# android-profiler

Captures and inspects Android performance metrics, from Perfetto traces and memory leaks to frame drops and battery drain.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1000 installs · ★ 9764
- Author: Google LLC
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/android/skills/tree/HEAD/profilers/android-profiler/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/android-profiler

## What it does

This skill troubleshoots bottlenecks across Android user apps, system apps, and OS services. It captures CPU call stacks, Vulkan GPU and DRM memory, plus Java and native heap dumps. By inspecting Perfetto traces with PerfettoSQL queries, the agent uncovers frame drops, ANRs, startup lag, IPC Binder storms, and kernel wake locks. It also supports A/B baseline trace comparisons to pinpoint regressions.

Workflows split into two pipelines. Recording runs through `recording/recording_orchestrator`, which handles pre-flight checks, while trace analysis goes through `analysis/analysis_orchestrator`. Every script path relies on `$SKILL_ROOT`, defined in `references/env_setup.md`. Without configuring this path first, execution will break.

If a request lacks details, the agent stops and asks for clarification instead of guessing your goal.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill android-profiler -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill android-profiler -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill android-profiler -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install android/skills android-profiler
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/android-profiler/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill android-profiler -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/android/skills --path profilers/android-profiler
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill android-profiler -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/android/skills/tree/HEAD/profilers/android-profiler/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Inspect Perfetto traces to resolve UI jank, frame drops, or ANRs
- Trace Java or native heap allocations to fix memory leaks and LMK kills
- Diagnose battery drain caused by kernel wake locks and modem power rails
- Execute custom PerfettoSQL queries directly on recorded Android traces
- Compare A/B baseline traces to identify performance regressions

## Example prompts
- Record a Perfetto trace during cold app startup and check for frame drops.
- Analyze this native heap dump to find memory leaks and allocation churn.
- Run a PerfettoSQL query to detect Binder transaction bottlenecks.

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

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```text
---
name: android-profiler
description: 'Records and analyzes Android performance data and diagnoses performance
  bottlenecks across user apps, system apps, and system services, even if the user
  does not explicitly mention profiling or traces. Use when: recording system traces,
  CPU call stacks, Vulkan GPU/DRM memory, or Java/native heap profiles; analyzing
  Perfetto traces for UI jank, frame drops, ANRs, or app startup latency issues; investigating
  CPU bottlenecks, IPC/Binder storms, or thread scheduling stalls; diagnosing battery
  drain, modem power rails, and kernel wake locks; debugging memory pressure, Low
  Memory Kills (LMK), OOMs, leaks, and allocation churn; performing A/B baseline trace
  comparisons to find regressions; executing ad hoc PerfettoSQL queries on Android
  traces.'
license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
metadata:
  author: Google LLC
  last-updated: '2026-10-22'
  keywords:
  - android performance
  - debugging
  - profiling
  - recording
  - trace analysis
  - memory leaks
  - bottleneck
  - jank
  - SQL
---

Your primary role is to figure out what the user wants to do (disambiguation),
find the right instructions for it (workflow discovery), and follow them
step-by-step (following the execution plan). If the request is unclear, work
with the user to finalize the execution plan before proceeding.

## Prerequisites and Setup

Before executing any workflows, read [`references/env_setup.md`](references/env_setup.md). It defines
what to set `$SKILL_ROOT` to - the anchor every other path in this skill is
written against.

## Intent Disambiguation

Do not guess the user's intent. If the user request is not clear, **ask the
user** what they want to do before proceeding.

## Recording

Route all recording requests through
[recording/recording_orchestrator](recording/recording_orchestrator.md). This defines guidelines and
pre-flight checks or dependency checks that apply to all recording workflows,
and ensures you have the necessary setup to proceed. Read the orchestrator and
execute the plan it describes based on what the user wants to record (for
example, a system trace or a heap dump).

## Analysis

Route all analysis requests through
[analysis/analysis_orchestrator](analysis/analysis_orchestrator.md).
```
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© Google LLC · Apache-2.0 · https://github.com/android/skills/tree/HEAD/profilers/android-profiler/SKILL.md

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