini CLI Users
```bash
gemini extension install @yamaru-eu/hardware-probe
```

### For Manual MCP Setup
Add this to your MCP settings file (e.g., `npx-config.json` or `claude_desktop_config.json`):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yamaru-probe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@yamaru-eu/hardware-probe"]
    }
  }
}
```

## Available Tools

- `analyze_local_system`: Full hardware inventory.
- `analyze_performance`: Real-time performance metrics and top processes.
- `analyze_ram_pressure`: Detailed memory pressure and RSS analysis for deep RAM troubleshooting.
- `check_storage_health`: Disk SMART health, firmware, and I/O bottleneck analysis.
- `thermal_profile`: Real-time CPU/GPU thermal states, fan speeds, and frequency throttling detection.
- `diagnose_antivirus_impact`: Detects EDR/Antivirus conflicts and exclusion coverage on dev paths.
- `monitor_system_health`: Statistical health report (CPU load, RAM usage, temperature) with min/max/avg over a configurable time window (up to 10 minutes).
- `check_llm_compatibility` **(BETA)**: Predicts performance for a specific LLM model via remote API.
- `get_llm_recommendations` **(BETA)**: Recommends the best local models via remote API.
- `analyze_inference_config`: Deep-dive into AI runtimes and environment variables.

## Skills Integration
When used with Gemini CLI, this extension provides the following expert skills:
- `hardware-performance-expert`: Global protocol for system health and troubleshooting.
- `local-inference-optimizer`: Specialized logic for fine-tuning local LLM runs.

## Development

```bash
npm install        # Install dependencies
npm run build      # Compile TypeScript → dist/
npm run test       # Run test suite
npm run inspector  # Test tools in the MCP Inspector
```

## License
Apache 2.0 - Part of the Yamaru Project.