# testing

Sets up uptime probes, k6 load tests, and frontend observability through Grafana Cloud. Use it before a release or when investigating failures.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4200 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-cloud/testing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
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## What it does

The skill guides setup of Synthetic Monitoring for HTTP checks and network probes. It can create a check through the API, verify that it is enabled, inspect `probe_success`, and track TLS certificate expiry. Probes are available from 20+ locations.

For load testing, it uses Grafana Cloud k6. It starts with a local run of `script.js`, then launches the script in the cloud and evaluates `http_req_duration` thresholds. CI can use `grafana/k6-action`; exit code `99` means a threshold failed.

For React or Vue, the skill covers Faro Web SDK setup, custom events through `pushEvent`, and correlation between frontend errors and distributed traces. It requires a Grafana Cloud stack plus separate credentials for Synthetic Monitoring, k6, or Faro, so it is not a standalone test setup.

## Requirements
- Works with: Grafana, AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- check website uptime from multiple probe locations
- create an HTTP check and inspect `probe_success`
- run `script.js` as a k6 Cloud load test
- fail CI when a load threshold is breached
- instrument a React or Vue app with Faro

## Example prompts
- Set up Synthetic Monitoring for an HTTP check of my API and verify `probe_success`.
- Run `script.js` locally first, then prepare a Grafana Cloud k6 run.
- Add Faro Web SDK to my React app and send a `faro_smoketest` event.

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---
name: testing
license: Apache-2.0
description: Probe, load-test, and instrument frontends from Grafana Cloud. Covers Synthetic Monitoring (HTTP / DNS / TCP / Ping / Traceroute / Multihttp / k6-browser scripted checks from 20+ global probes, alert on `probe_success` + TLS-cert expiry), Grafana Cloud k6 (distributed load tests across AWS load-zones, scenarios, `http_req_duration` thresholds, CI integration via `grafana/k6-action`), and Frontend Observability with Faro Web SDK (RUM, Core Web Vitals, custom events, `pushError`, distributed-trace correlation). Use when checking website / API uptime from multiple regions, gating a release on a load test, watching for TLS-cert renewal, instrumenting a React/Vue app, tracking Core Web Vitals, or correlating frontend errors to backend traces — even when the user says "is my login flow up?", "monitor my API", "ping our endpoint every minute", "release-gate load test", "browser performance monitoring", "session replay", or "RUM" without naming Synthetic Monitoring / k6 / Faro.
---

# Grafana Cloud Testing

> **Docs**: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/testing/

Three pillars: external probing (Synthetic Monitoring), load testing (k6 Cloud), real-user monitoring (Faro).

## Prerequisites

- Grafana Cloud stack
- Synthetic Monitoring: SM access token (`sm:write`)
- k6 Cloud: a Grafana Cloud k6 token + projectID
- Faro: a Faro app + write-token from **Frontend Observability → Apps**

## Common Workflows

### 1. Create + verify a Synthetic HTTP check

```bash
# 1. Create the check (full payload in references/synthetic.md)
curl -X POST https://synthetic-monitoring-api.grafana.net/sm/checks \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <sm-token>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"job":"website","target":"https://example.com","frequency":60000,"timeout":15000,
       "enabled":true,"probes":[1,5,10],
       "settings":{"http":{"method":"GET","validStatusCodes":[200]}}}'

# 2. List checks — confirm it exists and is enabled
curl -s https://synthetic-monitoring-api.grafana.net/sm/checks \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <sm-token>" | jq '.[] | select(.job=="website")'

# 3. Verify probe_success arrived (wait ~60s for the first run)
#    In Grafana Explore on the synthetic metrics datasource:
#      probe_success{job="website"}
#    Expect 1 from each probe in `probes:[1,5,10]`.
#
# Rollback: DELETE /sm/checks/<id> or set `"enabled": false`.
```

See [`references/synthetic.md`](references/synthetic.md) for all check types, PromQL queries, and alert rules.

### 2. Run a k6 cloud load test

```bash
# 1. Authenticate once
k6 cloud login --token <grafana-cloud-k6-token>

# 2. Validate the script locally first (smoke run, no cloud cost)
k6 run --vus 1 --duration 30s script.js

# 3. Launch in cloud
k6 cloud script.js
# → URL of the run; thresholds (p95<500ms, error<1%) decide pass/fail.

# 4. Verify in CI — exit code 0 = thresholds passed, 99 = threshold failed.
echo $?
```

Full script + scenarios + CI YAML: [`references/k6-and-faro.md`](references/k6-and-faro.md).
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