Vant skill review efficiency

Skill dhaupin/vant/models/public/skills/vant-skill-review-efficiency

Vant: Durable AI memory + cold storage + runtime for agents, with generational evolution, stored passively via GitHub. Built for long-running autonomous sessions, using file based persistence.

Install

npx -y skills add dhaupin/vant --skill vant-skill-review-efficiency

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One thing to look at

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What its author says it does

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Is this efficient?

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SKILL.md

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Efficiency Review

Is this efficient?

The Question

What does it cost to run?

Money. Time. Resources.

What To Check

1. Compute

// What's the cost?
// CPU time per request
// Memory per request

Resource	High	Fix
CPU	Loop complex	Optimize
Memory	Store all	Stream
GPU	N/A	N/A

2. Network

// How many calls?
callAPI()  // 1
callAPI()  // 2

Pattern	Issue	Fix
Multiple calls	Round trips	Batch
Large payloads	Bandwidth	Compress
No compression	Raw	gzip

3. Storage

// What are we storing?
db.save(everything)
// vs
db.save(needed)

Pattern	Issue	Fix
Save all	Extra storage	Save needed
Keep forever	bloat	TTL/expiry
No index	Slow reads	Index

4. API Calls

# External APIs cost
curl api.com  // $$
curl api.com  // $$

Check	Issue	Fix
No cache	Pay each time	Cache
Same call twice	Redundant	Dedup
No batching	N calls	Batch

Cost Estimate

// Estimate: (calls × cost) + (compute × cost) + (storage × cost)

Item	Calculation
API calls	calls × $0.001
Compute	hours × $0.05
Storage	GB × $0.02

Output

## Efficiency - [system]

### Compute
- [ESTIMATE] $[/hr]
- Issue: [pattern]

### Network
- [ESTIMATE] $[/hr]
- Issue: [pattern]

### Storage
- [ESTIMATE] $[/mo]
- Issue: [pattern]

### Total
- Estimated: $[/mo]

### Savings
1. [fix] saves $[/mo]

Role: Efficiency Reviewer
Input: System
Output: Cost?

Efficiency is money.

What ships with it

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