SchedCP — eBPF Scheduler MCP
SchedCP MCP server enabling AI agents to interact with Linux CPU scheduling via eBPF — loading and managing eBPF-based CPU schedulers (using sched_ext), monitoring scheduling metrics, adjusting scheduling policies, and integrating Linux kernel scheduling control into agent-driven performance tuning and systems research workflows.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Root privileges required. Kernel-level operations. Use in isolated VM. Community MCP.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
A kernel developer or systems researcher needs AI-assisted Linux CPU scheduler experimentation via sched_ext eBPF — very specialized for Linux performance engineering.
Avoid When
You're not doing Linux kernel scheduling research or performance engineering, or don't have sched_ext-capable kernel (requires Linux 6.12+).
Use Cases
- • Loading custom eBPF CPU schedulers from performance tuning agents
- • Monitoring CPU scheduling metrics and latency from systems analysis agents
- • Experimenting with scheduling algorithms from kernel research agents
- • Optimizing workload performance via scheduling from infrastructure agents
- • Analyzing scheduling bottlenecks from performance engineering agents
- • Automating scheduler selection based on workload from adaptive systems agents
Not For
- • Non-Linux systems (eBPF and sched_ext are Linux-only)
- • Production systems without expert kernel knowledge (scheduler changes affect system stability)
- • Teams without eBPF expertise or kernel 6.12+ systems
Interface
Authentication
No authentication — local MCP with root/CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileges required for eBPF scheduler loading. Must run with appropriate kernel capabilities.
Pricing
Free open source MCP from eunomia-bpf organization. Linux kernel 6.12+ with sched_ext support required.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Requires Linux kernel 6.12+ with sched_ext support — not available on all distros
- ⚠ Root/CAP_SYS_ADMIN required for eBPF scheduler loading — significant privilege level
- ⚠ Wrong scheduler can hang or degrade system performance — test in VMs first
- ⚠ Extremely niche — requires deep Linux kernel scheduling knowledge to use safely
- ⚠ eBPF compilation dependencies (clang, libbpf) required on host
- ⚠ sched_ext interface may change between kernel versions
Alternatives
Full Evaluation Report
Detailed scoring breakdown, competitive positioning, security analysis, and improvement recommendations for SchedCP — eBPF Scheduler MCP.
Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.