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Activate this skill when BenchmarkDotNet (BDN) is involved in the task — creating, running, configuring, or reviewing BDN benchmarks. Also activate when microbenchmarking .NET code would be useful and BenchmarkDotNet is the likely tool. Consider activating when answering a .NET performance question requires measurement and BenchmarkDotNet may be needed. Covers microbenchmark design, BDN configuration and project setup, how to run BDN microbenchmarks efficiently and effectively, and using BDN for side-by-side performance comparisons. Do NOT use for profiling/tracing .NET code (dotnet-trace, PerfView), production telemetry, or load/stress testing (Crank, k6).

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Benchmark Authoring Guidelines

BenchmarkDotNet (BDN) is a .NET library for writing and running microbenchmarks. Throughout this skill, "BDN" refers to BenchmarkDotNet.

Note: Evaluations of LLMs writing BenchmarkDotNet benchmarks have revealed common failure patterns caused by outdated assumptions about BDN's behavior — particularly around runtime comparison, job configuration, and execution defaults that have changed in recent versions. The reference files in this skill contain verified, current information. You MUST read the reference files relevant to the task before writing any code — your training data likely contains outdated or incorrect BDN patterns.

Key concepts

Job — describes how to run a benchmark: runtime, iteration counts, launch count, run strategy, and environment settings. Multiple jobs can be configured to run the same benchmarks under different conditions.
Benchmark case — one method × one parameter combination × one job. The atomic unit BDN measures.
Operation — the logical unit of work being measured. All BDN output columns (Mean, Error, etc.) report time per operation.
Invocation — a single call to the benchmark method. By default, 1 invocation = 1 operation. With OperationsPerInvoke=N, each invocation counts as N operations.
Iteration — a timed batch of invocations. BDN measures the total time for all invocations in an iteration, then divides by the total operation count to get per-operation time.

Benchmarks are comparative instruments

A single benchmark number has limited value — it can confirm the order of magnitude of a measurement, but the exact value changes across machines, operating systems, and runtime configurations. Benchmarks produce the most useful information when compared against something. Before writing benchmarks, identify the comparison axis for the current task:

Approaches (A vs B): comparing alternative implementations side-by-side in the same run.
Runtimes: comparing the same code across .NET versions (e.g., net8.0 vs net9.0).
Package versions: comparing different versions of a NuGet dependency.
Builds (before/after): comparing a saved DLL of the old code against the current source.
Runtime configuration (GC mode, JIT settings): understanding how runtime settings affect performance — compared via multiple jobs in a single run.
Scale (N=100 vs N=1000): understanding how performance changes as input size grows.
Hardware/OS: comparing across different machines or operating systems — requires separate runs on each environment.
Historical measurements: comparing against measurements recorded at a previous point in time.

BDN can compare the first six axes side-by-side in a single run, but each requires specific CLI flags or configuration that differ from what you might expect — read references/comparison-strategies.md for the correct approach for each strategy before configuring a comparison.

Use cases and benchmark lifecycle

There are four distinct reasons a developer writes a benchmark, and each one changes how the benchmark should be designed and where it should live:

Coverage suite: Write benchmarks to maximize coverage of real-world usage patterns so that regressions affecting most users are caught. These benchmarks are permanent — they belong in the project's benchmark suite, follow its conventions (directory structure, base classes, naming), and are checked in.
Issue investigation: Someone has reported a specific performance problem. Write benchmarks to reproduce and diagnose that specific issue. These benchmarks are task-scoped — they persist across the investigation (reproduce → isolate → verify fix) but are not part of the permanent suite.
Change validation: A developer has a PR or change and wants to understand its performance characteristics before merging. These benchmarks are task-scoped — they persist across the review cycle but are not checked in.
Development feedback: A developer is actively working on a task and wants to use benchmarks to evaluate approaches and get information early. These benchmarks are task-scoped and throwaway — they persist across the development session but are deleted when the decision is made.

For use case 1, add to the existing benchmark project following its conventions. For use cases 2–4, create a standalone project in a working directory that persists for the task but is clearly not part of the permanent codebase.

For coverage suite benchmarks, design from the perspective of real callers — what code patterns use this API, what inputs they pass, and what performance characteristics matter to them. Each permanent benchmark should justify its maintenance cost through real-world relevance. For temporary benchmarks, keep the case count intentional — each additional test case costs wall-clock time (read Cost awareness).

