Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill database-indexing-strategygit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-promptsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/database-indexing-strategy)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/database-indexing-strategy"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/database-indexing-strategy/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/database-indexing-strategy"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/database-indexing-strategy.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- Socket pass
- Snyk pass
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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00033 | $0.00422 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00013 | $0.00169 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00007 | $0.00084 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00042 |
Grade A, and why
database-indexing-strategy 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 2mo 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.
What it actually says
Database Indexing Strategy
Table of Contents
Overview
Design comprehensive indexing strategies to improve query performance, reduce lock contention, and maintain data integrity. Covers index types, design patterns, and maintenance procedures.
When to Use
- Index creation and planning
- Query performance optimization through indexing
- Index type selection (B-tree, Hash, GiST, BRIN)
- Composite and partial index design
- Index maintenance and monitoring
- Storage optimization with indexes
- Full-text search index design
Quick Start
B-tree Indexes (Default):
-- Standard equality and range queries
CREATE INDEX idx_users_email ON users(email);
CREATE INDEX idx_orders_created_at ON orders(created_at DESC);
-- Composite indexes for multi-column queries
CREATE INDEX idx_orders_user_status
ON orders(user_id, status)
WHERE cancelled_at IS NULL;
Reference Guides
Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:
| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| PostgreSQL Index Types | PostgreSQL Index Types |
| MySQL Index Types | MySQL Index Types |
| Single Column Indexes | Single Column Indexes, Composite Indexes, Partial/Filtered Indexes, Expression Indexes |
Best Practices
✅ DO
- Follow established patterns and conventions
- Write clean, maintainable code
- Add appropriate documentation
- Test thoroughly before deploying
❌ DON'T
- Skip testing or validation
- Ignore error handling
- Hard-code configuration values
What ships with it
5 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 2mo ago First seen · 71 lines · 33 tokens per session scan A 4e6d685c365e
database-indexing-strategy is a skill published in the GitHub repository aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts (376 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 33 tokens to every session and 422 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-09-03.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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