Agent skill

Font Loading

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Optimize web font loading.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Font Loading

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill font-loading -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist font-loading --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/font-loading .claude/skills/font-loading && 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
font-loading
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~400 tokens
SKILL.md length
150 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Optimize web font loading.

  • Auditing slow page loads
  • 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
  • Rendering delays related to Optimize web font loading

What it does

Font Loading is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Optimize web font loading. Verify the actual bottleneck in DevTools, Lighthouse, or field data before recommending changes.

Its SKILL.md is about 400 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 Frontend & Design, covering Typography and Web performance. 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

  • Auditing slow page loads
  • Rendering delays related to Optimize web font loading

Example prompts

  • “/font-loading”

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

Font Loading loads about 400 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 150 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
~400
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). 150 words, ~400 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/font-loading/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
font-loading
description
Use when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Optimize web font loading. Verify the actual bottleneck in DevTools, Lighthouse, or field data before recommending changes.
metadata.category
performance
metadata.priority
high
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
15
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/performance/font-loading

Optimize web font loading

Slow font loading can cause 'Flash of Invisible Text' (FOIT) or significant layout shifts, negatively impacting both user experience and Core Web Vitals.

Quick Reference

  • Use font-display: swap to prevent invisible text during load
  • Preload critical fonts to discover them earlier
  • Use modern formats like WOFF2 for better compression

Check

Check font loading strategies and verify that font-display is used and critical fonts are preloaded.

Fix

Add font-display: swap to @font-face declarations and use <link rel='preload'> for the most important fonts.

Explain

Explain how font loading affects perceived performance and layout stability.

Code Review

Review the routes, assets, and loading behavior that affect Optimize web font loading. Flag exact files, requests, or rendering steps that add unnecessary network, CPU, or layout cost, and describe the measurement method used to confirm the issue.


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

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/performance/font-loading

© 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/font-loading of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Questions about Font Loading

What does Font Loading do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Optimize web font loading. Font Loading is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Optimize web font loading.

When should I use Font Loading?

Font Loading fits situations like: auditing slow page loads; rendering delays related to Optimize web font loading.

How do I install Font Loading in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Font Loading in Codex?

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

Can I use Font Loading 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 font-loading -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/font-loading, .gemini/skills/font-loading, .github/skills/font-loading and .opencode/skills/font-loading in your project.

What does Font Loading need to run?

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

Does Font Loading 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 Font Loading 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 Font Loading use?

Font Loading 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 Font Loading use?

About 400 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k 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 998 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Font Loading?

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Who maintains Font Loading?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,412 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.