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stryx:performance

Something is slow, laggy, too big or uses too much memory.

/stryx:performance

Inside its piece: 13 specks, one for each file on its shelf. Its twelve group-mates glow on the open book behind it. The light splits toward orange, the band of Quality.

In numbers

counted 2026-10-12 in the installed set
  • 11reference files
  • 13files in the skill
  • 168KB on disk
  • 8chapters
  • 1agent works by this book

Use it when

in the skill’s own words
    • when an app
    • page
    • screen or build is slow
    • laggy
    • janky or stutters
    • drops frames
    • re-renders too often in a measured profile
    • starts slowly
    • ships too big
    • builds or hot-reloads slowly
    • uses more memory than it should
  • When the user says
    • performance
    • optimize
    • speed up
    • make it faster
    • lag
    • jank
    • fps
    • bundle size
    • chunk
    • tree-shaking
    • code splitting
    • Vite build config
    • HMR
    • Electron startup
    • splash screen
    • IPC throughput
    • sql.js query speed
    • index
    • EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN
    • heap snapshot
    • memory budget
    • LCP
    • Core Web Vitals
    • Lighthouse or page load
  • When a change must be proven faster with before/after numbers

Not for

another skill does it
  • A slowdown or leak whose cause is unknown stryx:debug
  • Whether a memo/useMemo/useCallback is needed or why a component re-renders with nothing measured stryx:react
  • An experiment campaign with the winner unknown stryx:optimize
  • A server database's slow query stryx:databases
  • 3D/WebGL frame rate stryx:3d-engines in an app, the 3D web design skill for a cinematic brand site

On its shelf

13 files, 168 KB
  • references/11
  • SKILL.md1
  • evals/1

Inside the book

8 chapters, by title only
  1. Core procedure: the Golden Loop
  2. Optimization: Product list rendering
  3. Verification gates
  4. Not done yet: phrases that need a number
  5. Optimization complete: product list rendering
  6. 3-strike rule
  7. Scope
  8. Quick reference by area

Its helper

1 agent works by this book

Works with

the skills it names most

Claude loads it by itself when the moment comes; by hand, type the line at the top. It comes with the whole set: Installs all 94 skills, 32 agents and the brain program as one set. The skill’s own text is private source and is not shown here.