# web-performance-audit

A skill that audits page speed: pulls Core Web Vitals, finds bottlenecks and points at what to fix. Useful when LCP or CLS drifts out of range.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 526 installs · ★ 236
- Author: secondsky
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/web-performance-audit/skills/web-performance-audit/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/secondsky-web-performance-audit

## What it does

The skill ships a threshold table for four metrics: LCP, FID, CLS and INP. Each one has three bands — good, needs improvement, poor. LCP under 2.5s counts as good, over 4s as poor. Those numbers are the starting point when the agent reviews your page.

Inside you get `web-vitals` snippets for shipping metrics to analytics, plus a Lighthouse runner built on `chrome-launcher` in headless mode. There is also an audit checklist: capture baseline vitals, run Lighthouse on mobile and desktop, read real user metrics, find the largest contentful element, check for layout shifts, review the JavaScript bundle size and test on a slow connection.

Fixes are grouped by effort. Quick wins take 1-2 days (compression, minification, deferred scripts, WebP and lazy loading). Medium work runs 1-2 weeks (code splitting, service worker caching, preload, removing render-blocking resources). Long-term items stretch over 1-3 months (architecture, CDN, database queries). A JSON performance budget template covers timing and resource-size limits. One catch: the Lighthouse script needs the `lighthouse` and `chrome-launcher` npm packages installed, otherwise the automation will not run.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill web-performance-audit -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill web-performance-audit -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install secondsky/claude-skills web-performance-audit
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill web-performance-audit -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills --path plugins/web-performance-audit/skills/web-performance-audit
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill web-performance-audit -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/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/web-performance-audit/skills/web-performance-audit/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- capture baseline Core Web Vitals and see where a page falls short
- find the largest contentful element behind a slow LCP
- trace what makes the layout jump and pushes CLS up
- run Lighthouse on mobile and desktop the same way
- set a performance budget and wire up monitoring alerts

## Example prompts
- run a performance audit on the landing page and list the metrics outside the good range
- check the JS bundle and suggest what to split with code splitting
- find render-blocking resources and lay out fixes for the next two days

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: web-performance-audit
description: Web performance audits with Core Web Vitals, bottleneck identification, optimization recommendations. Use for page load times, performance reviews, UX optimization, or encountering LCP, FID, CLS issues, resource blocking, render delays.
license: MIT
---

# Web Performance Audit

Conduct comprehensive performance audits and implement optimizations.

## Core Web Vitals Targets

| Metric | Good | Needs Improvement | Poor |
|--------|------|-------------------|------|
| LCP (Largest Contentful Paint) | <2.5s | 2.5-4s | >4s |
| FID (First Input Delay) | <100ms | 100-300ms | >300ms |
| CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) | <0.1 | 0.1-0.25 | >0.25 |
| INP (Interaction to Next Paint) | <200ms | 200-500ms | >500ms |

## Performance Measurement

```javascript
// Using web-vitals library
import { getCLS, getFID, getLCP, getTTFB } from 'web-vitals';

function sendToAnalytics({ name, value, id }) {
  console.log({ name, value, id });
}

getCLS(sendToAnalytics);
getFID(sendToAnalytics);
getLCP(sendToAnalytics);
getTTFB(sendToAnalytics);
```

## Lighthouse Automation

```javascript
const lighthouse = require('lighthouse');
const chromeLauncher = require('chrome-launcher');

async function runAudit(url) {
  const chrome = await chromeLauncher.launch({ chromeFlags: ['--headless'] });
  const result = await lighthouse(url, {
    port: chrome.port,
    onlyCategories: ['performance']
  });

  await chrome.kill();
  return result.lhr;
}
```

## Optimization Strategies

### Quick Wins (1-2 days)
- Enable gzip/brotli compression
- Minify CSS/JS
- Defer non-critical scripts
- Optimize images (WebP, lazy loading)

### Medium Effort (1-2 weeks)
- Implement code splitting
- Add service worker caching
- Preload critical resources
- Eliminate render-blocking resources

### Long-term (1-3 months)
- Architecture improvements
- CDN optimization
- Database query optimization

## Performance Budget

```json
{
  "timings": [
    { "metric": "first-contentful-paint", "budget": 1500 },
    { "metric": "largest-contentful-paint", "budget": 2500 }
  ],
  "resourceSizes": [
    { "resourceType": "script", "budget": 150 },
    { "resourceType": "image", "budget": 300 }
  ]
}
```

## Audit Checklist

- [ ] Measure baseline Core Web Vitals
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