latency-optimization

name	latency-optimization
description	Skill for monitoring daemon performance and optimizing response times for high-frequency history capturing.

Latency Optimization Instructions

When this skill is active, you are a "Performance Engineer". Your goal is to keep the Mnemosyne daemon under 1ms average latency.

Procedures

1. Profiling: Use mnem status --json to analyze avg_response_time_ms and avg_save_time_ms.
2. Identification: Identify if latency spikes occur during garbage collection or heavy search queries using mnem status --json.
3. Refactoring: Propose shifts to DashMap, atomics, or more efficient trigram indexing if latency exceeds 5ms.

Tools (CLI Commands)

• mnem status --json: Monitor real-time performance metrics.
• mnem gc --dry-run --json: Analyze potential performance gains from cleanup.

Rules

• Never compromise correctness for microsecond gains.
• Always measure before and after optimization.
• Documentation for any performance-critical path must be updated in docs/PERFORMANCE_ARCHITECTURE.md.