# performance-optimization

> Claude/Codex skill by [@addyosmani](https://omgskills.com/library/addyosmani/index.md) · 81k stars · 34k installs · Updated 2026-07-26

Optimizes application performance across frontend, backend, queries, and databases. Use when performance requirements exist, when you suspect performance regressions, when Core Web Vitals or load times need improvement, when N+1 query patterns need fixing, or when profiling reveals bottlenecks.

Tags: agent-skills, antigravity, claude-code, codex, cursor, skills

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills /tmp/agent-skills && ln -s /tmp/agent-skills/skills/performance-optimization ~/.claude/skills/performance-optimization
```

## From README

Performance Optimization Overview Measure before optimizing. Performance work without measurement is guessing — and guessing leads to premature optimization that adds complexity without improving what matters. Profile first, identify the actual bottleneck, fix it, measure again. Optimize only what measurements prove matters. When to Use Performance requirements exist in the spec (load time budgets, response time SLAs) Users or monitoring report slow behavior Core Web Vitals scores are below thresholds You suspect a change introduced a regression Building features that handle large datasets or high traffic When NOT to use: Don't optimize before you have evidence of a problem. Premature optimization adds complexity that costs more than the performance it gains.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/skills/addyosmani/agent-skills/performance-optimization/
- GitHub: https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills
- Author: [@addyosmani](https://omgskills.com/library/addyosmani/index.md)

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