diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f861e0f8af..ee18e9948c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ rollups
 /packages/arb-rpc-node/arb-node
 /packages/arb-rpc-node/cmd/arb-dev-node/arb-dev-node
 /packages/arb-rpc-node/cmd/arb-dev-node/arbitrum*
+compile_commands.json
 
 # Logs
 logs
diff --git a/packages/arb-avm-cpp/.clang-tidy b/packages/arb-avm-cpp/.clang-tidy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f87e0b4026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/arb-avm-cpp/.clang-tidy
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+Checks: '-*,performance-*'
+WarningsAsErrors: '*'
+FormatStyle: file
diff --git a/packages/arb-avm-cpp/avm_values/include/avm_values/buffer.hpp b/packages/arb-avm-cpp/avm_values/include/avm_values/buffer.hpp
index 2c727988e8..ad91e8cea9 100644
--- a/packages/arb-avm-cpp/avm_values/include/avm_values/buffer.hpp
+++ b/packages/arb-avm-cpp/avm_values/include/avm_values/buffer.hpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Buffer : private std::shared_ptr<RawBuffer> {
     // Sets bytes at a given offset, growing or shrinking as needed. The bytes
     // set must be within a single 32 byte chunk.
     [[nodiscard]] Buffer set_many(uint64_t offset,
-                                  std::vector<uint8_t> arr) const;
+                                  const std::vector<uint8_t>& arr) const;
 
     // Gets the byte at a given offset
     [[nodiscard]] uint8_t get(uint64_t pos) const;
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class RawBuffer {
     // Sets bytes at a given offset, growing or shrinking as needed. The bytes
     // set must be within a single 32 byte chunk.
     [[nodiscard]] RawBuffer set_many(uint64_t offset,
-                                     std::vector<uint8_t> arr) const;
+                                     const std::vector<uint8_t>& arr) const;
 
     // Creates a buffer representing the given bytes
     static RawBuffer fromData(const std::vector<uint8_t>& data);
diff --git a/packages/arb-avm-cpp/avm_values/src/buffer.cpp b/packages/arb-avm-cpp/avm_values/src/buffer.cpp
index 5e456ee547..f106fd2ec2 100644
--- a/packages/arb-avm-cpp/avm_values/src/buffer.cpp
+++ b/packages/arb-avm-cpp/avm_values/src/buffer.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ const std::vector<Buffer> zero_buffers_of_depth = []() -> std::vector<Buffer> {
 RawBuffer::RawBuffer(LeafData bytes) : depth(0), components(bytes) {}
 
 RawBuffer::RawBuffer(Buffer left, Buffer right)
-    : depth(left->depth + 1), components(std::make_pair(left, right)) {
+    : depth(left->depth + 1),
+      components(std::make_pair(std::move(left), std::move(right))) {
     auto children = get_children_const();
     if (children->first->depth != children->second->depth) {
         throw new std::runtime_error("Attempted to create uneven buffer");
@@ -238,7 +239,8 @@ uint256_t Buffer::data_length() const {
     return (*this)->packed_size();
 }
 
-RawBuffer RawBuffer::set_many(uint64_t offset, std::vector<uint8_t> arr) const {
+RawBuffer RawBuffer::set_many(uint64_t offset,
+                              const std::vector<uint8_t>& arr) const {
     RawBuffer ret(*this);
     if (uint256_t(offset) + arr.size() > ret.size()) {
         ret = ret.grow(needed_depth(uint256_t(offset) + arr.size()));
@@ -393,14 +395,15 @@ std::vector<Buffer> Buffer::serialize(
 }
 
 Buffer::Buffer(RawBuffer raw)
-    : std::shared_ptr<RawBuffer>(std::make_shared<RawBuffer>(raw)) {}
+    : std::shared_ptr<RawBuffer>(std::make_shared<RawBuffer>(std::move(raw))) {}
 
 Buffer::Buffer() : Buffer(RawBuffer()) {}
 
 Buffer::Buffer(std::array<unsigned char, 32> bytes)
     : Buffer(RawBuffer(bytes)) {}
 
-Buffer::Buffer(Buffer left, Buffer right) : Buffer(RawBuffer(left, right)) {}
+Buffer::Buffer(Buffer left, Buffer right)
+    : Buffer(RawBuffer(std::move(left), std::move(right))) {}
 
 Buffer Buffer::fromData(const std::vector<uint8_t>& data) {
     return Buffer(RawBuffer::fromData(data));
@@ -410,6 +413,7 @@ uint256_t Buffer::hash() const {
     return (*this)->hash();
 }
 
-Buffer Buffer::set_many(uint64_t offset, std::vector<uint8_t> arr) const {
+Buffer Buffer::set_many(uint64_t offset,
+                        const std::vector<uint8_t>& arr) const {
     return Buffer((*this)->set_many(offset, arr));
 }
diff --git a/packages/arb-avm-cpp/data_storage/src/value/corevalueloader.cpp b/packages/arb-avm-cpp/data_storage/src/value/corevalueloader.cpp
index 1d5119aa5d..7154665ddc 100644
--- a/packages/arb-avm-cpp/data_storage/src/value/corevalueloader.cpp
+++ b/packages/arb-avm-cpp/data_storage/src/value/corevalueloader.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 CoreValueLoader::CoreValueLoader(std::shared_ptr<DataStorage> data_storage_,
                                  std::shared_ptr<CoreCode> core_code_,
                                  ValueCache cache_)
-    : data_storage(data_storage_), core_code(core_code_), cache(cache_) {}
+    : data_storage(std::move(data_storage_)),
+      core_code(std::move(core_code_)),
+      cache(std::move(cache_)) {}
 
 value CoreValueLoader::loadValue(const uint256_t& hash) {
     ReadTransaction tx(data_storage);