Cost awareness

Each benchmark case (one method × one parameter combination × one job) takes 15–25 seconds with default settings. [Params] creates a Cartesian product: two [Params] with 3 and 4 values across 5 methods = 60 cases ≈ 20 minutes. Multiple jobs multiply this further. Before running, estimate the total case count and match the job preset to the situation:

Preset	Per-case time	When to use
`--job Dry`	<1s	Validate correctness — confirms compilation and execution without measurement
`--job Short`	5–8s	Quick measurements during development or investigation
(default)	15–25s	Final measurements for a coverage suite
`--job Medium`	33–52s	Higher confidence when results matter
`--job Long`	3–12 min	High statistical confidence

If benchmark runs take longer than expected, results seem unstable, or you need to tune iteration counts or execution settings, read references/bdn-internals-and-tuning.md for detailed information about BDN's execution pipeline and configuration options.

Entry points and configuration

BDN programs use either BenchmarkSwitcher (provides interactive benchmark selection for humans, parses CLI arguments) or BenchmarkRunner (runs specified benchmarks directly). Both support CLI flags like --filter and --runtimes, but only when args is passed through — without it, CLI flags are silently ignored. When using BenchmarkSwitcher, always pass --filter to avoid hanging on an interactive prompt.

BDN behavior is customized through attributes, config objects, and CLI flags.

Read references/project-setup-and-running.md for entry point setup, config object patterns, and CLI flags. If you need to collect data beyond wall-clock time — such as memory allocations, hardware counters, or profiling traces — read references/diagnosers-and-exporters.md.

Running benchmarks

BenchmarkDotNet console output is extremely verbose — hundreds of lines per case showing internal calibration, warmup, and measurement details. Redirect all output to a file to avoid consuming context on verbose iteration output:

dotnet run -c Release -- --filter "*MethodName" --noOverwrite > benchmark.log 2>&1

Each benchmark method can take several minutes. Rather than running all benchmarks at once, use --filter to run a subset at a time (e.g. one or two methods per invocation), read the results, then run the next subset. This keeps each invocation short — avoiding session or terminal timeouts — and lets you verify results incrementally. Read references/project-setup-and-running.md for filter syntax, CLI flags, and project setup.

After each run, read the Markdown report (*-report-github.md) from the results directory for the summary table. Only read benchmark.log if you need to investigate errors or unexpected results.

Writing new benchmarks

Step 1: Plan the test cases

Before writing any code, determine:

Which use case this benchmark serves (coverage, investigation, change validation, or development feedback).
Which comparison axis applies (what will the number be compared against?).
What real-world scenarios to benchmark, based on how callers actually use the API.

Each benchmark case should justify its cost. An uncovered scenario is usually more valuable than another parameter combination for one already covered, but when a specific parameter dimension genuinely affects performance characteristics, the depth is warranted.

Decide on the list of test cases. For each test case, think through:

How to express variation: BenchmarkDotNet provides several mechanisms for parameterizing benchmarks — [Params] and [ParamsSource] for property-level parameters, [Arguments] and [ArgumentsSource] for method-level arguments, [ParamsAllValues] to enumerate all values of a bool or enum, and [GenericTypeArguments] for varying type parameters on generic benchmark classes. Choose the mechanism that best fits the dimension being varied. Read references/writing-benchmarks.md for the full set of options and correctness patterns.
Where input data comes from — consider which sources are appropriate (these can be combined):
- Hard-coded values — small, fixed values where the exact input matters (e.g., specific strings, known edge-case sizes). Store in fields or [Params] to avoid constant folding.
- Asset files — static data that is too large or impractical to embed in source code such as binary blobs.
- Programmatically generated via [ParamsSource]/[ArgumentsSource]/[GlobalSetup] — when data shape matters more than specific content, or when input must be parameterized by size.
Whether randomness is appropriate: If using generated data, use seeded randomness for reproducibility. When generating random data, use a large enough sample that the generated distribution is representative (e.g., 4 random values may cluster in a narrow range, while 1000 will better exercise the full distribution).

Step 2: Implement the benchmarks

For coverage suite benchmarks, add to the existing benchmark project and follow its conventions. For temporary benchmarks (investigation, change validation, development feedback), create a standalone project — read references/project-setup-and-running.md for project setup and entry point configuration.

Adding the BenchmarkDotNet package: Always use dotnet add package BenchmarkDotNet (no version) — this lets NuGet resolve the latest compatible version. Do NOT manually write a <PackageReference> with a version number into the .csproj; BDN versions in training data are outdated and may lack support for current .NET runtimes.

