postgresql-optimization

postgresql-optimization is a skill for Claude Code from RaNDoM6913/claude-code-superkit. It costs 46 tokens per session (1,666 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A troubleshooting workflow for speeding up PostgreSQL, a database system used to store and query application data. It covers slow queries, indexes, database settings, cleanup, and monitoring.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect query plans, tune SQL and indexes, adjust PostgreSQL settings, manage VACUUM and ANALYZE, and monitor performance over time.
Why use it?
It helps identify whether a slowdown comes from a query, missing index, configuration, or database maintenance instead of guessing at changes.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: user-invocable in frontmatter. Also seen: mentions Codex.

Good fit Use it to inspect query plans, tune SQL and indexes, adjust PostgreSQL settings, manage VACUUM and ANALYZE, and monitor performance over time.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/random6913/claude-code-superkit/postgresql-optimization
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add RaNDoM6913/claude-code-superkit --skill postgresql-optimization
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RaNDoM6913/claude-code-superkit

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 46 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,666 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 $0.00046 $0.01666
Opus 5.5 $0.00018 $0.00666
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00009 $0.00333
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00167

Measured yesterday against content hash 05c8d07909f4, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

postgresql-optimization 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 yesterday.

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.

packages/codex/skills/postgresql-optimization/SKILL.md · 160 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 160 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

PostgreSQL Optimization

Workflow for diagnosing and fixing PostgreSQL performance — query tuning, indexes, EXPLAIN analysis, server configuration, and maintenance.

Use this skill when

  • Optimizing slow PostgreSQL queries
  • Designing or reviewing indexing strategies
  • Analyzing performance and identifying bottlenecks
  • Tuning server configuration
  • Managing production maintenance (VACUUM, ANALYZE, bloat)
  • Setting up monitoring and alerting

Do not use this skill when

  • You need schema design guidance (select a relevant DB skill from the runtime's available catalog; this installation does not supply a skill named postgresql)
  • The bottleneck is at the application layer, not the database
  • You need a DB-agnostic optimization guide

Workflow

  1. Identify the performance problem: slow query, missing index, config, or maintenance
  2. Measure current state with EXPLAIN ANALYZE before any change
  3. Apply targeted fix at the right layer (index, query, config, maintenance)
  4. Verify improvement with a second EXPLAIN ANALYZE
  5. Monitor over time to confirm the fix holds under load

Phase 1: Performance Assessment

  • Check PostgreSQL version and available features
  • Review config: shared_buffers, work_mem, effective_cache_size, autovacuum
  • Identify slow queries via pg_stat_statements or slow query log
  • Analyze CPU, memory, disk I/O
  • Map bottleneck category: scan type, join strategy, I/O, locking, vacuum lag

Phase 2: Query Analysis (EXPLAIN)

  • Read node types: Seq Scan, Index Scan, Index Only Scan, Hash Join, Nested Loop, Merge Join
  • Compare estimated vs actual row counts — large mismatch = stale statistics (run ANALYZE)
  • Find expensive operations: high cost nodes, high actual rows, large loops
  • Identify opportunities: missing index, suboptimal join order, unnecessary sorts
EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS, FORMAT TEXT) SELECT ...;

Phase 3: Indexing Strategy

Pattern Index type
Equality + range on 1 column B-tree
Multi-column equality Composite B-tree, most selective first
JSONB containment GIN
Full-text search GIN on tsvector
Range overlap, scheduling GiST on range type
Hot subset (WHERE status='active') Partial index
Avoid heap reads for extra columns Covering index with INCLUDE
Time-series, naturally ordered BRIN

Read the full file on GitHub · 160 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. yesterday Changed · +1 lines 05c8d07909f4
  2. 1mo ago First seen · 159 lines · 46 tokens per session scan A c1a5bd699fc0

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postgresql-optimization is a skill published in the GitHub repository RaNDoM6913/claude-code-superkit (3 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 46 tokens to every session and 1,666 once invoked, about $0.0002 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 2026-08-31.