Does it support specific terminal emulators?

It currently includes specialized analysis for Kitty and Ghostty terminal configurations, focusing on theme consistency and performance settings.

How does it help reduce Zsh startup time?

It profiles your shell initialization, identifies slow-loading plugins, and recommends lazy-loading patterns or faster alternatives to keep your startup time under 500ms.

Is it safe to let the AI edit my configuration files?

Yes. The skill follows a strict safety protocol that creates timestamped backups of any file before modification, ensuring you can revert changes instantly.

Can this skill detect hardcoded secrets in my environment files?

Yes, one of its primary functions is a security audit that scans for exposed API keys, tokens, and passwords within your shell and git configurations.

Can I customize which directory it analyzes?

While it defaults to ~/.dotfiles, you can easily override the path and other settings via the .claude/dotfiles-optimizer.local.md configuration file.

Dotfiles Optimizer

Name: Dotfiles Optimizer
Author: kriscard

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Productivity & Workflow

Optimizes shell configurations, audits security vulnerabilities, and modernizes terminal environments for peak CLI performance.

Dotfiles Optimizer is a comprehensive orchestration skill designed to streamline your development environment by analyzing and refining Zsh, Neovim, Tmux, and Git configurations. It identifies security risks like exposed API keys, resolves performance bottlenecks in shell startup times, and suggests modern CLI tool replacements to enhance productivity. By leveraging intelligent analysis and best-practice patterns, it provides actionable recommendations and safe, automated fixes with built-in backup management for a robust terminal experience.

Key Features

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02Shell performance profiling to reduce Zsh and terminal startup latency

03Modular configuration analysis for complex Zsh, Neovim, and Tmux setups

04Deep security auditing for exposed credentials and insecure file permissions

05Automated fix application with safe, timestamped backup strategies

06Intelligent modernization suggestions for tools like eza, bat, and zoxide

Use Cases

01Accelerating slow shell environments through lazy-loading and plugin optimization

02Hardening dotfiles security before pushing configurations to public repositories

03Modernizing a legacy CLI workflow with contemporary, high-performance tools

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add kriscard/kriscard-claude-plugins dotfiles-optimizer

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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