Write the benchmark code. Follow the patterns in references/writing-benchmarks.md to avoid common measurement errors — in particular:

Return results from benchmark methods to prevent dead code elimination
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name: microbenchmarking
description: >
  Activate this skill when BenchmarkDotNet (BDN) is involved in the task — creating,
  running, configuring, or reviewing BDN benchmarks. Also activate when
  microbenchmarking .NET code would be useful and BenchmarkDotNet is the likely
  tool. Consider activating when answering a .NET performance question requires
  measurement and BenchmarkDotNet may be needed.
  Covers microbenchmark design, BDN configuration and project setup, how to run
  BDN microbenchmarks efficiently and effectively, and using BDN for side-by-side
  performance comparisons.
  Do NOT use for profiling/tracing .NET code (dotnet-trace, PerfView), production
  telemetry, or load/stress testing (Crank, k6).
license: MIT

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---
name: microbenchmarking
description: >
Activate this skill when BenchmarkDotNet (BDN) is involved in the task — creating,
running, configuring, or reviewing BDN benchmarks. Also activate when
microbenchmarking .NET code would be useful and BenchmarkDotNet is the likely
tool. Consider activating when answering a .NET performance question requires
measurement and BenchmarkDotNet may be needed.
Covers microbenchmark design, BDN configuration and project setup, how to run
BDN microbenchmarks efficiently and effectively, and using BDN for side-by-side
performance comparisons.
Do NOT use for profiling/tracing .NET code (dotnet-trace, PerfView), production
telemetry, or load/stress testing (Crank, k6).
license: MIT
---

# Benchmark Authoring Guidelines

BenchmarkDotNet (BDN) is a .NET library for writing and running microbenchmarks. Throughout this skill, "BDN" refers to BenchmarkDotNet.

> **Note:** Evaluations of LLMs writing BenchmarkDotNet benchmarks have revealed common failure patterns caused by outdated assumptions about BDN's behavior — particularly around runtime comparison, job configuration, and execution defaults that have changed in recent versions. The reference files in this skill contain verified, current information. **You MUST read the reference files relevant to the task before writing any code** — your training data likely contains outdated or incorrect BDN patterns.

## Key concepts

- **Job** — describes how to run a benchmark: runtime, iteration counts, launch count, run strategy, and environment settings. Multiple jobs can be configured to run the same benchmarks under different conditions.
- **Benchmark case** — one method × one parameter combination × one job. The atomic unit BDN measures.
- **Operation** — the logical unit of work being measured. All BDN output columns (Mean, Error, etc.) report time per operation.
- **Invocation** — a single call to the benchmark method. By default, 1 invocation = 1 operation. With `OperationsPerInvoke=N`, each invocation counts as N operations.
- **Iteration** — a timed batch of invocations. BDN measures the total time for all invocations in an iteration, then divides by the total operation count to get per-operation time.

## Benchmarks are comparative instruments

- **Approaches (A vs B)**: comparing alternative implementations side-by-side in the same run.
- **Runtimes**: comparing the same code across .NET versions (e.g., net8.0 vs net9.0).
- **Package versions**: comparing different versions of a NuGet dependency.
- **Builds (before/after)**: comparing a saved DLL of the old code against the current source.
- **Runtime configuration (GC mode, JIT settings)**: understanding how runtime settings affect performance — compared via multiple jobs in a single run.
- **Scale (N=100 vs N=1000)**: understanding how performance changes as input size grows.
- **Hardware/OS**: comparing across different machines or operating systems — requires separate runs on each environment.
- **Historical measurements**: comparing against measurements recorded at a previous point in time.

BDN can compare the first six axes side-by-side in a single run, but each requires specific CLI flags or configuration that differ from what you might expect — read [references/comparison-strategies.md](references/comparison-strategies.md) for the correct approach for each strategy before configuring a comparison.

## Use cases and benchmark lifecycle

There are four distinct reasons a developer writes a benchmark, and each one changes how the benchmark should be designed and where it should live:

1. **Coverage suite**: Write benchmarks to maximize coverage of real-world usage patterns so that regressions affecting most users are caught. These benchmarks are permanent — they belong in the project's benchmark suite, follow its conventions (directory structure, base classes, naming), and are checked in.

2. **Issue investigation**: Someone has reported a specific performance problem. Write benchmarks to reproduce and diagnose that specific issue. These benchmarks are task-scoped — they persist across the investigation (reproduce → isolate → verify fix) but are not part of the permanent suite.

3. **Change validation**: A developer has a PR or change and wants to understand its performance characteristics before merging. These benchmarks are task-scoped — they persist across the review cycle but are not checked in.

4. **Development feedback**: A developer is actively working on a task and wants to use benchmarks to evaluate approaches and get information early. These benchmarks are task-scoped and throwaway — they persist across the development session but are deleted when the decision is made.

For **coverage suite** benchmarks, design from the perspective of real callers — what code patterns use this API, what inputs they pass, and what performance characteristics matter to them. Each permanent benchmark should justify its maintenance cost through real-world relevance. For **temporary benchmarks**, keep the case count intentional — each additional test case costs wall-clock time (read [Cost awareness](#cost-awareness)).

