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MATLAB Performance Optimizer

by matlab

MATLAB Performance Optimizer is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by matlab in agent-skills-playground.

175 stars32 forkson matlab/agent-skills-playgroundAdded 2026/09/07+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/12
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Install MATLAB Performance Optimizer
Copy MATLAB Performance Optimizer into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/matlab/agent-skills-playground/tree/main/skills/matlab-performance-optimizer ~/.claude/skills/matlab-performance-optimizer

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/matlab/agent-skills-playground.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
skills/matlab-performance-optimizer/SKILL.md in matlab/agent-skills-playground
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/matlab-performance-optimizer
Collection
One of 24 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Automation2109 skills

What MATLAB Performance Optimizer does

MATLAB Performance Optimizer helps optimize MATLAB code for speed using vectorization, preallocation, memory reduction, and profiling. Use it when code is slow, inefficient, or needs bottleneck analysis.

MATLAB Performance Optimizer is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. MATLAB Performance Optimizer comes from a repository tagged agent-skill, agent-skills, agentic-ai, agents and claude.

Documentation

README

MATLAB Performance Optimizer

Optimize MATLAB code performance with vectorization, memory management, and profiling tools.

When to Use This Skill

  • Optimizing slow or inefficient MATLAB code
  • Converting loops to vectorized operations
  • Reducing memory usage
  • Improving algorithm performance
  • When user mentions: slow, performance, optimize, speed up, efficient, memory
  • Profiling code to find bottlenecks
  • Parallelizing computations

Core Optimization Principles

1. Vectorization (Most Important)

Replace loops with vectorized operations whenever possible.

SLOW - Using loops:

% Slow approach
n = 1000000;
result = zeros(n, 1);
for i = 1:n
    result(i) = sin(i) * cos(i);
end

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about MATLAB Performance Optimizer

  • What else does matlab publish alongside MATLAB Performance Optimizer?

    MATLAB Performance Optimizer is one of 24 skills that DirSkills catalogs from matlab/agent-skills-playground, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Agent Skill Authoring, Embedded AI Deployment and MATLAB AI Policy. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way MATLAB Performance Optimizer does, and is maintained by matlab in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the matlab/agent-skills-playground page.

  • How does MATLAB Performance Optimizer compare to other Automation skills?

    MATLAB Performance Optimizer ranks #1957 by stars among the 2109 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of MATLAB Performance Optimizer against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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