# qdrant-performance-optimization

A routing skill for Qdrant tuning: it matches your symptom to the right sub-skill for search speed, indexing or memory.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1700 installs · ★ 264
- Author: qdrant
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/qdrant/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/qdrant-performance-optimization/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/qdrant-qdrant-performance-optimization

## What it does

The skill holds no advice of its own. You describe a symptom, it matches that against a table and opens the matching sub-skill file — `search-speed-optimization/SKILL.md`, `indexing-performance-optimization/SKILL.md` or `memory-usage-optimization/SKILL.md`. Answers come from there, not from the hub page.

Use it when you are planning a configuration or capacity change rather than firefighting. Slow filtered queries, low QPS, a collection stuck yellow, an optimizer that will not finish, bulk upserts dragging, RAM pressure — each maps to a different branch, and if two rows match, both files get read.

One thing to get right: latency and throughput pull in opposite directions on segment count. For latency you raise segments toward the CPU core count (`default_segment_number: 16`); for throughput you go fewer and larger (`default_segment_number: 2`). Picking the wrong direction makes the reported problem worse. If the slowdown is already happening in production or you need live metrics, that is `qdrant-monitoring` territory. The skill is limited to `Read`, `Grep` and `Glob`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add qdrant/skills --skill qdrant-performance-optimization -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add qdrant/skills --skill qdrant-performance-optimization -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add qdrant/skills --skill qdrant-performance-optimization -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install qdrant/skills qdrant-performance-optimization
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add qdrant/skills --skill qdrant-performance-optimization -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/qdrant/skills --path skills/qdrant-performance-optimization
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add qdrant/skills --skill qdrant-performance-optimization -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/qdrant/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/qdrant-performance-optimization/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- route a Qdrant symptom to the right sub-skill
- pick segment count for latency or for throughput
- speed up index and HNSW builds and vector uploads
- cut RAM use and avoid out-of-memory crashes
- fit a larger dataset on the same hardware

## Example prompts
- Filtered queries in Qdrant are much slower than unfiltered ones — where do I look?
- My collection stays yellow and the optimizer never finishes, help me sort it out
- I want to lower Qdrant RAM usage without shrinking the dataset

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

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```text
---
name: qdrant-performance-optimization
description: "Navigation hub linking sub-skills for proactive Qdrant tuning: search speed, indexing performance, and memory usage optimization. Use when planning configuration or capacity changes to improve speed and efficiency. For diagnosing an active production slowdown or analyzing live metrics, use qdrant-monitoring instead."
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Grep
  - Glob
---


# Qdrant Performance Optimization

Route first, then answer. Match the user's symptom in the table, `Read` that file, and answer from it.
Do not answer from this page alone: it contains routing only, not the guidance. If two rows match, read both.

| The user says | Read |
|---|---|
| Filtered queries much slower than unfiltered | `search-speed-optimization/SKILL.md` |
| Low QPS, cannot handle the query load | `search-speed-optimization/SKILL.md` |
| Individual queries take too long to return | `search-speed-optimization/SKILL.md` |
| Index build or HNSW build takes too long, vector upload is slow | `indexing-performance-optimization/SKILL.md` |
| Collection stays yellow, optimizer stuck or runs for a long time | `indexing-performance-optimization/SKILL.md` |
| Bulk upsert of vectors is slow | `indexing-performance-optimization/SKILL.md` |
| RAM usage too high, out-of-memory crashes | `memory-usage-optimization/SKILL.md` |
| Want to fit a larger dataset on the same hardware | `memory-usage-optimization/SKILL.md` |
| Reducing cost by moving data to disk | `memory-usage-optimization/SKILL.md` |

Latency and throughput pull opposite ways on segment count.
For latency, increase segments toward the CPU core count (`default_segment_number: 16`).
For throughput, use fewer and larger segments (`default_segment_number: 2`).
Applying the wrong direction makes the reported problem worse.
```
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© qdrant · Apache-2.0 · https://github.com/qdrant/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/qdrant-performance-optimization/SKILL.md

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