Environment validation checklist. Run this FIRST when starting a new Claude session to verify the environment is ready for optimization work. Checks Rust toolchain, ci/ scripts, hyperfine, profilers, payloadtool, git, and database access.
Install
npx skills add DataDog/lading --skill lading-preflightnpx skills add DataDog/lading --skill lading-preflight -a claude-code -gnpx skills add DataDog/lading --skill lading-preflight -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/DataDog/lading.git --path .claude/skills/lading-preflightgh skill install DataDog/lading lading-preflightgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DataDog/lading /tmp/DataDog__lading
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/DataDog__lading/.claude/skills/lading-preflight ~/.claude/skills/lading-preflight # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/DataDog__lading/.claude/skills/lading-preflight ~/.agents/skills/lading-preflight # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode