name: speak-performance-tuning description: 'Optimize Speak API latency with audio preprocessing, response caching, and connection pooling.
Use when implementing performance tuning,
or managing Speak language learning platform operations.
Trigger with phrases like "speak performance tuning", "speak performance tuning".
' allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:), Bash(curl:), Grep version: 1.0.0 license: MIT author: Jeremy Longshore jeremy@intentsolutions.io tags:
- saas
- speak
- api compatibility: Designed for Claude Code, also compatible with Codex and OpenClaw
Speak Performance Tuning
Overview
Optimize Speak API latency with audio preprocessing, response caching, and connection pooling.
Prerequisites
- Completed
speak-install-authsetup - Valid API credentials configured
- Understanding of Speak API patterns
Instructions
Step 1: Configuration
Configure performance tuning for your Speak integration. Speak uses OpenAI's GPT-4o for AI tutoring and Whisper for speech recognition.
// speak_performance_tuning_config.ts
const config = {
apiKey: process.env.SPEAK_API_KEY!,
appId: process.env.SPEAK_APP_ID!,
environment: process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development',
};
Step 2: Implementation
// Core implementation for speak performance tuning
import { SpeakClient } from '@speak/language-sdk';
const client = new SpeakClient(config);
// Production-ready implementation
async function setup() {
const health = await client.health.check();
console.log("Status:", health.status);
return health;
}
Step 3: Verification
curl -sf -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPEAK_API_KEY" https://api.speak.com/v1/health | jq .
Output
- Speak Performance Tuning configured and verified
- Production-ready Speak integration
- Error handling and monitoring in place
Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| 401 Unauthorized | Invalid API key | Verify SPEAK_API_KEY |
| 429 Rate Limited | Too many requests | Implement backoff |
| Connection timeout | Network issue | Check connectivity to api.speak.com |
| Audio format error | Wrong codec | Convert to WAV 16kHz mono |
Resources
Next Steps
For production checklist, see speak-prod-checklist.
Examples
Basic: Apply performance tuning with default settings for a standard Speak integration.
Production: Configure with monitoring, alerting, and team-specific language learning requirements.