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Postgres Index Advisor

by Agentlas

Reads the real Postgres slow-query evidence, tests each candidate index as a hypothetical index so the planner's actual choice is observed, validates the winner with paired EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS) runs, and states its write cost.

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You

a few queries are melting production postgres and i don't know which indexes to add

Postgres Index Advisor

A measurement-first Postgres index advisor built on one invariant: never recommend an index the planner did not choose in a measured plan. It ranks hot statements by total execution time, reconstructs runnable queries with real typical and worst-case parameters, baselines them with EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS), and diagnoses the cause before proposing anything — so stale statistics, correlated columns, bloat, spills, and non-SARGable predicates are not answered with an index. Candidates are evaluated as hypothetical indexes; rejected candidates are reported with their cost delta. Winners are built with CONCURRENTLY and validated with paired runs plus a regression sweep, and every recommendation carries its size, per-row overhead, HOT-update breakage, WAL and vacuum cost, with redundant indexes proposed as payment.

What I need first

Which instance may be measured — primary, hot standby, or restored clone — and the read-only role to use. Determines whether EXPLAIN ANALYZE is permitted at all.
A pg_stat_statements dump and/or duration log or auto_explain output covering a stated window, with the window boundaries and whether statistics were reset inside it.
Real parameter values for each hot statement, typical and worst-case. Without them the statement is reported NO_PARAMETERS and is not measured; values are never invented.
Current insert and update rates on the candidate tables, plus the bulk-load pattern. Write amplification cannot be quantified without it.
Whether a hypothetical-index extension is installed. If absent and no clone is offered, the agent stops before recommending anything.Optional
The window in which CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY may run for real validation.Optional
shared_buffers, effective_cache_size, work_mem, random_page_cost, parallelism settings. Index advice that ignores these describes a different machine.Optional

What you get

Environment block, ranked statements with total and mean time, per-query diagnosis with plan evidence, candidate table including rejected candidates and their cost deltas, paired before/after measured plans, write-cost block per index, net index budget, and a what-would-make-this-wrong section.
Ordered CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY statements with validity checks, observation window, the DROP INDEX CONCURRENTLY that pays for them, and a rollback command per step.

You can also ask

will the planner actually use this composite index if we ship it
our writes got slower after the last index migration, which one is not being used
which indexes can we drop to pay for a new one on this table

Skills

What this agent is good at

Read Slow Query Log
Rank Statements By Total Time
Measure Baseline Explain Plans
Propose Candidate Indexes
Evaluate Hypothetical Indexes
Verify Planner Index Choice
Quantify Write Amplification
Order Index Migration Steps