A skill your agent uses when auditing page weight for crawl efficiency, investigating why certain page content is not appearing in Google's index, or reviewing server-rendered pages that embed large…

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Install HTML Size

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill html-size -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist html-size --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/html-size .claude/skills/html-size && 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
html-size
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~786 tokens
SKILL.md length
389 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 page weight for crawl efficiency, investigating why certain page content is not appearing in Google's index, or reviewing server-rendered pages that embed large…

  • Works in 6 steps: Measure: curl -so /dev/null -w… → If large inline JSON is the cause… → If inline SVG is the cause: move SVGs to… → …
  • Auditing page weight for crawl efficiency
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Calls curl

What it does

HTML Size is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing page weight for crawl efficiency, investigating why certain page content is not appearing in Google's index, or reviewing server-rendered pages that embed large JSON payloads in HTML.

Its SKILL.md is about 790 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`).

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 page weight for crawl efficiency
  • Investigating why certain page content is not appearing in Googles index
  • Reviewing server-rendered pages that embed large JSON payloads in HTML

Example prompts

  • “/html-size”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Measure: curl -so /dev/null -w '%{size_download}' https://yoursite.com/page | awk '{print $1/1024 " KB"}'
  2. If large inline JSON is the cause (common in Next.js NEXT_DATA)
  3. If inline SVG is the cause: move SVGs to external files and load with or .
  4. If base64 images are the cause: serve images from a CDN and reference via URL.
  5. Enable gzip/Brotli compression on the server — Googlebot fetches the compressed response.
  6. Minify HTML output in production (remove whitespace and comments).

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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • curl

    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

HTML Size loads about 786 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 389 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~786
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.7k

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). 389 words, ~786 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/html-size/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
html-size
description
Use when auditing page weight for crawl efficiency, investigating why certain page content is not appearing in Google's index, or reviewing server-rendered pages that embed large JSON payloads in HTML.
metadata.category
seo
metadata.priority
medium
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
10
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/html-size

Keep HTML documents under crawl limits

Googlebot has a documented crawl size limit of approximately 15MB per HTML document. Content beyond this threshold is not parsed or indexed. Excessively large HTML also slows Googlebot crawls, reducing how many of your pages are crawled per budget period.

Quick Reference

  • Googlebot stops parsing HTML beyond approximately 15MB; content after that point is not indexed
  • Large HTML is usually caused by inline JSON data dumps, excessive inline SVG, or unminified JavaScript in <script> tags
  • Target HTML document size under 2MB for optimal crawl efficiency; investigate anything over 5MB

Check

Measure the raw HTML response size (before compression) for each page. Flag pages over 2MB (investigate) and over 5MB (critical). Identify the cause of oversized HTML: (1) Large inline JSON (<script id='__NEXT_DATA__'> or similar). (2) Inline SVG files. (3) Base64-encoded images in HTML. (4) Inline CSS with large amounts of utility classes. (5) Unminified scripts in <script> tags.

Fix

  1. Measure: curl -so /dev/null -w '%{size_download}' https://yoursite.com/page | awk '{print $1/1024 " KB"}'
  2. If large inline JSON is the cause (common in Next.js __NEXT_DATA__):
    • Reduce data passed to getServerSideProps/getStaticProps — only pass what the page renders
    • Use React Server Components (Next.js 13+) to avoid client hydration payloads
  3. If inline SVG is the cause: move SVGs to external files and load with <img> or <use>.
  4. If base64 images are the cause: serve images from a CDN and reference via URL.
  5. Enable gzip/Brotli compression on the server — Googlebot fetches the compressed response.
  6. Minify HTML output in production (remove whitespace and comments).
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Explain

Google's crawl infrastructure parses only the first ~15MB of an HTML document. Pages that exceed this limit have their tail content silently omitted from Google's index. Beyond the hard limit, large HTML documents consume more crawl budget, meaning fewer of your pages are crawled per day. This particularly affects large e-commerce sites or pages that server-render large datasets into HTML.

Code Review

Check the response Content-Length header or measure the raw HTML byte count. Inspect <script type='application/json'> or <script id='__NEXT_DATA__'> blocks — count their size in bytes. Flag any single block over 500KB. Check for inline SVG elements (look for <svg> in body HTML) that should be external files. Verify HTML is served with gzip or Brotli encoding.


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

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/html-size

© 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/html-size of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Questions about HTML Size

What does HTML Size do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing page weight for crawl efficiency, investigating why certain page content is not appearing in Google's index, or reviewing server-rendered pages that embed large…. HTML Size is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing page weight for crawl efficiency, investigating why certain page content is not appearing in Google's index, or reviewing server-rendered pages that embed large JSON payloads in HTML.

When should I use HTML Size?

HTML Size fits situations like: auditing page weight for crawl efficiency; investigating why certain page content is not appearing in Googles index; reviewing server-rendered pages that embed large JSON payloads in HTML.

How do I install HTML Size in Claude Code?

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

How do I install HTML Size in Codex?

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

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

What does HTML Size need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, HTML Size needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl).

Does HTML Size 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 HTML Size 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 HTML Size use?

HTML Size 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 HTML Size use?

About 786 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 901 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to HTML Size?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with HTML Size: Production Audit (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), SEO Audit (every-app/open-seo, 23k stars), Aims Audit (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars) and Geo Audit (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains HTML Size?

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.