# Load testing setup (/testing--load-testing)

/testing--load-testing is a Claude Code skill in the Code section. Sets up load tests with k6, Locust or Artillery: realistic scenarios, pass/fail thresholds and a lightweight smoke gate in CI.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/testing--load-testing
- Section: [Code](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/code.md)
- Author: Santiago Gómez de la Torre
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/blob/main/skills/testing/load-testing.md
- Updated 10 Jul 2026

## How to ask for it

- `/testing--load-testing set up load tests for my API with k6`
- `/testing--load-testing what thresholds should I use for checkout?`
- `/testing--load-testing add a load-test gate to the CI pipeline`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```

Claude Code plugin:

```
/plugin marketplace add sgomez-dev/claude-skills
/plugin install testing-skills@claude-skills-collection
```

## Permissions

- Reads: `**/*`
- Writes: `load/**`, `loadtest/**`, `*.js`, `*.py`, `*.yml`, `*.yaml`, `.github/workflows/**`, `package.json`, `Makefile`
- Runs: `k6`, `locust`, `artillery`, `npx`, `npm`, `pip`, `docker compose`
- Network: No
- Destructive: No

## Author's description

Load-test setup — choose k6/Locust/Artillery, scenarios, thresholds, CI gate

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)