## Cost awareness

Each benchmark case (one method × one parameter combination × one job) takes **15–25 seconds** with default settings. `[Params]` creates a Cartesian product: two `[Params]` with 3 and 4 values across 5 methods = 60 cases ≈ 20 minutes. Multiple jobs multiply this further. Before running, estimate the total case count and match the job preset to the situation:

| Preset | Per-case time | When to use |
|--------|--------------|-------------|
| `--job Dry` | <1s | Validate correctness — confirms compilation and execution without measurement |
| `--job Short` | 5–8s | Quick measurements during development or investigation |
| *(default)* | 15–25s | Final measurements for a coverage suite |
| `--job Medium` | 33–52s | Higher confidence when results matter |
| `--job Long` | 3–12 min | High statistical confidence |

If benchmark runs take longer than expected, results seem unstable, or you need to tune iteration counts or execution settings, read [references/bdn-internals-and-tuning.md](references/bdn-internals-and-tuning.md) for detailed information about BDN's execution pipeline and configuration options.

## Entry points and configuration

BDN programs use either **`BenchmarkSwitcher`** (provides interactive benchmark selection for humans, parses CLI arguments) or **`BenchmarkRunner`** (runs specified benchmarks directly). Both support CLI flags like `--filter` and `--runtimes`, but only when `args` is passed through — without it, CLI flags are silently ignored. When using `BenchmarkSwitcher`, always pass `--filter` to avoid hanging on an interactive prompt.

BDN behavior is customized through **attributes**, **config objects**, and **CLI flags**.

Read [references/project-setup-and-running.md](references/project-setup-and-running.md) for entry point setup, config object patterns, and CLI flags. If you need to collect data beyond wall-clock time — such as memory allocations, hardware counters, or profiling traces — read [references/diagnosers-and-exporters.md](references/diagnosers-and-exporters.md).

## Running benchmarks

```
dotnet run -c Release -- --filter "*MethodName" --noOverwrite > benchmark.log 2>&1
```

Each benchmark method can take several minutes. Rather than running all benchmarks at once, use `--filter` to run a subset at a time (e.g. one or two methods per invocation), read the results, then run the next subset. This keeps each invocation short — avoiding session or terminal timeouts — and lets you verify results incrementally. Read [references/project-setup-and-running.md](references/project-setup-and-running.md) for filter syntax, CLI flags, and project setup.

After each run, read the Markdown report (`*-report-github.md`) from the results directory for the summary table. Only read `benchmark.log` if you need to investigate errors or unexpected results.

## Writing new benchmarks

### Step 1: Plan the test cases

Before writing any code, determine:
- Which use case this benchmark serves (coverage, investigation, change validation, or development feedback).
- Which comparison axis applies (what will the number be compared against?).
- What real-world scenarios to benchmark, based on how callers actually use the API.

Decide on the list of test cases. For each test case, think through:

- **How to express variation**: BenchmarkDotNet provides several mechanisms for parameterizing benchmarks — `[Params]` and `[ParamsSource]` for property-level parameters, `[Arguments]` and `[ArgumentsSource]` for method-level arguments, `[ParamsAllValues]` to enumerate all values of a `bool` or enum, and `[GenericTypeArguments]` for varying type parameters on generic benchmark classes. Choose the mechanism that best fits the dimension being varied. Read [references/writing-benchmarks.md](references/writing-benchmarks.md) for the full set of options and correctness patterns.
- **Where input data comes from** — consider which sources are appropriate (these can be combined):
- Hard-coded values — small, fixed values where the exact input matters (e.g., specific strings, known edge-case sizes). Store in fields or `[Params]` to avoid constant folding.
- Asset files — static data that is too large or impractical to embed in source code such as binary blobs.
- Programmatically generated via `[ParamsSource]`/`[ArgumentsSource]`/`[GlobalSetup]` — when data shape matters more than specific content, or when input must be parameterized by size.
- **Whether randomness is appropriate**: If using generated data, use seeded randomness for reproducibility. When generating random data, use a large enough sample that the generated distribution is representative (e.g., 4 random values may cluster in a narrow range, while 1000 will better exercise the full distribution).

### Step 2: Implement the benchmarks

For **coverage suite** benchmarks, add to the existing benchmark project and follow its conventions. For **temporary benchmarks** (investigation, change validation, development feedback), create a standalone project — read [references/project-setup-and-running.md](references/project-setup-and-running.md) for project setup and entry point configuration.

**Adding the BenchmarkDotNet package**: Always use `dotnet add package BenchmarkDotNet` (no version) — this lets NuGet resolve the latest compatible version. Do NOT manually write a `<PackageReference>` with a version number into the `.csproj`; BDN versions in training data are outdated and may lack support for current .NET runtimes.

Write the benchmark code. Follow the patterns in [references/writing-benchmarks.md](references/writing-benchmarks.md) to avoid common measurement errors — in particular:
- **Return results** from benchmark methods to prevent dead code elimination
- **Move initiali

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