What does the Measure Before Optimizing AI skill do?
Verify a bottleneck exists before touching performance. Use before any caching, memoization, query rewrite, algorithm swap, or "this seems slow" change; when a spec sets a performance target or Core Web Vitals threshold; when a user reports slowness; or when a PR bundles a performance claim with no before/after number. Skip for a fix where the bottleneck is already obvious from the code itself (e.g. an accidental O(n²) on a hot path).
Why use Measure Before Optimizing on TypingMind?
Because you install it once and use it with any model. Measure Before Optimizing is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.
How do I install Measure Before Optimizing in TypingMind?
Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/songjiun10-collab/Senior-thinking-skills/tree/main/measure-before-optimizing. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and bundles its files and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.
Which AI models can use Measure Before Optimizing?
Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.
How many AI models can I use with Measure Before Optimizing?
As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Measure Before Optimizing with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.
Is the Measure Before Optimizing AI skill free?
Yes. It is published on GitHub by songjiun10-collab under the MIT license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.
What are AI skills?
An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.
How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?
A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.
