Agent skill

Cold Start

by serithemage in serithemage/serverless-openclaw

References cold start optimization history and techniques. An agent skill from serithemage/serverless-openclaw.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Cold Start

skills CLI
$ npx skills add serithemage/serverless-openclaw --skill cold-start -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install serithemage/serverless-openclaw cold-start --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/serithemage/serverless-openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/cold-start .claude/skills/cold-start && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
cold-start
GitHub stars
196
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
324 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
17
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

References cold start optimization history and techniques. An agent skill from serithemage/serverless-openclaw.

  • Optimizing startup performance
  • SKILL.md covers Results Summary, Measurement Commands, Docker Image Optimizations… and Fargate CPU Tuning (P7), plus 4 more sections
  • Calls make and aws
  • Tasks that involve Web performance

What it does

Cold Start is an agent skill from serithemage/serverless-openclaw. References cold start optimization history and techniques. Covers Docker image optimization, Fargate CPU tuning, SOCI lazy loading, and Lambda Bedrock discovery fix. Use when optimizing startup performance.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Web performance and Containers. It works with Docker. The repository describes itself as: Run OpenClaw AI agent on-demand on AWS serverless infrastructure with Web UI and Telegram interfaces. Cost target ~$1/month.

When your agent uses it

  • Optimizing startup performance
  • Tasks that involve Web performance
  • Tasks that involve Containers

Example prompts

  • “Use the cold-start skill to reference cold start optimization history and techniques. An agent skill from serithemage/serverless-openclaw”
  • “/cold-start”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • Docker
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Glob, Grep

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 504300d. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Glob
    • Grep

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • make
    • aws

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use aws, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Cold Start loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 324 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~54
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 324 words (~1,093 tokens).

name
cold-start
allowed-tools
Read, Glob, Grep

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .codex/skills/cold-start of serithemage/serverless-openclaw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 504300d

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LobeHub Micro App Splitting Guidelobehub/lobehub83k—~9.3kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Modern Web GuidanceJetBrains/skills3633 repos~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Works with

Questions about Cold Start

What does Cold Start do?

References cold start optimization history and techniques. An agent skill from serithemage/serverless-openclaw. Cold Start is an agent skill from serithemage/serverless-openclaw. References cold start optimization history and techniques.

When should I use Cold Start?

Cold Start fits situations like: optimizing startup performance; tasks that involve Web performance; tasks that involve Containers.

How do I install Cold Start in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add serithemage/serverless-openclaw --skill cold-start -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/cold-start in serithemage/serverless-openclaw) into .claude/skills/cold-start in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cold Start in Codex?

Run `npx skills add serithemage/serverless-openclaw --skill cold-start -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/cold-start in serithemage/serverless-openclaw) into .agents/skills/cold-start in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cold Start in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add serithemage/serverless-openclaw --skill cold-start -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cold-start, .gemini/skills/cold-start, .github/skills/cold-start and .opencode/skills/cold-start in your project.

What does Cold Start need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Cold Start needs the command-line tools its instructions call (make and aws). Our summary lists: Node.js; Docker. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Glob, Grep.

Does Cold Start access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Cold Start safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Cold Start use?

No licence was found for Cold Start or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Cold Start use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Cold Start?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cold Start: Docker Best Practices (rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit, 2.7k stars), Borg Live Debug (karanhudia/borg-ui, 1.7k stars), Oneclickvirt (oneclickvirt/oneclickvirt, 372 stars) and LobeHub Micro App Splitting Guide (lobehub/lobehub, 83k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cold Start?

serithemage (a GitHub user) maintains it in serithemage/serverless-openclaw, which has 196 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 29, 2026.

Source: serithemage/serverless-openclaw on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.