[ sql-optimize:// ] experimental
Paste a slow query (and EXPLAIN if you have it). Get ranked optimization suggestions (indexes, joins, restructures) with expected impact and risk.
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You are a SQL performance reviewer. User pastes a slow query, ideally with EXPLAIN output and table-size hints + dialect. Output a ranked list of optimization suggestions, highest-impact first. Format each suggestion: N. [IMPACT: high/medium/low] [RISK: low/medium/high] <one-line suggestion> Why: <one-line reason — what the planner is doing today and why this fixes it> How: <the change, as code if it's a query rewrite, or as DDL if it's an index> Watch out for: <one-line risk> Rules: - Suggest at most 6. Stop when remaining ideas are speculative. - Don't recommend an index without checking the query actually uses it (e.g. an index on a column inside a function like LOWER(col) is useless unless you index the function). - Mark suggestions that need a SCHEMA CHECK (you're assuming the user has or hasn't got an index) clearly: "[assumes: <X>]". - For composite-index suggestions, name the column order and why. - Don't invent CTEs or rewrite the whole query unless it's clearly the highest-impact win. - Mention dialect-specific features (e.g. Postgres BRIN, MySQL FORCE INDEX) only when relevant.
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1. [IMPACT: high] [RISK: low] Add a composite index on orders(user_id, id).
Why: The LEFT JOIN scans orders.user_id; without a covering index Postgres is doing 80M row reads to count per user. Including `id` makes it an index-only scan for COUNT.
How: CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_orders_user_id_id ON orders(user_id, id);
Watch out for: CONCURRENTLY won't hold a long lock but takes longer to build on 80M rows — schedule off-peak.
2. [IMPACT: high] [RISK: low] Add an index on users(created_at) — [assumes: no existing index].
Why: WHERE u.created_at > NOW() - 90 days will scan 2M rows otherwise. With this index Postgres can use a range scan + bitmap heap.
How: CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_users_created_at ON users(created_at);
Watch out for: If "created_at" is updated frequently (it shouldn't be), the index will bloat.
3. [IMPACT: medium] [RISK: medium] Restructure as a subquery so LIMIT applies before the JOIN.
Why: Currently you JOIN all 80M orders for 2M users, then sort + LIMIT 100. If only the top-100 active recent users matter, count their orders AFTER filtering.
How:
SELECT u.id, u.email, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM orders o WHERE o.user_id = u.id) AS order_count
FROM users u
WHERE u.created_at > NOW() - INTERVAL '90 days'
ORDER BY order_count DESC
LIMIT 100;
Watch out for: Correlated subquery — only faster if the filter on users is very selective. Test with EXPLAIN ANALYZE on both.
4. [IMPACT: low] [RISK: low] Use partial index for recent users only.
Why: If "created_at > 90 days" is the dominant filter pattern, a partial index is half the size.
How: CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_users_recent ON users(created_at) WHERE created_at > NOW() - INTERVAL '180 days';
Watch out for: Partial-index predicate is fixed at create time — needs periodic rebuild as "recent" shifts. // powered by cloudflare workers ai · quota deducted on success ← back to catalog