> perf-web-optimization

Optimize web performance: bundle size, images, caching, lazy loading, and overall page speed. Use when site is slow, reducing bundle size, fixing layout shifts, improving Time to Interactive, or optimizing for Lighthouse scores. Triggers on: web performance, bundle size, page speed, slow site, lazy loading. Do NOT use for Core Web Vitals-specific fixes (use core-web-vitals), running Lighthouse audits (use perf-lighthouse), or Astro-specific optimization (use perf-astro).

fetch
$curl "https://skillshub.wtf/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/perf-web-optimization?format=md"
SKILL.mdperf-web-optimization

Web Performance Optimization

Systematic approach: Measure → Identify → Prioritize → Implement → Verify.

Target Metrics

MetricGoodNeeds WorkPoor
LCP< 2.5s2.5-4s> 4s
INP< 200ms200-500ms> 500ms
CLS< 0.10.1-0.25> 0.25
TTFB< 800ms800ms-1.8s> 1.8s

Quick Wins

1. Images (usually biggest impact on LCP)

<!-- Hero/LCP image: eager + high priority -->
<img src="/hero.webp" alt="Hero" width="1200" height="600" loading="eager" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" />

<!-- Below fold: lazy load -->
<img src="/product.webp" alt="Product" width="400" height="300" loading="lazy" decoding="async" />

Always set width and height to prevent CLS.

2. Fonts (common LCP/CLS culprit)

<!-- Preconnect to font origin -->
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin />

<!-- Non-blocking font load -->
<link
  rel="stylesheet"
  href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter&display=swap"
  media="print"
  onload="this.media='all'"
/>

3. Third-party Scripts (common INP killer)

<!-- Defer to user interaction -->
<script>
  function loadThirdParty() {
    // Load analytics, chat widgets, etc.
  }
  ;['scroll', 'click', 'touchstart'].forEach((e) => addEventListener(e, loadThirdParty, { once: true, passive: true }))
  setTimeout(loadThirdParty, 5000)
</script>

4. Critical CSS

Inline critical CSS in <head>, defer the rest:

<style>
  /* critical styles */
</style>
<link rel="preload" href="/styles.css" as="style" onload="this.rel='stylesheet'" />

Bundle Analysis

# Webpack
npx webpack-bundle-analyzer dist/stats.json

# Vite
npx vite-bundle-visualizer

# Check package size before installing
npx bundlephobia <package-name>

Common heavy packages to replace:

  • moment (67KB) → date-fns (12KB) or dayjs (2KB)
  • lodash (72KB) → cherry-pick imports or native methods

Code Splitting Patterns

// React lazy
const Chart = lazy(() => import('./Chart'))

// Next.js dynamic
const Admin = dynamic(() => import('./Admin'), { ssr: false })

// Vite/Rollup manual chunks
build: {
  rollupOptions: {
    output: {
      manualChunks: {
        vendor: ['react', 'react-dom']
      }
    }
  }
}

Caching Headers

# Static assets (immutable hash in filename)
Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable

# HTML (revalidate)
Cache-Control: no-cache

# API responses
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0, must-revalidate

Measurement

For running audits, reading reports, and setting budgets, use the perf-lighthouse skill.

Checklist

Images

  • Modern formats (WebP/AVIF)
  • Responsive srcset
  • width/height attributes
  • loading="lazy" below fold
  • fetchpriority="high" on LCP image

JavaScript

  • Bundle < 200KB gzipped
  • Code splitting by route
  • Third-party scripts deferred
  • No unused dependencies

CSS

  • Critical CSS inlined
  • Non-critical CSS deferred
  • No unused CSS

Fonts

  • font-display: swap
  • Preconnect to font origin
  • Subset if possible

Detailed Examples

For in-depth optimization patterns, see:

> related_skills --same-repo

> gh-fix-ci

Use when a user asks to debug or fix failing GitHub PR checks that run in GitHub Actions. Uses `gh` to inspect checks and logs, summarize failure context, draft a fix plan, and implement only after explicit approval. Treats external providers (for example Buildkite) as out of scope and reports only the details URL. Do NOT use for addressing PR review comments (use gh-address-comments) or general CI outside GitHub Actions.

> security-threat-model

Repository-grounded threat modeling that enumerates trust boundaries, assets, attacker capabilities, abuse paths, and mitigations, and writes a concise Markdown threat model. Use when the user asks to threat model a codebase or path, enumerate threats or abuse paths, or perform AppSec threat modeling. Do NOT use for general architecture summaries, code review, security best practices (use security-best-practices), or non-security design work.

> security-ownership-map

Analyze git repositories to build a security ownership topology (people-to-file), compute bus factor and sensitive-code ownership, and export CSV/JSON for graph databases and visualization. Use when the user explicitly wants a security-oriented ownership or bus-factor analysis grounded in git history (for example: orphaned sensitive code, security maintainers, CODEOWNERS reality checks for risk, sensitive hotspots, or ownership clusters). Do NOT use for general maintainer lists, non-security own

> security-best-practices

Perform language and framework specific security best-practice reviews and suggest improvements. Use when the user explicitly requests security best practices guidance, a security review or report, or secure-by-default coding help. Supports Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Go. Do NOT use for general code review, debugging, threat modeling (use security-threat-model), or non-security tasks.

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