Agent skill

Debounce Throttle

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when reviewing scripts, client components, bundles, or runtime behavior related to Debounce and throttle event handlers.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Debounce Throttle

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill debounce-throttle -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist debounce-throttle --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/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/debounce-throttle .claude/skills/debounce-throttle && 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
debounce-throttle
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~452 tokens
SKILL.md length
174 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when reviewing scripts, client components, bundles, or runtime behavior related to Debounce and throttle event handlers.

  • Reviewing scripts
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Client components

What it does

Debounce Throttle is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing scripts, client components, bundles, or runtime behavior related to Debounce and throttle event handlers. Inspect both source code and the browser execution path so fixes target the real bottleneck or bug.

Its SKILL.md is about 450 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/rule.md`).

It sits in Development. The repository describes itself as: 🗂 The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing scripts
  • Client components
  • Runtime behavior related to Debounce and throttle event handlers

Example prompts

  • “/debounce-throttle”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e8d14d0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • frontendchecklist.io

    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

Debounce Throttle loads about 452 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 61 tokens; SKILL.md has 174 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~61
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~452
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.4k

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

The full file from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist at commit e8d14d0, republished under its MIT licence (© thedaviddias). 174 words, ~452 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/debounce-throttle/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
debounce-throttle
description
Use when reviewing scripts, client components, bundles, or runtime behavior related to Debounce and throttle event handlers. Inspect both source code and the browser execution path so fixes target the real bottleneck or bug.
metadata.category
javascript
metadata.priority
high
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
15
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/javascript/debounce-throttle

Debounce and throttle event handlers

High-frequency events fire hundreds of times per second, causing UI jank, excessive API calls, and poor Interaction to Next Paint (INP) scores.

Quick Reference

  • Debounce: delays execution until activity stops (search inputs, form validation)
  • Throttle: limits execution rate (scroll, resize handlers)
  • Use 150-300ms delay for user input, 100ms for scroll/resize
  • Clean up event listeners to prevent memory leaks

Check

Review this JavaScript code for scroll, resize, input, mousemove, or other high-frequency event handlers that should use debounce or throttle.

Fix

Add debounce or throttle to high-frequency event handlers to limit execution rate and improve performance.

Explain

Explain the difference between debounce and throttle, and when to use each pattern for optimal performance.

Code Review

Review scripts, client components, and browser execution paths related to Debounce and throttle event handlers. Flag exact imports, event handlers, runtime side effects, or blocking operations that violate the rule, and state how the change should be verified in the browser.


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/javascript/debounce-throttle

© thedaviddias, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/debounce-throttle of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Categories

Questions about Debounce Throttle

What does Debounce Throttle do?

A skill your agent uses when reviewing scripts, client components, bundles, or runtime behavior related to Debounce and throttle event handlers. Debounce Throttle is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing scripts, client components, bundles, or runtime behavior related to Debounce and throttle event handlers.

When should I use Debounce Throttle?

Debounce Throttle fits situations like: reviewing scripts; client components; runtime behavior related to Debounce and throttle event handlers.

How do I install Debounce Throttle in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill debounce-throttle -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/debounce-throttle in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .claude/skills/debounce-throttle in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Debounce Throttle in Codex?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill debounce-throttle -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/debounce-throttle in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .agents/skills/debounce-throttle in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Debounce Throttle 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill debounce-throttle -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/debounce-throttle, .gemini/skills/debounce-throttle, .github/skills/debounce-throttle and .opencode/skills/debounce-throttle in your project.

What does Debounce Throttle need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Debounce Throttle is instructions for the agent only.

Does Debounce Throttle access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: frontendchecklist.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Debounce Throttle 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 Debounce Throttle use?

Debounce Throttle is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Debounce Throttle use?

About 452 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 943 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Debounce Throttle?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Debounce Throttle: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars) and PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Debounce Throttle?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,421 GitHub stars. The repository holds 390 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.