# performance-budget-guard

A Claude hook that measures your Next.js JS bundle after a build and blocks the deploy when it goes over the performance budget.

- hook · `type=hook` · Claude Code · 393 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/hooks/performance/performance-budget-guard.json
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/hooks/performance-budget-guard

## What it does

The hook fires on `PostToolUse` after `npm run build`, `next build`, `vercel build` or `yarn build`. On a successful build it sums every `.js` file under `.next/static/chunks` and compares the total against a 350KB limit. Under budget, it prints the headroom and warns when less than 50KB is left. Over budget, you get the overage, the five heaviest chunks and a list of suggestions, then the script exits with code 2 — the deploy does not go through.

The second trigger covers file edits through `Write`, `Edit` and `MultiEdit`. It looks at `.js`, `.jsx`, `.ts` and `.tsx` outside `node_modules` and flags things as you type: a file over 100KB, more than 15 imports, a wildcard import, a full `lodash` import instead of a per-function one, `moment` anywhere in the file. Those are notes, not blocks.

One thing to know before you install: the 350KB limit is hardcoded in the script, there is no per-project setting. The size check also depends on a `.next` directory, so a build that does not produce one gets a message that the folder is missing. The script uses the macOS `stat` form with a GNU fallback, so it runs on Linux and in CI as well.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --hook performance/performance-budget-guard
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/settings.json` — The hooks block: event (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop…) → command. Personal ones go to ~/.claude/settings.json

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/hooks/performance/performance-budget-guard.json

## When to use it
- catch a bloated bundle right after the build instead of in production
- stop a deploy that pushes JS past the budget
- list the heaviest chunks under `.next/static/chunks`
- spot a full `lodash` or `moment` import in a file you just edited
- see when less than 50KB of budget is left

## Example prompts
- build the project and tell me whether we are still inside the bundle budget
- check that my edit to `app/page.tsx` did not pull in heavy imports
- run `npm run build` and break down which chunks are the largest

## Source text · performance-budget-guard.json · MIT

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{
  "description": "Monitor bundle size and Core Web Vitals metrics during development, blocking deployments that exceed performance budgets with detailed reports. Automatically analyzes Next.js build output, checks bundle sizes against predefined budgets, and provides optimization recommendations. Hook triggers on PostToolUse for build-related operations and file changes that could affect performance.",
  "hooks": {
    "PostToolUse": [
      {
        "matcher": "Bash",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "bash -c 'input=$(cat); COMMAND=$(echo \"$input\" | jq -r \".tool_input.command // empty\"); SUCCESS=$(echo \"$input\" | jq -r \".tool_response.success // false\"); if [ \"$SUCCESS\" = \"true\" ] && [[ \"$COMMAND\" =~ (npm\\ run\\ build|next\\ build|vercel\\ build|yarn\\ build) ]]; then echo \"📊 Performance Budget Guard: Analyzing build output...\"; if [ -d \".next\" ]; then BUNDLE_SIZE=$(find .next/static/chunks -name \"*.js\" -exec stat -f%z {} + 2>/dev/null | awk \"{total += \\$1} END {print total}\"); BUNDLE_SIZE_KB=$((BUNDLE_SIZE / 1024)); BUDGET_LIMIT=350; echo \"📦 Total bundle size: ${BUNDLE_SIZE_KB}KB\"; if [ $BUNDLE_SIZE_KB -gt $BUDGET_LIMIT ]; then echo \"🚨 PERFORMANCE BUDGET EXCEEDED!\"; echo \"Current bundle size: ${BUNDLE_SIZE_KB}KB\"; echo \"Budget limit: ${BUDGET_LIMIT}KB\"; echo \"Overage: $((BUNDLE_SIZE_KB - BUDGET_LIMIT))KB\"; echo \"\" >&2; echo \"⚠️ Performance budget exceeded by $((BUNDLE_SIZE_KB - BUDGET_LIMIT))KB!\" >&2; echo \"\" >&2; echo \"📋 Bundle Analysis:\" >&2; find .next/static/chunks -name \"*.js\" -exec ls -lah {} + 2>/dev/null | sort -k5 -hr | head -5 >&2; echo \"\" >&2; echo \"💡 Optimization recommendations:\" >&2; echo \"• Use dynamic imports for large components\" >&2; echo \"• Implement code splitting with next/dynamic\" >&2; echo \"• Check for duplicate dependencies\" >&2; echo \"• Optimize third-party libraries\" >&2; echo \"• Run: npm run analyze for detailed bundle analysis\" >&2; exit 2; else echo \"✅ Bundle size within budget: ${BUNDLE_SIZE_KB}KB / ${BUDGET_LIMIT}KB\"; REMAINING=$((BUDGET_LIMIT - BUNDLE_SIZE_KB)); echo \"🎯 Remaining budget: ${REMAINING}KB\"; if [ $REMAINING -lt 50 ]; then echo \"⚠️ Warning: Less than 50KB remaining in performance budget\"; fi; fi; else echo \"❌ No .next build directory found. Run build first.\"; fi; else echo \"ℹ️ Performance check skipped (not a build command or failed build)\"; fi'",
            "timeout": 30
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "matcher": "Write|Edit|MultiEdit",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
```
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