dom-performance SKILL.md skillA
dom-performance from thedaviddias/front-end-checklist is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add thedaviddias/front-end-checklist/dom-performance@git:20261004.4b0ddb9Pins git:20261004.4b0ddb9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- thedaviddias/front-end-checklist
- Path
skills/dom-performance/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261004.4b0ddb9, committed Oct 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 29, 2026
- Size
- 2,517 bytes
- Repository stars
- 74,516
- License
- MIT
Use when reviewing scripts, client components, bundles, or runtime behavior related to Minimize costly DOM read/write operations. Inspect both source code and the browser execution path so fixes target the real bottleneck or bug. In React, repeated requestAnimationFrame-driven state updates across multiple mounted components are a valid performance smell when visible in the source.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Minimize costly DOM read/write operations Every time you read a layout property after making a DOM change, the browser must synchronously recalculate layout (reflow) before returning the value. Doing this in a loop — even with just 10 elements — can freeze the page for hundreds of milliseconds. This is called layout thrashing and is one of the most common causes of janky animations and slow renders. ## Quick Reference - Never interleave DOM reads (offsetHeight, getBoundingClientRect) with DOM writes (style changes) - Batch all reads first, then all writes - Use requestAnimationFrame for visual updates - Use DocumentFragment or innerHTML for bulk DOM insertion - Avoid per-frame React state updates across many visible components when a simpler CSS or reduced-frequency approach would work - Use passive listeners for scroll, touch, and wheel when you do not call preventDefault ## Check Identify any layout thrashing in this code — places where DOM reads and writes are interleaved in loops. Also flag scroll, touch, and wheel listeners that should be passive to avoid blocking the main thread. ## Fix …
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How to install
mdr add thedaviddias/front-end-checklist/dom-performance@sha256:2023d67a9bea4660The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261004.4b0ddb9, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 29, 2026 and Oct 4, 2026, about one every 128 days.
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| git:20261004.4b0ddb9 latest | 2026-10-04 | 4b0ddb9 | 2,517 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260529.7c05904 | 2026-05-29 | 7c05904 | 2,523 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
thedaviddias/front-end-checklist · 74,516 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zzm6d6g4g47lw3fa GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=thedaviddias/front-end-checklist/dom-performance GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2023d67a9bea4660ce62d413d97e8827470fe12c51774b7f009d2bbba1a3a0b9
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