# auditing-performance

A skill that audits app performance: bundle size, rendering, database queries and Core Web Vitals. Useful when pages load slowly or the UI stutters.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 476 installs · ★ 866
- Author: spencerpauly
- License: CC0-1.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/HEAD/resources/auditing-performance/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-02
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/auditing-performance

## What it does

The skill kicks in when you ask to optimize performance, cut load times or audit Core Web Vitals. The agent then walks through steps: bundle size, rendering, data fetching, database queries and assets.

For the bundle it runs `npx @next/bundle-analyzer` on Next.js or `npx vite-bundle-visualizer` on Vite, hunting for heavy dependencies, duplicates and broken tree-shaking. On rendering it looks for needless re-renders, expensive work that belongs in `useMemo`, index-based `key` props and layout thrashing. On data fetching — request waterfalls that `Promise.all` could collapse, plus missing pagination. On the database — N+1 patterns, missing indexes for `WHERE`, `ORDER BY` and `JOIN`, and `SELECT *` where specific columns would do. Assets get checked for WebP/AVIF, `loading="lazy"` and `font-display: swap`.

What you get back is a prioritized list of fixes marked High / Medium / Low with an effort estimate for each. The skill tells you to profile before optimizing: Lighthouse, WebPageTest or the DevTools Performance tab, and React DevTools Profiler for React apps. It assumes a project with a bundler and a database — on static markup with no build step the bundle and query steps have nothing to bite on.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill auditing-performance -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill auditing-performance -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill auditing-performance -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills auditing-performance
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill auditing-performance -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --path resources/auditing-performance
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill auditing-performance -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/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/HEAD/resources/auditing-performance/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- spot heavy dependencies in the bundle and swap them for lighter ones
- stop unnecessary React component re-renders
- parallelize sequential API calls
- find N+1 queries and missing indexes
- compress images and drop render-blocking CSS and JS

## Example prompts
- run a performance audit on this app
- why is the homepage so slow? check the bundle and the queries
- review our Core Web Vitals and tell me what to fix first

## Source text · SKILL.md · CC0-1.0

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name: auditing-performance
description: Audit and optimize application performance, including bundle size, rendering, database queries, and Core Web Vitals.
---

# Performance Audit

Use this skill when the user asks to optimize performance, reduce load times, fix slow pages, or audit Core Web Vitals.

## Steps

1. **Analyze bundle size**
   - Run `npx @next/bundle-analyzer` (Next.js) or `npx vite-bundle-visualizer` (Vite) to identify large dependencies.
   - Look for large libraries that could be replaced with lighter alternatives (e.g. `moment` → `date-fns`, `lodash` → individual imports or native methods).
   - Check for duplicated dependencies in the bundle.
   - Verify tree-shaking is working (no barrel file re-exports pulling in unused code).

2. **Audit rendering performance**
   - Identify components that re-render unnecessarily — look for inline object/array/function creation in JSX props.
   - Check for expensive computations in render paths that should use `useMemo`.
   - Verify lists use proper `key` props (not array index for dynamic lists).
   - Look for layout thrashing (reading DOM measurements then writing styles in a loop).

3. **Check data fetching**
   - Identify request waterfalls — sequential API calls that could be parallelized with `Promise.all`.
   - Look for data fetched on the client that could be fetched on the server.
   - Check for missing pagination on large data sets.
   - Verify API responses aren't over-fetching (returning fields the client doesn't need).

4. **Database query optimization**
   - Look for N+1 query patterns (a query per item in a list).
   - Check for missing indexes on columns used in WHERE, ORDER BY, and JOIN clauses.
   - Identify queries that could use `SELECT` with specific columns instead of `SELECT *`.
   - Look for missing connection pooling.

5. **Check assets**
   - Verify images use modern formats (WebP/AVIF) and are properly sized.
   - Check for missing `loading="lazy"` on below-the-fold images.
   - Verify fonts use `font-display: swap` and are preloaded.
   - Check for render-blocking CSS or JavaScript.

6. **Generate recommendations** — produce a prioritized list of optimizations ranked by impact (High / Medium / Low) with estimated effort for each.

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