# cypress-docs

Points the agent at the official Cypress documentation instead of its own memory. Useful when you need an exact command signature or version-specific behavior.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 8200 installs · ★ 47
- Author: cypress-io
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit/tree/HEAD/skills/cypress-docs/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cypress-docs

## What it does

The skill routes documentation questions to `docs.cypress.io` and `cypress.io`, and the LLM-optimized pages come first. The agent pulls `/llms.txt`, picks the right branch from it and reads the markdown copy — the FAQ page, for instance, lives at `/llm/markdown/app/faq.md`. Standard pages are the fallback, then `/changelog/`.

Each question type has its own section: commands go to `/api/commands/`, assertions to `/api/assertions/`, configuration to `/configuration/`, error text to `/references/error-messages/`. For a command the agent collects the syntax, arguments, options, return behavior and an example. If the project's Cypress version is known it uses that; otherwise it works from the latest stable release and flags places where behavior changed.

When the docs don't back up a claim, the skill tells the agent to say so and offer the closest supported alternative. Guessing an API is off the table. Writing and fixing tests is the job of `cypress-author` in the same toolkit, and reading finished tests belongs to `cypress-explain`; reach for this one when the docs are the source of truth.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cypress-io/ai-toolkit --skill cypress-docs -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/cypress-docs/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/cypress-docs/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cypress-io/ai-toolkit --skill cypress-docs -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/cypress-docs/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cypress-io/ai-toolkit --skill cypress-docs -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/cypress-docs/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install cypress-io/ai-toolkit cypress-docs
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/cypress-docs/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cypress-io/ai-toolkit --skill cypress-docs -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit --path skills/cypress-docs
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/cypress-docs/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cypress-io/ai-toolkit --skill cypress-docs -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit/tree/HEAD/skills/cypress-docs/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- confirm the exact arguments `cy.intercept` accepts
- check how a command behaves in a given Cypress version
- locate a configuration option or env variable in the docs
- trace an error message through the reference section
- tell E2E and component testing apart from the official wording

## Example prompts
- Look up how to stub network calls with `cy.intercept` in the Cypress docs and show me an example.
- Check the official Cypress docs for every option `cy.visit` takes.
- Here's an error I hit — find it in `/references/error-messages` and explain the cause.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Cypress Documentation

## Purpose
Enable the agent to retrieve accurate, up-to-date, and verifiable information about the Cypress testing framework by prioritizing official documentation and structured sources.

## When to use

Apply this skill whenever the task depends on **finding, reading, or quoting Cypress documentation** rather than general testing intuition:

- **Look up facts**: commands, APIs, assertions, lifecycle hooks, configuration options, environment variables, CLI flags, plugins, or TypeScript types as documented by Cypress.
- **Confirm behavior**: how something works in a given Cypress version, E2E vs component testing differences, browser support, or networking/cy.intercept semantics.
- **Before asserting “Cypress can/cannot…”**: search docs first; do not rely on memory for exact signatures, defaults, or deprecated APIs.
- **Extract structured content**: follow the LLM-optimized docs strategy below (`llms.txt`, `/llm/*`) when fetching or summarizing doc pages.
- **Ground answers for others**: when explaining Cypress to a user, writing examples, or reviewing code where correctness must match official docs.

If the user only needs **writing or fixing tests** without a documentation lookup, prefer `cypress-author`; if they only need **test explanation** without fetching docs, prefer `cypress-explain`. Use **this** skill when official documentation is the source of truth.

## Source Prioritization

### Primary Sources (ALWAYS search first)
- https://docs.cypress.io
- https://www.cypress.io

## 🤖 LLM-Optimized Docs Strategy

When accessing `docs.cypress.io`:

1. Fetch `/llms.txt`

2. Parse it to discover:
   - LLM-friendly documentation paths
   - Structured content endpoints

3. Prefer content under `/llm/*`. Every path on the site has an optimized version hosted under `/llm` - for example, `https://docs.cypress.io/app/faq` is available at `https://docs.cypress.io/llm/markdown/app/faq.md`.

4. Why:
   - Markdown / JSON format
   - Cleaner structure
   - Less noise than HTML

5. Fallback:
   - If `/llm/*` is incomplete, use standard docs pages

## Critical Rules

### Never Assume Missing Features
- NEVER assume Cypress does not support a feature
- ALWAYS search before concluding
- Retry with alternate terminology if needed
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