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+# mkcmp
+
+mkcmp (“minikube compare”) is a binary to compare the performance of two minikbue binaries.
+It takes in two minikube binaries, runs `minikube start` 3 times with each, and then outputs a comparison table in Markdown.
+
+mkcmp takes in references to minikube binaries in two ways:
+1. Direct path to a minikube binary
+1. Reference to a PR number via `pr://<PR number>`, which will use the binary built at that PR
+
+Sample usage:
+
+```shell
+make out/mkcmp
+# Compare local minikube binary with binary built at PR 400
+./out/mkcmp ./out/minikube pr://400
+```
+
+mkcmp is primarily used for our prbot, which comments mkcmp output on valid PRs [example](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/10430#issuecomment-776311409).
+To make changes to the prbot output, submitting a PR to change mkcmp code should be sufficient.
+
+Note: STDOUT from mkcmp is *exactly* what is commented on github, so we want it to be in Markdown.
+