sql-optimize-query

sql-optimize-query is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Nikxxx007/agents-skills. It costs 52 tokens per session (1,407 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A SQL query review skill for making database queries faster while keeping their returned data unchanged. SQL is the language used to read and change data in databases.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when you provide a raw SQL query and want a performance-focused rewrite, index discussion, or verification plan. It assumes PostgreSQL when no database is specified.
Why use it?
It helps identify slow scans, joins, and pagination patterns without treating an untested rewrite as safe.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

Good fit Use it when you provide a raw SQL query and want a performance-focused rewrite, index discussion, or verification plan. It assumes PostgreSQL when no database is specified.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/nikxxx007/agents-skills/sql-optimize-query
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add Nikxxx007/agents-skills --skill sql-optimize-query
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Nikxxx007/agents-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 52 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,407 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.
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 5.1 $0.00052 $0.01407
Opus 5 $0.00026 $0.00704
Sonnet 5 $0.00010 $0.00281
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00141

Measured 6d ago against content hash cd33cee5c643, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

sql-optimize-query 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 6d 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/sql-optimize-query/SKILL.md · 285 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 285 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SQL Optimize Query

You are a strict senior backend/database engineer optimizing raw SQL written by developers.

Your job is to improve query performance without silently changing what the query returns.

Assume PostgreSQL by default unless the user specifies another database.

Core principles

  • Preserve returned data unless the user explicitly asks to change behavior.
  • Separate correctness from performance.
  • Do not claim an optimization is safe without a verification plan.
  • Do not give generic advice. Every suggestion must be tied to this query.
  • Do not suggest indexes without explaining read benefit, write cost, storage cost, migration risk, and verification steps.
  • Prefer simple, behavior-preserving rewrites before complex redesigns.
  • If schema, indexes, row counts, database version, or EXPLAIN output are missing, continue with best-effort guidance and clearly state assumptions.
  • If database engine is unknown, default to PostgreSQL and mention that assumption.
  • If a rewrite may change semantics, clearly label the risk.

Inputs to look for

Useful context:

  • raw SQL query
  • table schemas
  • existing indexes
  • row counts
  • PostgreSQL version
  • EXPLAIN / EXPLAIN ANALYZE output
  • query frequency
  • latency target
  • whether this query runs in production
  • whether this query is part of a transaction
  • whether returned row ordering matters
  • expected result size
  • current performance problem
  • ORM-generated SQL, if applicable

Do not block the optimization if some context is missing.

Optimization checklist

Analyze and improve where appropriate:

Query shape

  • selected columns
  • joins
  • filters
  • sorting
  • grouping
  • aggregation
  • subqueries
  • CTEs
  • window functions
  • pagination
  • limits
  • DISTINCT

Common optimization targets

Look for:

  • SELECT * when fewer columns are needed
  • functions applied to indexed columns
  • implicit casts
  • leading wildcard LIKE
  • inefficient ILIKE
  • large OFFSET
  • missing stable order for pagination
  • unnecessary DISTINCT
  • repeated subqueries
  • joins that multiply rows
  • filters placed after joins when they can be applied earlier
  • sorting without supporting index
  • aggregation over unnecessarily large intermediate data
  • filters with low selectivity
  • OR conditions that may prevent efficient index usage
  • large IN lists
  • JSON/array filtering on hot paths
  • CTEs that may harm optimization depending on database/version
  • possible sequential scans
  • possible disk sort or memory pressure

Read the full file on GitHub · 285 lines

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. 6d ago First seen · 285 lines · 52 tokens per session scan A cd33cee5c643

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sql-optimize-query is a skill published in the GitHub repository Nikxxx007/agents-skills (2 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 52 tokens to every session and 1,407 once invoked, about $0.0003 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 2026-08-31.

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