Optimizing R

jeremy-allen/optimizing-r

| R performance profiling, benchmarking, and optimization strategies. Use this skill when code is running slowly, comparing alternative implementations, deciding between dplyr/data.table/base R, or implementing parallel processing. Covers profvis and bench usage, performance workflow, parallel processing with in_parallel(), data backend selection, modern purrr patterns (list_rbind, walk), and common performance anti-patterns to avoid.

2k tokens

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the whole folder, loaded on every use

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instructions only

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/jeremy-allen/claude-skills --skill optimizing-r

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take jeremy-allen/optimizing-r from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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