memory-leak-debugging
An official Chrome DevTools for agents skill for tracking down memory leaks in JavaScript running in the browser or in Node.js.
What the skill teaches
An official Chrome DevTools for agents skill for tracking down memory leaks in JavaScript running in the browser or in Node.js. It tells the agent to use the Chrome DevTools MCP heap snapshot tools to capture, summarise and compare snapshots rather than reading the very large snapshot files directly. Those tools are only present when the server is started with its memory debugging flag, so the skill first checks the configuration. It lists usual causes such as detached DOM nodes, closures, globals, listeners that are never removed and growing caches, with a reference file of common leak patterns.
Capabilities
- Capture and compare heap snapshots
- Find objects retained after they should be freed
- Check whether memory tools are enabled in the server config
About
- Publisher
- ChromeDevTools
- Tool
- Chrome DevTools
Install
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Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Skill | |
| Tools | Chrome DevTools, Debugging | |
| Publisher | ChromeDevTools | source |
| Official status | Officialshipped in the official ChromeDevTools repository that Chrome's docs link to | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Includes scripts | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | No commit dataDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | |
| Links | Repository |
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Also listed under: Debugging
Sources
- Skill file (SKILL.md)github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcpNov 12, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp · Backs: PublisherNov 12, 2026
- Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp · Backs: LicenceNov 12, 2026
- Web pagedeveloper.chrome.com · Backs: Official statusNov 12, 2026
- Folder in the repository (memory-leak-debugging)github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp · Backs: Includes scriptsNov 12, 2026