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Agent skill

HTTP Requests

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Minimize HTTP requests.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install HTTP Requests

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill http-requests -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist http-requests --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/http-requests .claude/skills/http-requests && 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
http-requests
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~415 tokens
SKILL.md length
156 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 Minimize HTTP requests.

  • 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 Minimize HTTP requests

What it does

HTTP Requests is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Minimize HTTP requests. Verify the actual bottleneck in DevTools, Lighthouse, or field data before recommending changes.

Its SKILL.md is about 420 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 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 Minimize HTTP requests

Example prompts

  • “/http-requests”

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

HTTP Requests loads about 415 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 156 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
~415
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.5k

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). 156 words, ~415 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/http-requests/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
http-requests
description
Use when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Minimize HTTP requests. Verify the actual bottleneck in DevTools, Lighthouse, or field data before recommending changes.
metadata.category
performance
metadata.priority
high
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
20
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/performance/http-requests

Minimize HTTP requests

Each HTTP request incurs network overhead—DNS lookup, TCP connection, and TLS handshake add latency. Reducing requests significantly improves initial load time.

Quick Reference

  • Each HTTP request adds latency (DNS, TCP, TLS handshakes)
  • HTTP/2 multiplexing reduces but doesn't eliminate request overhead
  • Bundle critical CSS/JS, use SVG sprites for icons
  • Target under 50 requests for initial page load

Check

Count the number of HTTP requests this page makes and identify opportunities for reduction.

Fix

Reduce HTTP requests by combining files, using sprites, inlining critical resources, and implementing HTTP/2.

Explain

Explain how each HTTP request adds latency and why minimizing requests improves performance.

Code Review

Review the routes, assets, and loading behavior that affect Minimize HTTP requests. 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/http-requests

© 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/http-requests of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Web Quality Auditaddyosmani/web-quality-skills2.9k—~2.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about HTTP Requests

What does HTTP Requests do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Minimize HTTP requests. HTTP Requests is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Minimize HTTP requests.

When should I use HTTP Requests?

HTTP Requests fits situations like: auditing slow page loads; rendering delays related to Minimize HTTP requests.

How do I install HTTP Requests in Claude Code?

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

How do I install HTTP Requests in Codex?

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

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

What does HTTP Requests need to run?

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

Does HTTP Requests 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 HTTP Requests 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 HTTP Requests use?

HTTP Requests 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 HTTP Requests use?

About 415 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.7k 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 1.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to HTTP Requests?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with HTTP Requests: React Doctor (makeplane/plane, 60k stars), Fixing Motion Performance (ibelick/ui-skills, 9.4k stars), GSAP Performance Tuning (greensock/gsap-skills, 16k stars) and React Frontend Development Guidelines (diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase, 10k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains HTTP Requests?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,388 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.