# performance-monitor

This hook logs CPU, process memory, and timestamps around Claude Code tool calls. Use the CSV log to inspect resource readings by tool.

- hook · `type=hook` · Claude Code · 976 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-monitor.json
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/hooks/performance-monitor

## What it does

Before and after each tool call, the hook appends a row to `~/.claude/performance.csv`. Each row contains a timestamp, CPU reading, process RSS, tool name, and a `start` or `end` marker. The file is a log, not a generated performance report.

Once the file passes 1000 lines, the hook replaces it with its most recent 500 lines. It writes to `~/.claude/performance.csv`, so that location must be writable and its parent directory must exist. The hook is added through `.claude/settings.json`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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-monitor.json

## When to use it
- log CPU readings around tool calls
- record process RSS for each operation
- match start and end entries by tool name
- trim the log to its latest 500 lines after it exceeds 1000

## Example prompts
- Review `~/.claude/performance.csv` and compare CPU readings across tools.
- Find operations with high RSS in `~/.claude/performance.csv`.
- Compare resource readings between the `start` and `end` entries.

## Source text · performance-monitor.json · MIT

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```text
{
  "description": "Monitor system performance during Claude Code operations. Tracks CPU, memory usage, and execution time for performance optimization.",
  "hooks": {
    "PreToolUse": [
      {
        "matcher": "*",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "echo \"$(date +%s.%N),$(ps -o %cpu= -p $$),$(ps -o rss= -p $$),$CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME,start\" >> ~/.claude/performance.csv"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "PostToolUse": [
      {
        "matcher": "*",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "echo \"$(date +%s.%N),$(ps -o %cpu= -p $$),$(ps -o rss= -p $$),$CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME,end\" >> ~/.claude/performance.csv; if [[ $(wc -l < ~/.claude/performance.csv) -gt 1000 ]]; then tail -n 500 ~/.claude/performance.csv > ~/.claude/performance.csv.tmp && mv ~/.claude/performance.csv.tmp ~/.claude/performance.csv; fi"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
```
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