145-java-refactoring-high-performance

145-java-refactoring-high-performance is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from jabrena/plinth. It costs 73 tokens per session (743 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A guide to improving Java performance by measuring real bottlenecks first, then reducing unnecessary memory allocation, CPU work, slow input and output, or inefficient persistence and caching.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when profiling identifies a slow Java code path, high allocation rate, concurrency issue, inefficient parsing, serialization, database access, or cache strategy.
Why use it?
It prevents speculative changes and keeps optimisations tied to measured improvements without sacrificing correctness.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it when profiling identifies a slow Java code path, high allocation rate, concurrency issue, inefficient parsing, serialization, database access, or cache strategy.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 145-java-refactoring-high-performance
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jabrena/plinth

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 73 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 743 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00073 $0.00743
Opus 5 $0.00036 $0.00371
Sonnet 5 $0.00015 $0.00149
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00074

Measured 7d ago against content hash 7926b858d6cc, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

145-java-refactoring-high-performance 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 7d 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.

skills/145-java-refactoring-high-performance/SKILL.md · 68 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 68 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Java rules for High Performance

Identify and apply practical Java high-performance techniques using a measure-first approach, with emphasis on allocation reduction, data layout, concurrency discipline, and evidence-based validation.

What is covered in this Skill?

  • Measure-first workflow for Java code optimization
  • JVM/runtime-aware coding guidance
  • Allocation reduction techniques with bad/good patterns
  • CPU hot-path simplification and loop-level efficiency patterns
  • Concurrency/backpressure and timeout/cancellation discipline
  • I/O, parsing, and serialization efficiency patterns
  • Persistence/query and caching strategy guidance
  • Java-centric decision workflow: keep/revert based on measured impact

Scope: Practical optimization in application code and APIs. Apply only where profiling indicates real bottlenecks.

Constraints

Performance optimization must be evidence-driven and safe, focused on Java code changes that preserve correctness and maintainability.

  • MEASURE-FIRST: Establish baseline behavior and identify Java code hot paths before optimization
  • NO PREMATURE OPTIMIZATION: Only optimize code paths identified by profiling evidence
  • BEFORE APPLYING: Read the relevant reference(s) for bad/good examples and measurement workflow
  • EDGE CASE: If hotspot evidence is unclear, ask clarifying questions before changing code

When to use this skill

  • Review Java code for high performance
  • Optimize Java hot path
  • Reduce Java allocations
  • Improve Java latency
  • Improve Java throughput

Workflow

  1. Identify Java hotspot and baseline behavior

Confirm the performance-sensitive Java path and baseline behavior before changing code.

  1. Select the relevant reference(s) by bottleneck

Pick and read only the reference(s) matching the observed hotspot: references/145-refactoring-high-performance-java-memory-allocation.md for allocation pressure, primitives vs. wrappers, escape analysis, collection sizing, data layout, and deduplication; references/145-refactoring-high-performance-java-cpu.md for CPU-bound hot paths, bit-level parsing, branchless arithmetic, loop unrolling, Unsafe caution, and SIMD/vectorization; references/145-refactoring-high-performance-java-code-syntax.md for code shape, lambdas, API return conventions, parsing syntax, I/O strategy, concurrency, and control-flow improvements.

Read the full file on GitHub · 68 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 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.

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. 7d ago First seen · 68 lines · 73 tokens per session scan A 7926b858d6cc

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145-java-refactoring-high-performance is a skill published in the GitHub repository jabrena/plinth (438 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 73 tokens to every session and 743 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 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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