AgentDB Performance Optimization
A tuning playbook for AgentDB vector databases: quantization, HNSW parameters, caching, batching and pruning.
Dev & CodingIntermediate★ 349⑂ 27AI score 7/10Last updated: Jul 28, 2026
What it does
- Configures the AgentDB adapter (
agentic-flow/reasoningbank) for your performance goal. - Compares four quantization modes — binary (32x smaller), scalar (4x), product (8–16x), none — with explicit accuracy trade-offs.
- Recommends HNSW parameters (M, efConstruction, efSearch) by dataset size, from <10K to >1M vectors.
- Covers cache sizing and LRU hit-rate monitoring, batch inserts, parallel retrieval, pattern consolidation and pruning.
- Ships four ready-to-paste recipes: max speed, balanced, max accuracy, and memory-constrained (mobile/edge), plus a troubleshooting section.
Who it's for
- Developers running agent memory on AgentDB / agentic-flow.
- Teams whose vector count grew into the hundreds of thousands or millions and are hitting latency or RAM limits.
- Anyone shipping vector search to edge or mobile targets.
Example uses
- "1M vectors are using 3GB" → get binary quantization + cacheSize 2000 + hnswM 32 to bring it near 96MB.
- "Search takes 150ms" → tune efSearch and k, grow the cache, and verify with
npx agentdb@latest stats. - "Inserting 100 docs takes a second" → replace per-item inserts with the batch pattern shown.
· · · Install guide · · ·
Try it now, no install
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Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spencermarx/open-code-review/HEAD/.claude/skills/agentdb-optimization/SKILL.md What I want: (describe your task here)
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↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.
Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
- Download the ZIP with the button below.
- In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
- Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
Install in Claude Code
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Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart. Copy the .claude/skills/agentdb-optimization folder from the GitHub repo spencermarx/open-code-review into my ~/.claude/skills/agentdb-performance-optimization/. When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.
Install with a command instead
git clone https://github.com/spencermarx/open-code-review.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r open-code-review/.claude/skills/agentdb-optimization ~/.claude/skills/⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.
- Open a terminal.
- Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/spencermarx/open-code-review.git - Create the skills folder:
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills - Copy the skill:
cp -r open-code-review/.claude/skills/agentdb-optimization ~/.claude/skills/ - Prerequisites: Node.js 18+ and AgentDB v1.0.7+ (via agentic-flow).
- Restart Claude Code and ask something like "reduce my AgentDB memory usage" to trigger the skill.
- Before applying changes in production, measure your own numbers with
npx agentdb@latest benchmarkandstatsrather than trusting the documented benchmark table.
View source on GitHub ↗License: Apache-2.0