AI Performance Insights Beta

Tideways launches initial support for running agentic performance optimization workflows from within Codex, Claude, or other agents.

The latest tideways CLI now has subcommands that provide access to detailed trace data.

For now, we decided to use the CLI + SKILLs route; we will evaluate a separate MCP server in the future.

See the video for a walkthrough:

To get started:

  1. Enable the AI Insights Feature Flag on your organization by visiting the “Beta Features” page in the organization settings. If you have opted in to receive product updates, then you will get the AI Insights Beta newsletter with this flag.
  2. Install or upgrade the Tideways CLI
  3. Run tideways init in the project where you will launch Claude Code or Codex. This sets up the new .tideways.json configuration file and installs skills for Claude and Codex to use.
  4. Launch Claude Code or Codex. Use prompts similar to these to get started:
Analyze the performance of <URL> and offer improvement suggestions.

See the performance data of <TIDEWAYS-TRACE-URL> and suggest improvements.

Over the coming weeks, we will also make CLI commands available to access other data from Tideways.

This is an open beta program, and we are looking for all kinds of feedback from you.

About the author

  • Benjamin

Benjamin
Founder & CEO

I am the founder and CEO of Tideways. I started the company over 10 years ago with the mission to move the PHP ecosystem forward, starting with performance. As managing director, I work across product, strategy, and the day-to-day of building a developer-focused SaaS business.

I’m a core contributor to the Doctrine open-source project and a founding board member of the PHP Foundation, which reflects my long-standing commitment to the PHP ecosystem. I particularly enjoy working at the intersection of application performance, developer experience, and the open-source community that makes PHP what it is. Outside of work, I enjoy board games, hiking, and coffee.