Is the K6 skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from grafana/skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the K6 SkillProof Score?

8.0/10 — installs cleanly 4/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 3/5.

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use K6 with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

K6

k6 load-testing reference and scenario/threshold patterns — k6 only, not Locust as the old card claimed.

by grafana · grafana/skills

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 8.0/10
Tested: Jul 14, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 335faf1

Ran both a plain constant-VU script and a skill-guided ramping-VU-plus-threshold script live with a real k6 2.1.0 install — the threshold-gated version is genuinely closer to a real SLA check, though 4 of its 5 references/*.md links point at files that don't exist in this folder.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 4/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 8/10
Docs & honesty 3/5

What K6 does

Official Grafana Labs skill covering k6 script writing in JS/TS: all test types (smoke/load/stress/spike/soak/breakpoint), scenarios/executors, thresholds, checks, custom metrics, WebSocket and browser testing, and k6 Cloud/CI integration. Triggers on writing, debugging, or interpreting k6 tests. It is k6-specific — it does not cover Locust despite the old card's tagline implying both. Four of its five references/*.md links (scenarios-executors, test-types, javascript-api, examples) point at files that don't exist in this repo path, though the inline SKILL.md content is self-sufficient for writing real tests without them.

How to install K6

git clone https://github.com/grafana/skills
cd skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r skills/grafana-k6/k6 ~/.claude/skills/load-test-planner

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger K6

/load-test-planner k6 load-testing reference and scenario/threshold patterns — k6 only, not Locust as the old card claimed.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Design a k6 load test scenario from our peak traffic pattern
Set sensible thresholds for a Locust load test
Turn this production traffic description into a load-test plan

Frequently asked questions

Is the K6 skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from grafana/skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does K6 work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 14, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Ran both a plain constant-VU script and a skill-guided ramping-VU-plus-threshold script live with a real k6 2.1.0 install — the threshold-gated version is genuinely closer to a real SLA check, though 4 of its 5 references/*.md links point at files that don't exist in this folder.
What is the K6 SkillProof Score?: 8.0/10 — installs cleanly 4/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 3/5.
How do I install K6?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use K6 with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.