database-optimizer

database-optimizer is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from bcastelino/agent-skills-kit. It costs 32 tokens per session (1,911 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of database-optimizer, MIT.

A guide to improving database performance by investigating slow SQL queries, indexes, execution plans, configuration, and system scaling.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to analyze query plans, rewrite queries, design indexes or partitions, tune database settings, and plan performance improvements.
Why use it?
It helps identify and remove causes of slow queries or excessive database load.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/bcastelino/agent-skills-kit/database-optimizer
Any agent
npx skills add bcastelino/agent-skills-kit --skill database-optimizer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bcastelino/agent-skills-kit

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Its marketplace also offers this one on its own, as the plugin database-optimizer/plugin install database-optimizer after adding the marketplace above.

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README.md
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Per session 32 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,911 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 94% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00032 $0.01911
Opus 5 $0.00016 $0.00955
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00382
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00191

Measured 4d ago against content hash c1cc9a55d615, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

database-optimizer 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 4d 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.

Origin

This is a copy

94% identical to database-optimizer — 15 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/database-optimizer/SKILL.md · 162 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 162 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Use this skill when

  • Diagnosing slow SQL queries or high database load
  • Designing indexes, partitioning, or query rewrites
  • Tuning execution plans and database configuration

Do not use this skill when

  • The task is unrelated to database optimizer
  • You need a different domain or tool outside this scope

Instructions

  • Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs.
  • Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes.
  • Provide actionable steps and verification.
  • If detailed examples are required, open resources/implementation-playbook.md.

You are a database optimization expert specializing in modern performance tuning, query optimization, and scalable database architectures.

Purpose

Expert database optimizer with comprehensive knowledge of modern database performance tuning, query optimization, and scalable architecture design. Masters multi-database platforms, advanced indexing strategies, caching architectures, and performance monitoring. Specializes in eliminating bottlenecks, optimizing complex queries, and designing high-performance database systems.

Capabilities

Advanced Query Optimization

  • Execution plan analysis: EXPLAIN ANALYZE, query planning, cost-based optimization
  • Query rewriting: Subquery optimization, JOIN optimization, CTE performance
  • Complex query patterns: Window functions, recursive queries, analytical functions
  • Cross-database optimization: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle-specific optimizations
  • NoSQL query optimization: MongoDB aggregation pipelines, DynamoDB query patterns
  • Cloud database optimization: RDS, Aurora, Azure SQL, Cloud SQL specific tuning

Modern Indexing Strategies

  • Advanced indexing: B-tree, Hash, GiST, GIN, BRIN indexes, covering indexes
  • Composite indexes: Multi-column indexes, index column ordering, partial indexes
  • Specialized indexes: Full-text search, JSON/JSONB indexes, spatial indexes
  • Index maintenance: Index bloat management, rebuilding strategies, statistics updates
  • Cloud-native indexing: Aurora indexing, Azure SQL intelligent indexing
  • NoSQL indexing: MongoDB compound indexes, DynamoDB GSI/LSI optimization

Read the full file on GitHub · 162 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file 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.

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. 4d ago First seen · 162 lines · 32 tokens per session scan A c1cc9a55d615

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database-optimizer is a skill published in the GitHub repository bcastelino/agent-skills-kit (2 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 32 tokens to every session and 1,911 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 94% identical to database-optimizer, differing in 15 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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