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sqltrace-review is agent-read markdown (skill) from vanterx/mssql-performance-skills: Analyze SQL Server trace files and Extended Events output to identify workload-level performance patterns. Applies 25 checks (X1–X12 event-level, X13–X25 workload aggregate) covering long-running queries, high-frequency N+1 patterns, parameter sniffing signals, recompilations, lock timeouts, hash/sort warnings, top resource consumers, and SQL 2019/2022 modern feature events. Use when a user provides Profiler trace output, sys.fn_trace_gettable() results, or Extended Events session data..

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# SQL Server Trace / Extended Events Review Skill

## Purpose

Analyze workload-level diagnostic data from SQL Server Profiler traces (`.trc`), Extended Events sessions (`.xel`), `sys.fn_trace_gettable()` output, or XE session query results. Produce a ranked summary of top resource consumers and a prioritized findings report covering 25 checks (X1–X25) across event patterns and cross-event workload aggregates.

Trace analysis reveals patterns that no single-query artifact can show: which queries run thousands of times per minute, which have wildly inconsistent durations (parameter sniffing), how many recompilations are happening globally, and whether spill or lock events correlate with slow periods.

## Input

Accept any of:
- `sys.fn_trace_gettable()` query results — paste the tabular output (tab-separated, CSV, or grid)
- Extended Events session query results — any column layout containing event name, SQL text, duration, CPU, reads
- SSMS Profiler trace grid — copy-paste from the trace window
- A `.trc` or `.xel` file path (describe what to extract if the file cannot be read directly)
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vanterx/mssql-performance-skills · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-19 · branch main

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