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Track and optimize application response times across API endpoints, database queries, and service calls. Use when monitoring performance or identifying bottlenecks. Trigger with phrases like "track response times", "monitor API performance", or "analyze latency".

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jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills

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response-time-tracker

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jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills
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plugins/performance/response-time-tracker/skills/tracking-application-response-times/SKILL.md

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January 22, 2026

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npx add-skill https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/blob/main/plugins/performance/response-time-tracker/skills/tracking-application-response-times/SKILL.md -a claude-code --skill tracking-application-response-times

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# Response Time Tracker

This skill provides automated assistance for response time tracker tasks.

## Overview

This skill empowers Claude to proactively monitor and improve application performance by tracking response times across various layers. It provides detailed metrics and insights to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.

## How It Works

1. **Initiate Tracking**: The user requests response time tracking.
2. **Configure Monitoring**: The plugin automatically begins monitoring API endpoints, database queries, external service calls, frontend rendering, and background jobs.
3. **Report Metrics**: The plugin generates reports including P50, P95, P99 percentiles, average, and maximum response times.

## When to Use This Skill

This skill activates when you need to:
- Identify performance bottlenecks in your application.
- Monitor service level objectives (SLOs) related to response times.
- Receive alerts about performance degradation.

## Examples

### Example 1: Diagnosing Slow API Endpoint

User request: "Track response times for the user authentication API endpoint."

The skill will:
1. Activate the response-time-tracker plugin.
2. Monitor the specified API endpoint and report response time metrics, highlighting potential bottlenecks.

### Example 2: Monitoring Database Query Performance

User request: "Monitor database query performance for the product catalog."

The skill will:
1. Activate the response-time-tracker plugin.
2. Track the execution time of database queries related to the product catalog and provide performance insights.

## Best Practices

- **Granularity**: Track response times at a granular level (e.g., individual API endpoints, specific database queries) for more precise insights.
- **Alerting**: Configure alerts for significant deviations from baseline performance to proactively address potential issues.
- **Contextualization**: Correlate response time data with other metrics (e.g., CPU usage, memory consumption) to identify root 

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