# Finding memory leaks (/performance--memory-leak)

/performance--memory-leak is a Claude Code skill in the Code section. Scans your frontend and backend code for memory leaks, explains why each one leaks and proposes the fix.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/performance--memory-leak
- Section: [Code](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/code.md)
- Author: Santiago Gómez de la Torre
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/blob/main/skills/performance/memory-leak.md
- Updated 26 Mar 2026

## How to ask for it

- `/performance--memory-leak the app keeps using more memory and it never drops`
- `/performance--memory-leak find the memory leak in this component`
- `/performance--memory-leak the server runs out of memory after a few hours`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```

Claude Code plugin:

```
/plugin marketplace add sgomez-dev/claude-skills
/plugin install performance-skills@claude-skills-collection
```

## Permissions

- Reads: `**/*`
- Writes: `**/*`
- Runs: —
- Network: No
- Destructive: No

## Author's description

Find and fix memory leaks in the application

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)