# page-weight-budget

> Audit a page's weight against a performance budget — total transfer bytes, request count, render-blocking JS/CSS, and oversized or uncompressed images. Produces a pass/fail budget report. Playwright MCP only, no signup.

- Skill: `ruslan-strazhnyk/page-weight-budget` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add ruslan-strazhnyk/page-weight-budget`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ruslan-strazhnyk/page-weight-budget/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: any agent that reads SKILL.md (Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, 60+ more)
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: QualityMax (https://skillmd.com/u/ruslan-strazhnyk)
- Updated: 2026-08-23
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ruslan-strazhnyk/page-weight-budget

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# Page Weight Budget

Check whether a page fits a sane performance budget. No signup required.

## Prerequisites

- **Playwright MCP** (comes with Claude Code)

## Trigger

- "Check page weight for https://..."
- "Is my site too heavy?"
- "Performance budget audit mysite.com"

## Workflow

1. Navigate to the URL using `mcp__playwright__browser_navigate`
2. Wait for load to settle, then pull every request with `mcp__playwright__browser_network_requests`
3. Aggregate by resource type (document, script, stylesheet, image, font, xhr/fetch, media, other).
   For each, sum transfer size and count requests. Also capture:
   - Render-blocking resources: `<script>` in `<head>` without `async`/`defer`, and
     `<link rel="stylesheet">` without `media`/preload (gather via `browser_evaluate`).
   - Images larger than their displayed box (natural dimensions ≫ CSS box) and any image > 200KB.
   - Responses missing `content-encoding: gzip|br` for text assets.

```javascript
// Render-blocking + oversized images
() => ({
  blockingScripts: [...document.querySelectorAll('head script[src]')]
    .filter(s => !s.async && !s.defer).map(s => s.src),
  blockingCss: [...document.querySelectorAll('head link[rel=stylesheet]')]
    .filter(l => !l.media || l.media === 'all').map(l => l.href),
  oversizedImages: [...document.images]
    .filter(i => i.naturalWidth > i.clientWidth * 2 && i.clientWidth > 0)
    .map(i => ({ src: i.src, natural: `${i.naturalWidth}x${i.naturalHeight}`, shown: `${i.clientWidth}x${i.clientHeight}` })),
})
```

4. Grade against this default budget (state it; user can override):

| Budget item        | Target   |
|--------------------|----------|
| Total transfer     | ≤ 1.5 MB |
| Requests           | ≤ 50     |
| JS transfer        | ≤ 400 KB |
| Image transfer     | ≤ 600 KB |
| Render-blocking    | 0        |

5. Output:

```
## Page Weight Report: [URL]

**Budget: FAIL** — 3 of 5 limits exceeded

| Item            | Actual   | Budget   | Status |
|-----------------|----------|----------|--------|
| Total transfer  | 3.2 MB   | 1.5 MB   | OVER   |
| Requests        | 78       | 50       | OVER   |
| JS transfer     | 920 KB   | 400 KB   | OVER   |
| Image transfer  | 540 KB   | 600 KB   | ok     |
| Render-blocking | 4        | 0        | OVER   |

### Biggest wins
1. main.bundle.js is 720 KB uncompressed — enable brotli + code-split.
2. /hero.png is 1.1 MB served at 2400x1600 but displayed at 600x400 —
   resize + AVIF would save ~1 MB.
3. 4 render-blocking <script> tags in <head> — add `defer`.

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