# k6

This skill turns a plain request into a working k6 script, runs it, and reviews the output. Handy when an API or service needs load testing.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4800 installs · ★ 290
- Author: grafana
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-k6/k6/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/k6

## What it does

The skill covers the whole loop around a k6 script: it picks a matching example, reshapes it for your case, writes the file, then runs it to check the result. HTTP, WebSocket, gRPC and browser scenarios are all in scope, along with every executor, thresholds, checks and custom metrics. Separate examples cover the k6-testing library, k6 Cloud runs, and xk6 extensions such as faker, redis, sql, dns and tls.

How it works: one example from `examples/` gets read, then rewritten around your endpoints, virtual user count and duration. The script lands in `k6/scripts/<name>.js` with a timestamp comment on the first line. After that the skill executes the file and inspects what came back.

Docs lookup goes through `k6 x docs`, and that command only prints content when it sees a TTY. Agents run non-interactively, so the call gets wrapped in `script` to allocate a pseudo-terminal. If the wrapper fails, the Grafana web docs are the fallback. Should `k6 x docs` not respond at all, the skill points you to `SETUP.md`, which covers auto-provisioning on k6 v1.7.0+ and a manual xk6 build for older releases.

## Requirements
- Works with: Grafana

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill k6 -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/k6/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/k6/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill k6 -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/k6/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill k6 -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/k6/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install grafana/skills k6
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/k6/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill k6 -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/grafana/skills --path skills/grafana-k6/k6
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/k6/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill k6 -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/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-k6/k6/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate a load test script for a specific API
- pick an executor and scenario for the load profile you need
- set thresholds and checks for a test run
- review an existing k6 script and spot what breaks
- add custom metrics and the execution module to a test

## Example prompts
- Write a k6 load test for our auth API
- Stress test the service with 200 virtual users and set thresholds
- Review `k6/scripts/checkout.js` and tell me what is wrong

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: k6
license: Apache-2.0
description: Generate, validate, and review k6 test scripts — load, stress, spike, soak, smoke, breakpoint, functional, and protocol. Covers HTTP, WebSocket, gRPC, browser, all executors, thresholds, checks, custom metrics, the k6-testing library, k6 Cloud execution, and the xk6 extension ecosystem; uses the xk6-docs CLI (with grafana.com web fallback) for docs lookup and validates every script by running it. Use when writing, generating, validating, or debugging any k6 or load-test script (including plain-language asks like "load test this API" or "stress test my service"), choosing executors/scenarios, or setting thresholds. For end-to-end website performance suites use k6-perf-test-website; for documenting k6 itself use k6-docs; for a browser/UI test authored from a plain-language user journey (selectors discovered by exploring the live site) use k6-browser-test.
---

# k6 Script Generation

> **Efficiency note:** This is a short linear recipe (read example → adapt → save → validate → review). A todo list would just mirror the headings without adding value, so skip the planning overhead and execute the steps directly.
>
> **Agent-agnostic:** The steps below describe capabilities, not specific tools. Where a step says "fetch a URL" or "write a file", use whatever your agent provides for that capability (e.g. a web-fetch tool, a file-write tool, or shell `curl`/`tee`).

---

## Step 1: Pick the right example file

Read only the file that matches the user's request. Examples provide structural scaffolding — the correct scaffold, option shapes, and import patterns.

| User needs | Read this file |
|-----------|---------------|
| HTTP REST, auth flow, batch requests | `examples/http.js` |
| HTML parsing with parseHTML, SharedArray | `examples/html.js` |
| WebSocket | `examples/websocket.js` |
| gRPC | `examples/grpc.js` |
| Browser automation | `examples/browser.js` |
| Browser + functional test / `expect()` / k6-testing | `examples/functional.js` (browser scenario) |
| Functional/integration tests, `expect()`, k6-testing | `examples/functional.js` |
| Custom metrics, execution module, handleSummary, per-vu-iterations | `examples/metrics.js` |
| Load patterns, all executors (ramping, arrival rate, per-VU, etc.) | `examples/executors.js` |
| Cloud run, `--local-execution`, `cloud` options | `examples/cloud.js` |
| Crypto (HMAC, MD5, SHA256) or encoding (base64) | `examples/crypto-encoding.js` |
| xk6-faker | `examples/ext-faker.js` |
| xk6-redis | `examples/ext-redis.js` |
| xk6-sql / sqlite3 / postgres | `examples/ext-sql.js` |
| xk6-exec | `examples/ext-exec.js` |
| xk6-dns | `examples/ext-dns.js` |
| xk6-tls | `examples/ext-tls.js` |
| xk6-tcp | `examples/ext-tcp.js` |
| xk6-crawler | `examples/ext-crawler.js` |

Example files live in the `examples/` directory alongside this `SKILL.md`.
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