# limrun-detox-testing

Configures, runs, and debugs Detox tests on Limrun iOS simulators. Useful when wiring mediator connections over tunnels or injecting the Detox runtime into target apps.

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- Author: limrun-inc
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/limrun-inc/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/limrun-detox-testing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
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## What it does

The skill coordinates three parts of the test workflow: the local Jest test runner, the `detox run-server` mediator process, and the client app injected via `lim ios launch-app --runtime detox`. It enforces an exact execution order. First, start the mediator on port 8099, then establish a detached tunnel with `lim ios tunnel`, run the tester using `npx detox test --no-start`, and finally launch the application.

The project requires a `.detoxrc` configuration targeting the `@limrun/detox/driver` driver. Because Detox does not pick up session environment variables automatically, your configuration file must map `DETOX_SERVER` and `DETOX_SESSION_ID` explicitly. Instance API interactions like taking screenshots rely on additional variables: `LIMRUN_IOS_ID`, `LIMRUN_IOS_API_URL`, and `LIMRUN_IOS_TOKEN`.

Detox does not manage the simulator lifecycle, so instances must be created and deleted separately. An open idle tunnel does not count as simulator activity. The instance inactivity timeout can shut down the simulator between consecutive test runs if the connection remains silent.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add limrun-inc/skills --skill limrun-detox-testing -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add limrun-inc/skills --skill limrun-detox-testing -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add limrun-inc/skills --skill limrun-detox-testing -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install limrun-inc/skills limrun-detox-testing
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add limrun-inc/skills --skill limrun-detox-testing -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/limrun-inc/skills --path skills/limrun-detox-testing
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add limrun-inc/skills --skill limrun-detox-testing -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/limrun-inc/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/limrun-detox-testing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- wire the app client to the Detox mediator across destination tunnels
- configure `.detoxrc` with the `@limrun/detox/driver` driver
- verify UI accessibility identifiers using `lim ios element-tree`
- troubleshoot out-of-order connections between the tester and mediator

## Example prompts
- Help me configure and run Detox tests on a Limrun iOS simulator.
- Debug a Detox mediator forwarding error during simulator launch.
- Set up a .detoxrc configuration with the Limrun third-party driver.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: limrun-detox-testing
description: Configure, run, or debug Detox on Limrun iOS simulators. Use when attaching the Limrun Detox runtime to an app, wiring Detox mediator connectivity, or validating app/tester connections over destination tunnels.
user-invocable: true
---

# Limrun Detox

Use this for Detox runtime work on Limrun iOS. Keep build concerns separate
unless the user explicitly asks for a native build.

## Components

- Tester: local Node/Jest/Detox process.
- Mediator: `detox run-server`, usually local to the agent machine.
- App client: injected by limulator through `lim ios launch-app --runtime detox`.

## CLI Flow

Check current help before running commands you have not used in this session:

```bash
lim ios tunnel --help
lim ios launch-app --help
```

Run the long-lived mediator, tester, and tunnel from separate terminals.
Before using this quick path, ensure the project's `.detoxrc` reads the session
environment. Detox does not consume these variables automatically:

```js
session: {
  server: process.env.DETOX_SERVER || 'ws://localhost:8099',
  sessionId: process.env.DETOX_SESSION_ID || 'limrun-detox',
}
```

The complete configuration appears under **Detox Test Setup** below.

Terminal 1:

```bash
npx detox run-server -p 8099 -l verbose
```

Terminal 2:

```bash
lim ios tunnel \
  --selector localhost:8099 \
  --detach \
  --id <ios-id>
DETOX_SERVER_URL="ws://localhost:8099"
```

Terminal 3 starts the tester before the app connects:

```bash
DETOX_SERVER="ws://localhost:8099" \
DETOX_SESSION_ID=<session-id> \
  npx detox test --no-start
```

Then relaunch the app from Terminal 2. `--detox-version` is optional when
running from the project with `node_modules/detox`.

```bash
lim ios launch-app <bundle-id> \
  --id <ios-id> \
  --runtime detox \
  --detox-server-url "$DETOX_SERVER_URL" \
  --detox-session-id <session-id> \
  --detox-version <detox-version>
```

Prefer starting the tester before the app connects, or use the maintained orchestration in [limrun-inc/typescript-sdk `examples/detox-ios`](https://github.com/limrun-inc/typescript-sdk/tree/main/examples/detox-ios), to avoid benign mediator "cannot forward" noise.
If you manually launch the app before `npx detox test --no-start`, that mediator message is expected until the tester connects.

If tunnel start reports an active session, inspect it with `lim ios tunnel status --id <ios-id> --json`. Stop an obsolete session with `lim ios tunnel stop --id <ios-id>`, then start the declared mediator selector again.
````
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