Agent skill

Service Worker

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when auditing repeat-visit performance, adding offline support, or evaluating PWA readiness for a web application.

MITAuto-check passed

Install Service Worker

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill service-worker -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist service-worker --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/service-worker .claude/skills/service-worker && 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
service-worker
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~478 tokens
SKILL.md length
208 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 repeat-visit performance, adding offline support, or evaluating PWA readiness for a web application.

  • Auditing repeat-visit performance
  • 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
  • Adding offline support

What it does

Service Worker is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing repeat-visit performance, adding offline support, or evaluating PWA readiness for a web application.

Its SKILL.md is about 480 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 repeat-visit performance
  • Adding offline support
  • Evaluating PWA readiness for a web application

Example prompts

  • “/service-worker”

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

Service Worker loads about 478 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 33 tokens; SKILL.md has 208 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~33
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~478
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.7k

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). 208 words, ~478 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/service-worker/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
service-worker
description
Use when auditing repeat-visit performance, adding offline support, or evaluating PWA readiness for a web application.
metadata.category
performance
metadata.priority
medium
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
60
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/performance/service-worker

Register a service worker for caching and offline support

Service workers act as a programmable network proxy between the browser and the network. They eliminate repeated server round-trips for static assets, cut load times on repeat visits by 50–90 %, and allow the app to function at all on flaky or offline networks — which is critical for users on mobile or low-bandwidth connections.

Quick Reference

  • Register a service worker in your main JavaScript entry point
  • Use an install event to pre-cache critical static assets
  • Choose a caching strategy (cache-first, network-first, stale-while-revalidate) per resource type
  • Implement an activate event to clean up old caches on update

Check

Check whether a service worker is registered and whether it caches static assets, API responses, or provides an offline fallback.

Fix

Add a service worker registration call and implement appropriate caching strategies for static assets and navigation requests.

Explain

Explain how service workers intercept network requests and how different caching strategies trade off freshness vs. speed.

Code Review

Review the service worker file and its registration. Flag missing install/ activate lifecycle handlers, absent cache-versioning, missing fetch handlers, and any patterns that could cause stale content to be served indefinitely.


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

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/performance/service-worker

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Files

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

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Audit Preparationsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k1 repos~5.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Service Worker

What does Service Worker do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing repeat-visit performance, adding offline support, or evaluating PWA readiness for a web application. Service Worker is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing repeat-visit performance, adding offline support, or evaluating PWA readiness for a web application.

When should I use Service Worker?

Service Worker fits situations like: auditing repeat-visit performance; adding offline support; evaluating PWA readiness for a web application.

How do I install Service Worker in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Service Worker in Codex?

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

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

What does Service Worker need to run?

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

Does Service Worker 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 Service Worker 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 Service Worker use?

Service Worker 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 Service Worker use?

About 478 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k 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 2.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Service Worker?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Service Worker: Production Audit (affaan-m/ECC, 277k stars), Aims Audit (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Geo Audit (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and OmniRoute Audit and Policy CLI (diegosouzapw/OmniRoute, 75k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Service Worker?

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.