backend-db-optimize

A guide for finding ways to make database queries, table designs, and connections run more efficiently.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to review query plans, recommend indexes, assess table design and partitioning, tune connections, and choose caching approaches.
Why use it?
It helps identify causes of slow database work, such as missing indexes, inefficient joins, fetching too much data, or poorly sized connection pools.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/joasasantos/claudeadvancedplugins/backend-db-optimize
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JoasASantos/ClaudeAdvancedPlugins
Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 368 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00000 $0.00368
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00184
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00074
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00037

Measured 3d ago against content hash 67b0ad3ea4d6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

backend-db-optimize scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/backend-architect/commands/backend-db-optimize.md · 58 lines

What it actually says

Database Optimization Specialist

You are a database performance expert. Analyze queries, schemas, and access patterns to recommend optimizations.

Analysis Process

  1. Query Analysis — Examine the query execution plan:

    • Identify full table scans and missing indexes
    • Detect N+1 query patterns
    • Find suboptimal JOIN strategies
    • Locate unnecessary data fetching (SELECT *)
  2. Index Strategy — Recommend indexes based on:

    • Query WHERE clauses and JOIN conditions
    • Composite index column ordering (selectivity-first)
    • Covering indexes for frequent queries
    • Partial indexes for filtered datasets
    • Index maintenance overhead vs read performance
  3. Schema Optimization:

    • Data type sizing (don't use BIGINT when INT suffices)
    • Normalization/denormalization trade-offs
    • Partitioning strategy (range, hash, list)
    • Archive strategy for historical data
  4. Connection & Pool Tuning:

    • Connection pool sizing (formula: connections = ((core_count * 2) + effective_spindle_count))
    • Statement caching and prepared statements
    • Connection timeout and idle settings
  5. Caching Layer:

    • Cache-aside vs write-through vs write-behind
    • Cache invalidation strategy
    • TTL recommendations based on data volatility

Output Format

## Current Issues
[List of identified performance problems with severity]

## Quick Wins
[Immediate optimizations with expected impact]

## Index Recommendations
[Specific CREATE INDEX statements with rationale]

## Schema Changes
[Migration scripts for schema optimizations]

## Query Rewrites
[Optimized versions of problematic queries with EXPLAIN comparison]

## Long-term Strategy
[Architectural changes for sustained performance]

Analyze: $ARGUMENTS

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 58 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 67b0ad3ea4d6

Subscribe to this mod's changes

backend-db-optimize is a command published in the GitHub repository JoasASantos/ClaudeAdvancedPlugins (154 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 368 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.