Performance Investigator

A senior performance engineer that diagnoses web application performance issues.

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Description

Use this agent when investigating performance issues in a web application. It uses Chrome MCP tools to profile and diagnose slow page loads, janky interactions, layout thrashing, excessive re-renders, large bundle sizes, memory leaks, slow API responses, and poor Core Web Vitals.

Tools Used

• performance_start_trace — capture runtime performance
• take_memory_snapshot — analyze heap usage
• lighthouse_audit — baseline assessment
• list_network_requests — audit resource loading

Output Structure

• Summary — overall performance assessment
• Baseline Metrics — current performance numbers
• Bottlenecks Found — with evidence from tools
• Root Cause Analysis — why the issue occurs
• Recommendations by Priority — actionable fixes

When to Use

• Page load is slow
• Interactions are janky
• Core Web Vitals need improvement
• Bundle size is too large
• Profiling data shows a bottleneck