# high-perf-browser

A Claude Code skill that traces slow page loads back to round trips: handshakes, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, render-blocking resources and the critical rendering path.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 5300 installs · ★ 2508
- Author: wondelai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/wondelai/skills/tree/HEAD/high-perf-browser/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/high-perf-browser

## What it does

The skill looks at a slow page from the network side. Its main claim is blunt: latency hurts more than bandwidth. Every request pays for DNS, a TCP handshake and TLS negotiation before the first byte arrives. Cutting round trips does more than widening the pipe.

Six sections cover network fundamentals, HTTP versions, and resource loading along the critical rendering path. Patterns arrive as small tables: `preconnect` and `dns-prefetch` for third-party origins, `Alt-Svc` to advertise HTTP/3, `103 Early Hints` in place of Server Push. Reference files go deeper on TLS 1.3 against 1.2, slow start, and the migration off domain sharding. At the end it scores the page out of 10 across eight quick-diagnostic rows, and asks which rows failed plus a fix for each.

Fonts and visual UI sit outside its scope, since `web-typography` and `refactoring-ui` take those. The network arithmetic is the part worth quoting in a review. A packet from New York to London takes about 28ms one way, which is a reason to count requests rather than shave the bundle.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wondelai/skills --skill high-perf-browser -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wondelai/skills --skill high-perf-browser -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wondelai/skills --skill high-perf-browser -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install wondelai/skills high-perf-browser
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/high-perf-browser/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wondelai/skills --skill high-perf-browser -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/wondelai/skills --path high-perf-browser
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wondelai/skills --skill high-perf-browser -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/wondelai/skills/tree/HEAD/high-perf-browser/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- work out why a page loads slowly, step by step from DNS to first byte
- move a site to HTTP/2 and drop domain sharding
- decide what belongs in the critical rendering path and what can wait for `defer`
- switch on TLS 1.3 and connection reuse at the server
- run the eight-row diagnostic and get a fix for every failing row

## Example prompts
- My site is slow. Walk the critical rendering path and tell me what blocks the first paint.
- Check the nginx config for TLS 1.3 and connection reuse.
- Should we move to HTTP/3, and what happens to our domain sharding if we do?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: high-perf-browser
description: 'Optimize web performance through network protocols, resource loading, and browser rendering internals. Use when the user mentions "my site is slow", "Core Web Vitals", "HTTP/2 or HTTP/3", "resource hints", "network latency", "render blocking", "TCP/TLS optimization", "service worker", "Cache-Control or caching strategy", or "critical rendering path". Also trigger when diagnosing slow page loads, optimizing time to first byte, choosing between WebSocket and SSE, or reducing bundle sizes. For UI visual performance, see refactoring-ui. For font loading, see web-typography.'
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: wondelai
  version: "1.4.1"
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# High Performance Browser Networking Framework

A systematic approach to web performance grounded in how browsers, protocols, and networks actually work. Apply these principles when building frontend applications, setting performance budgets, configuring servers, or diagnosing slow page loads.

## Core Principle

**Latency, not bandwidth, is the bottleneck.** Most web performance problems stem from too many round trips, not too little throughput. A 5x bandwidth increase yields diminishing returns; a 5x latency reduction transforms the user experience.

**The foundation:** Every request passes through DNS resolution, TCP handshake, TLS negotiation, and HTTP exchange before a single byte of content arrives — each step adding round-trip latency. High-performance applications minimize round trips, parallelize requests, and eliminate unnecessary network hops. Understanding the protocol stack is the prerequisite for meaningful optimization.

## Scoring

**Goal: 10/10.** Score by how many of the eight Quick Diagnostic rows pass, weighted toward the field metrics: **9-10** = all eight pass (the four field-metric rows in the green plus content-hashing, HTTP/2+, minimized render-blocking, and compression); **5-6** = the four field-metric rows pass but one or more transport/caching/compression rows fail; **<=3** = any field-metric row is in the red. Always report the score, which diagnostic rows failed, and the specific fix for each.

## The High Performance Browser Networking Framework

Six domains for building fast, resilient web applications:

### 1. Network Fundamentals

**Core concept:** Every HTTP request pays a latency tax — DNS lookup, TCP three-way handshake, TLS negotiation — before any application data flows. Reducing or eliminating these round trips is the single highest-leverage optimization.
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