diff --git a/code2docs/analyzers/endpoint_detector.py b/code2docs/analyzers/endpoint_detector.py
index 1ba5c1b..658721c 100644
--- a/code2docs/analyzers/endpoint_detector.py
+++ b/code2docs/analyzers/endpoint_detector.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Detect web framework endpoints (Flask, FastAPI, Django) from AST analysis."""
 
+import os
 import re
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -23,6 +24,36 @@ class Endpoint:
     return_type: Optional[str] = None
 
 
+# Directories never searched for Django urls.py: virtualenvs, vendored packages,
+# VCS/worktree copies and build output. Walking them dominated runtime (~40s on
+# a workspace with vendored site-packages). Any dot-directory is skipped too.
+_SKIP_DIRS = frozenset(
+    {
+        "venv",
+        "env",
+        "node_modules",
+        "site-packages",
+        "__pycache__",
+        "dist",
+        "build",
+        "target",
+        "bower_components",
+    }
+)
+
+
+def _iter_urls_files(root: Path):
+    """Yield ``urls.py`` files under *root*, pruning irrelevant directories."""
+    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root):
+        dirnames[:] = [
+            d
+            for d in dirnames
+            if d not in _SKIP_DIRS and not d.startswith(".") and not d.endswith(".egg-info")
+        ]
+        if "urls.py" in filenames:
+            yield Path(dirpath) / "urls.py"
+
+
 class EndpointDetector:
     """Detects web endpoints from decorator patterns in source code."""
 
@@ -91,7 +122,7 @@ def _scan_django_urls(self, project_path: str) -> List[Endpoint]:
         endpoints: List[Endpoint] = []
         project = Path(project_path)
 
-        for urls_file in project.rglob("urls.py"):
+        for urls_file in _iter_urls_files(project):
             try:
                 source = urls_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
                 for match in self.DJANGO_URL_PATTERN.finditer(source):
diff --git a/code2docs/llm_helper.py b/code2docs/llm_helper.py
index f89f3cc..3a3bb1c 100644
--- a/code2docs/llm_helper.py
+++ b/code2docs/llm_helper.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 and generators fall back to algorithm-based template output.
 """
 
+import importlib.util
 import logging
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -29,6 +30,18 @@ def _get_litellm():
     return _litellm if _litellm is not False else None
 
 
+def _litellm_installed() -> bool:
+    """Cheap availability check: locate litellm without importing it.
+
+    Importing litellm costs ~10s, so it must only happen when a completion is
+    actually requested (see ``_get_litellm`` in ``LLMHelper.complete``).
+    """
+    try:
+        return importlib.util.find_spec("litellm") is not None
+    except (ImportError, ValueError):
+        return False
+
+
 class LLMHelper:
     """Thin wrapper around litellm for documentation generation.
 
@@ -45,7 +58,7 @@ def available(self) -> bool:
         """Check if LLM is configured and litellm is installed."""
         if self._available is None:
             self._available = (
-                self.config.enabled and bool(self.config.model) and _get_litellm() is not None
+                self.config.enabled and bool(self.config.model) and _litellm_installed()
             )
             if self._available:
                 logger.info("LLM enabled: model=%s", self.config.model)
@@ -54,7 +67,7 @@ def available(self) -> bool:
                     "LLM disabled (enabled=%s, model=%s, litellm=%s)",
                     self.config.enabled,
                     bool(self.config.model),
-                    _get_litellm() is not None,
+                    _litellm_installed(),
                 )
         return self._available
 
diff --git a/tests/test_analyzers.py b/tests/test_analyzers.py
index 7af5706..1e3cb38 100644
--- a/tests/test_analyzers.py
+++ b/tests/test_analyzers.py
@@ -136,3 +136,17 @@ def test_no_match(self):
         )
         ep = detector._parse_decorator(func.decorators[0], func)
         assert ep is None
+
+
+def test_endpoint_detector_skips_vendored_and_hidden_dirs(tmp_path):
+    from code2docs.analyzers.endpoint_detector import EndpointDetector
+
+    (tmp_path / "app").mkdir()
+    (tmp_path / "app" / "urls.py").write_text("urlpatterns = [path('real/', v)]\n")
+    for skipped in (".subactor/lib/site-packages/x", "venv/lib", "node_modules/y", ".worktrees/t1"):
+        d = tmp_path / skipped
+        d.mkdir(parents=True)
+        (d / "urls.py").write_text("urlpatterns = [path('vendored/', v)]\n")
+
+    paths = [e.path for e in EndpointDetector()._scan_django_urls(str(tmp_path))]
+    assert paths == ["real/"]
diff --git a/tests/test_llm_helper.py b/tests/test_llm_helper.py
index 5e53d96..67add5f 100644
--- a/tests/test_llm_helper.py
+++ b/tests/test_llm_helper.py
@@ -270,3 +270,27 @@ def test_getting_started_without_llm(self):
         content = gen.generate()
         assert "Getting Started" in content
         assert "Installation" in content
+
+
+# ── Performance regression tests ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestLazyLitellmImport:
+    """Availability checks must not import litellm (~10s)."""
+
+    def test_disabled_helper_never_imports_litellm(self):
+        from code2docs import llm_helper
+        from code2docs.config import LLMConfig
+
+        with patch("code2docs.llm_helper._get_litellm") as get_litellm:
+            assert LLMHelper(LLMConfig(enabled=False)).available is False
+        get_litellm.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_enabled_availability_uses_find_spec_not_import(self):
+        from code2docs.config import LLMConfig
+
+        with patch("code2docs.llm_helper._litellm_installed", return_value=True), patch(
+            "code2docs.llm_helper._get_litellm"
+        ) as get_litellm:
+            assert LLMHelper(LLMConfig(enabled=True, model="x")).available is True
+        get_litellm.assert_not_called()