# 164-java-profiling-verify

Validates Java performance improvements by comparing profiling metrics before and after changes under identical test scenarios.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 332 installs · ★ 456
- Author: Juan Antonio Breña Moral
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/HEAD/skills/164-java-profiling-verify/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/164-java-profiling-verify

## What it does

This skill handles the fourth step of the Java profiling workflow from the Plinth Toolkit by Juan Antonio Breña Moral. It checks baseline profiling artifacts before touching post-change measurements. If baseline data is empty or missing, the process halts immediately to ask for direction.

Once fresh profiling runs finish under identical workloads, the skill compares metrics. It checks CPU hotspots, memory allocation trends, garbage collection delays, and thread contention. It also inspects flamegraphs side by side.

Findings are written to `profiler/docs/profiling-comparison-analysis-YYYYMMDD.md` and `profiler/docs/profiling-final-results-YYYYMMDD.md`. Comparison yields invalid conclusions if the test load differs between baseline and post-refactoring runs.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 164-java-profiling-verify -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/164-java-profiling-verify/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/164-java-profiling-verify/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 164-java-profiling-verify -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/164-java-profiling-verify/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 164-java-profiling-verify -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/164-java-profiling-verify/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jabrena/plinth 164-java-profiling-verify
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/164-java-profiling-verify/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 164-java-profiling-verify -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jabrena/plinth --path skills/164-java-profiling-verify
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/164-java-profiling-verify/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 164-java-profiling-verify -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/HEAD/skills/164-java-profiling-verify/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- catch Java performance regressions after code changes
- compare before and after flamegraphs side by side
- track memory allocation shifts and thread contention
- generate final profiling comparison documents

## Example prompts
- Compare before and after profiling results for this service
- Verify performance fix and check for GC regressions
- Verify memory allocations and thread states after refactoring

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: 164-java-profiling-verify
description: Use when you need to verify Java performance optimizations by comparing profiling results before and after refactoring — including baseline validation, post-refactoring report generation, quantitative before/after metrics comparison, side-by-side flamegraph analysis, regression detection, or creating profiling-comparison-analysis and profiling-final-results documentation. This should trigger for requests such as Verify performance fix; Verify the performance; Verify the memory; Verify the threading; Compare before and after profiling results; Check for performance regressions after refactoring. Part of Plinth Toolkit
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: Juan Antonio Breña Moral
  version: 0.19.0
---
# Java Profiling Workflow / Step 4 / Verify results

Verify performance optimizations through rigorous before/after comparison: ensure baseline and post-refactoring profiling data use identical test conditions, generate post-refactoring reports, compare metrics (memory, CPU, GC, threading), perform side-by-side flamegraph analysis, document findings in profiling-comparison-analysis-YYYYMMDD.md and profiling-final-results-YYYYMMDD.md, and validate success criteria.

**What is covered in this Skill?**

- Pre-refactoring baseline: run profiler with same load before changes
- Post-refactoring: generate new reports with identical test conditions
- Comparison: memory (leaks, allocations, GC), CPU (hotspots, contention), visual flamegraph comparison
- Documentation: profiler/docs/profiling-comparison-analysis-YYYYMMDD.md, profiler/docs/profiling-final-results-YYYYMMDD.md
- File naming: baseline/after suffixes, timestamp-based organization
- Validation: verify reports exist, compare metrics, identify regressions

**Scope:** Identical test conditions are critical. Document test scenarios. Validate application runs with refactored code before generating new reports.

## Constraints

Use identical test conditions between baseline and post-refactoring. Verify both report sets are complete. Document test scenarios.

- **CONSISTENCY**: Use identical test conditions and load patterns for baseline and post-refactoring
- **VALIDATE**: Ensure both baseline and post-refactoring reports exist and are non-empty before comparison
- **DOCUMENT**: Record test scenarios and load patterns for reproduction
- **BEFORE APPLYING**: Read the reference for comparison templates and validation steps
- **EDGE CASE**: If request scope is ambiguous, stop and ask a clarifying question before applying changes
- **EDGE CASE**: If required inputs, files, or tooling are missing, report what is missing and ask whether to proceed with setup guidance

## When to use this skill

- Verify performance fix
- Verify the performance
- Verify the memory
- Verify the threading
- Verify the GC
- Verify the profiling
- Compare before and after profiling results
- Performance benchmark
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